Case Study: CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances reduces inventory costs with Medsphere HealthLine Solutions

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Achieves Lower Inventory Costs

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, a faith-based health system in Texas, faced the challenge of an outdated supply chain management system. Their existing sticker system only captured 35% of materials, leading to significant loss, waste, and obscured inventory data. Seeking a robust update to lower their second-largest expense, Associate VP Todd DeRoo and his team worked with vendor Medsphere to find a solution that would increase efficiency without distracting from patient care.

Medsphere implemented its HealthLine solution, a flexible and simple barcode-based inventory management system. The technology integrated seamlessly into the existing infrastructure across all nursing units and specialized labs. The results were immense, increasing the charge capture rate from 35% to 97% and reducing nursing inventory cycles from five days a week to just one. This provided critical data for strategic initiatives, ultimately lowering the daily cost of patient care and allowing the system to add two new wings without increasing supply staff.

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System

Todd DeRoo

Associate VP Supply Chain