Case Study: Coastal Carolina Health Care improves quality and cuts costs with Veradigm TouchWorks EHR

Using a healthy EHR core to form a successful ACO

Coastal Carolina Health Care, a multi-specialty physician group, faced the challenge of managing an expensive paper-based practice and meeting increasing regulatory demands. To transition to a team-based, data-driven culture, they partnered with vendor Veradigm and implemented the Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR as their core solution.

Veradigm's solution provided the robust data repository and reporting capabilities needed to improve patient care. Using Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Coastal Carolina Health Care formed a successful ACO, reduced ER visits and hospital readmissions by 10-15%, and saved $1.2 million by cutting costs per patient by 19%. The practice also earned $1.7 million in CMS payments and achieved top national rankings for clinical quality measures.

Coastal Carolina Health Care

Stephen Nuckolls

Chief Executive Officer