Surgical Information Systems (SIS) will host its 5th annual user group meeting this month in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2006 SIS Customer Congress is a five-day event that will provide opportunities for education and information sharing on the most critical business, clinical and technology issues facing today’s surgery environments.
As healthcare organizations face growing pressures to improve safety and efficiency, they are increasingly turning to SIS to improve clinical and financial outcomes for their enterprises. With SIS’ comprehensive, fully integrated solution, including the innovative tool called SIS Analytics, physicians, surgery managers and hospital administrators are empowered with real-time, multi-dimensional analysis required for proactive decision- making and the successful advancement of surgical services within their organizations.
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation of New Orleans, LA is an organization that has benefited from these offerings. Ochsner prides itself on being a metrics-focused organization, but lacked the ability to apply supportive and accurate data necessary for proactive, strategic decision-making for their surgery practice. Prior to the installation of SIS Analytics, Ochsner debated whether or not to invest in the DaVinci Robot, a significant million-dollar commitment. Within three months of implementing SIS Analytics, administrators were able to quickly identify and relate critical business factors such as revenue, throughput projections and performance indicators, to effectively support their decision to invest. Ochsner saved more than 24-hours per month in resources used for reactive report generation, enabling them to reallocate these resources to more strategic initiatives. Even in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Ochsner reports that they continued to utilize SIS Analytics daily.
Located in Cooperstown, NY, Bassett Healthcare turned to SIS for help to pursue their strategic direction. Bassett was able to quickly identify areas of improvement -- they sought to improve late case starts by 50%, decrease case turnaround averages, and convert from a paper-based documentation system. Ultimately, Bassett increased their supply charge capture by 30 percent, and within the first year of implementation, justified the need for ten additional FTEs.
Leaders from both organizations are scheduled to be in attendance at the 2006 SIS Customer Congress, and are sure to provide valuable insights on SIS best practices to the high number of first time attendees, who represent almost 50 percent of total registrations.