Case Study: Northern Light Health optimizes ambulatory surgery workflows with Oracle Health Ambulatory Surgery Center

Northern Light Health optimizes with Oracle Ambulatory Surgery Center

Northern Light Health needed a better documentation process to support growth at its Portland, Maine outpatient surgery center, since its existing inpatient surgery workflows were not suited to a fast-paced ambulatory setting. The organization chose Oracle Health Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) to help streamline documentation and better support surgical, anesthesia, and revenue cycle needs.

Oracle implemented ASC on a single platform, reducing the documentation burden and simplifying ambulatory surgery workflows. The results included a 41% reduction in active time documenting in flowsheets, a 9% reduction in forms, a combined 24% decrease in documentation time per encounter, and a 33% decrease in clicks per patient encounter, improving patient-to-nurse time and post-op care.

Northern Light Health

Eva Davidson

Director of Surgical Services