Case Study: Columbus Hospital LTACH streamlines care across LTACH and behavioral health with WellSky

How Columbus Hospital LTACH integrated one solution for two settings of care

Columbus Hospital LTACH, a 63-bed long-term acute care hospital in Newark, New Jersey, needed an integrated health information system to launch quickly under a tight state deadline and support complex clinical, financial, and operational workflows. As the hospital expanded into a dual diagnosis treatment department for behavioral health and addiction services, it also needed software that could meet the unique requirements of both LTACH and behavioral health care settings. Columbus Hospital LTACH uses WellSky LTACH EMR, WellSky Behavioral Health EMR, and WellSky Pharmacy.

WellSky provided a single, scalable platform built on one database to support both care settings with familiar modules and configurable workflows. The solution helped Columbus Hospital LTACH reduce medication errors, support medication compliance, maintain formulary and medication costs, and improve efficiency through easier cross-training and greater organizational consistency. While no hard numerical outcomes were reported, WellSky enabled the hospital to run two settings of care on one system with integrated clinical, financial, and operational support.

Columbus Hospital LTACH

Peter Callaghan

Chief Executive Officer