Case Study: Hendrick Health System optimizes OR utilization with Altera Digital Health

Optimizing OR Utilization with Altera Surgical Solutions

Hendrick Health System, a nonprofit healthcare provider with 30 operating rooms, faced challenges in optimizing its operating room utilization, creating a single patient record across inpatient and surgical care, and improving user satisfaction with its electronic health record system. To address this, they turned to their existing partner, Altera Digital Health, and implemented a suite of surgical solutions including Sunrise Surgical Care, Provation iPro, and Altera Surgical Logic.

The implementation of Altera's surgical solutions delivered significant results. Hendrick achieved improved OR utilization by leveraging data from Surgical Logic to optimize scheduling, which increased the number of procedural beds from 24 to 52. The integration eliminated double charting and streamlined workflows, leading to increased user satisfaction. Measurable impacts included a greatly reduced denial rate for bills and implants, improved charge capture, and more consistent patient care, all contributing to enhanced patient safety and operational efficiency.

Hendrick Health System

Ruth Hutchins

Clinical Informatics, Project Manager