Case Study: UC Davis Medical Center improves HAPI assessment efficiency and data accuracy with CipherHealth CipherRounds

UC Davis Medical Center saves 1–2 hours on HAPI audits with CipherHealth

UC Davis Medical Center, a major acute care teaching hospital, was performing its quarterly Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) point prevalence skin assessments with a manual, pen-and-paper process. This method was extremely time-consuming for nursing and analytics staff, requiring them to decipher handwritten forms and manually enter data into spreadsheets for submission to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). They partnered with vendor CipherHealth to digitize this process using their CipherRounds product.

CipherHealth implemented a customized digital script within CipherRounds that allowed staff to document assessments in real-time. This solution dramatically improved efficiency; in its first use, 13 rounders completed 594 audits. A survey showed 80% of staff successfully used the electronic tool, 90% found it easy to use, and 70% reported saving 1-2 hours. The digitized process with CipherHealth streamlined data collection for NDNQI submission and allowed staff to focus more on patient care.

UC Davis Medical Center