Ellis Medicine was honored by Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) and awarded the
2014 Gartner Enterprise Information & MDM Excellence Award. The EI-MDM
Excellence award recognizes world-class enterprise information
management (EIM) initiatives and shares successes, challenges and
insights within the space. The honor was given at the annual Gartner
Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit held in
Las Vegas.
In 2007, Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York merged with two other
area hospitals fighting to stay alive in the changing healthcare
environment. Collectively, the hospitals faced millions of dollars in
losses and the management needed strong new operational systems to
update the new 438-bed entity with 3,400 employees, now called Ellis
Medicine.
“Data at our fingertips was critical to our ultimate success in
delivering operational efficiencies across the three hospitals - in
patient care, in wait times and in patient and staff satisfaction,” said
Paul Milton, chief operating officer of Ellis Medicine. “Having access
to real-time information and analytics has helped drive transparency
across the organization, resulting in improved staff and patient
satisfaction and better informed decision making. We are honored to be
viewed as a leader in this area.”
In order to better manage resources, Ellis needed a way to understand
what equipment they had on hand, how their staff was using it, and what
they really needed to purchase. Additionally, the hospital saw a real
need to increase bed turnover and decrease the average length of an
average hospital stay. Ellis engaged GE Healthcare and deployed Healthcare
Asset Management from GE
Predictivity to track location of both assets and patients which
resulted in saving $1.1 million over three years while significantly
improving the overall patient experience.
The hospital also rolled out a workforce management system developed by API
Healthcare, A GE Healthcare Company in 2011, which allowed
management and employees to track everything from staffing data and
real-time nurse to patient ratios to payroll and overtime. In just one
six-month period, the hospital cut overtime costs by more than 25%, or
$720,000, compared to the same period prior to deploying the new systems.
Ellis is in the process of rolling out Safer
Care Management from GE Predictivity to help optimize staff
behaviors for hand hygiene. Using sensors, Ellis will be able to improve
hand washing behavior in real-time.
“GE Healthcare is committed to helping hospitals and systems modernize
healthcare through software, data, and analytics so they can run
hospitals more efficiently and provide better care for patients
throughout their journey,” said Mike Swinford, President & CEO, GE
Healthcare Global Services. “Connecting and optimizing asset, patient
and staff data can help organizations such as Ellis solve some of their
biggest operational challenges while driving efficiencies and improving
their bottom line.”
About Ellis Medicine
Ellis Medicine is a 438-bed community and teaching healthcare system
serving New York’s Capital Region. With three campuses – Ellis Hospital,
Ellis Health Center and Bellevue Woman’s Center – Ellis Medicine
provides a lifetime of care for patients. Follow Ellis Medicine on Facebook,
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or YouTube.
Learn more at www.ellismedicine.org.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and
services to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and
more affordable healthcare around the world. GE (NYSE: GE) works on
things that matter - great people and technologies taking on tough
challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and
diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing
technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps
medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their patients.
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