Case Study: Southeast Alabama Medical Center achieves faster contract turnaround and improved compliance with SAI Global's Compliance Risk solution

Southeast Alabama Medical Center Transitions to Automated Workflow, Reducing Risk and Improving Compliance

Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC), a 420‑bed not‑for‑profit regional health system, struggled with paper‑based processes, spreadsheets and fragmented SharePoint sites that left policies and contracts unmanaged, delayed approvals and increased legal and financial risk. To centralize compliance and speed contract execution, SAMC selected SAI Global’s Compliance Risk solution, including its Contract Management module, as a single application to replace manual workflows and improve oversight.

SAI Global implemented an automated, web‑based repository and workflow with email notifications, click‑to‑sign approvals and a configurable dashboard plus a centralized regulatory knowledge base. The change cut vendor/supplier negotiation turnaround from 14+ days to about 3 days for pre‑approval collaboration, delivered a 100% reduction in lost contracts and roughly a 20% reduction in staff hours, with average pending approvals falling to about 2.62 days.

Southeast Alabama Medical Center

Deborah Reif

Corporate Compliance Officer