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Automating the Supply Chain at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Memorial Hermann progressed from a manual, often paper-based system to one of collaborative systems thinking with a drive toward enterprise standardization.

Facility:
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, 11 hospitals.

Challenge:
Cumbersome supply inventory system that was negatively affecting annual OR supply chain spend and causing an increase in clinician dissatisfaction.

Solution:
System wide rollout of Pyxis® supply automation to improve cost and revenue profile, efficiency in clinical workflow and supply chain effectiveness.

Result:

  • $67 million in additional charge capture.*
  • $13 million in additional net revenue.*
    This includes the cost of the point-of-use OR supply automation and results primarily from improved charge capture and inventory control.
  • Process standardization with improved accountability and transparency.
  • Greatly improved operational environment, with more control of supplies and fulfillment processes.
  • Improved clinician job satisfaction, especially among OR nurses who no longer are required to reorder OR supplies and can spend more time on patient care.
  • Improved materials management satisfaction, due to the standardization of supplies and inventory controls.

*Estimated for 2010. Reflects individual facility data. Your facility may or may not achieve similar outcomes [results].