Case Study: Deborah Heart and Lung Center Optimizes Patient Throughput with MEDITECH Business and Clinical Analytics

Deborah Heart and Lung Optimizes Patient Throughput with MEDITECH Business and Clinical Analytics

Deborah Heart and Lung Center, an 85-bed cardiovascular specialty hospital in southern New Jersey, needed a better way to give executives timely access to current performance metrics. The team had been relying on manual Microsoft Excel tracking and static reports, which were time consuming, harder to interpret, and not ideal for supporting ongoing performance improvement efforts. Deborah turned to MEDITECH and its Business and Clinical Analytics (BCA) solution to modernize reporting and make data easier to access and use.

With MEDITECH Business and Clinical Analytics, Deborah built customized dashboards for areas like surgical intubation times and 10 a.m. discharges, giving leaders and staff real-time visibility into trends, bottlenecks, and delays. The results were significant: discharges before 10 a.m. increased sixfold, staffing adjustments improved throughput, and the organization reduced manual reporting work while eliminating the risk of human error from compiling data by hand. MEDITECH helped Deborah push the right data to the right people at the right time, enabling more informed decisions and stronger performance improvement efforts.

Deborah Heart and Lung Center

Rich Temple

Vice President/Chief Information Officer