PathFinder augments existing surgical scheduling and documentation applications and incorporates active RFID-based indoor location technology to track patients and give everyone involved an "air traffic controller" perspective of specific, or all, surgical cases across all phases of perioperative care and across all facilities.
Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) is a 550-bed hospital with 10 operating rooms serving Western New York. "When I was CEO at Lancaster General Hospital, we implemented PathFinder and as a result, added millions of dollars to our bottom line," said Michael Young, now President of ECMC. "Now at ECMC, we are also bringing better metrics to management and seeing improvements in throughput and utilization, and in staff and patient satisfaction."
"A consistent, accurate view of surgical services is what CMC Healthcare is looking for," said Joe Fisne, Chief Information Officer for Community Medical Center (CMC), is a 315-bed hospital with 12 operating rooms serving Northeastern Pennsylvania. "We see tremendous value in enabling a more predictable, efficient process and as a result of implementing PathFinder, we expect to reduce delays and increase satisfaction overall."
The hospitals using PathFinder have been able to maximize capacity and patient throughput by:
- Tracking significant case and clinical events with virtually no manual input
- Displaying the information in real-time so no one has to wait for information, make phone calls, or run to suits to find out the status of a case
- Analyzing the time-stamped data to determine whether and why bottlenecks occur
