Case Study: Southwest General Health Center achieves 40+ hours/month time savings and $1M+ in added charges with Cerner

An EHR for two: Southwest General Health Center’s Women’s Health saves 40 hours in work, increases charges by over $1 million

Southwest General Health Center, a 358-bed non-profit hospital serving three counties southwest of Cleveland, faced time-consuming, paper-based Women’s Health and Maternity workflows that duplicated documentation and left maternal and fetal data fragmented — a particular burden when clinicians care for both mother and baby.

In August 2014 Southwest General implemented Cerner’s Fetal Monitoring and Ambulatory and Acute Perinatal documentation (including FetaLink) to integrate records and standardize admissions so clinicians document once for both mother and infant. The change removed more than 40 hours per month from maternity workflows, saved additional time on triage and fetal-event review, and increased charges by $402 per case — generating roughly $1.03 million in added charges in 2015 while improving clinical visibility and care.

Southwest General Health Center

Jill Castenair

Clinical Manager of Maternity