The Nash Group - Case Study & Results

SDM 20/20™ - CASE STUDY & RESULTS

Hospital	Activity	SDM2002™ Savings	Reinvestment on Patient Care	Percent of at Staff Ratios	Review Case Study
Medical Center Chicago, IL	Staff Beds: 626 ADC: 505	$4.1M	$2.3M	91.6%	A
Community Hospital Chicago, IL	Staff Beds: 277 ADC: 171	$0.9M	$0.4M	87.7%	B
Regional Medical Center Vermont	Staff Beds: 125 ADC: 89	$0.8M	$0.5M	93.1%	C
Community Hospital Chicago, IL	Staff Beds: 410 ADC: 282	$3.4M	$1.9M	90.2%	D
Community Hospital Downstate, IL	Staff Beds: 268 ADC: 146	$1.4M	$0.8M	91.8%	E
Community Hospital Chicago, IL	Staff Beds: 355 ADC: 221	$2.3M	$1.4M	88.9%	F
Hospital System Upstate, NY	Staff Beds: 444 ADC: 354	$3.3M	$2.4M	86.4%	G
Community Hospital Suburban Chicago, IL	Staff Beds: 174 ADC: 105	$1.0M	$0.4M	87.2%	H
Community Hospital Suburban New York, NY	Staff Beds: 335 ADC: 264	$1.1M	$0.6M	88.4%	I
Regional Medical Center Upper Peninsula, MI	Staff Beds: 268 ADC: 168	$2.6M	$1.1M	91.4%	J
Medical Center New Haven, CT	Staff Beds: 511 ADC: 295	$2.6M	$1.2M	92.2%	K
Community Hospital Suburban New York, NY	Staff Beds: 258 ADC: 207	$1.0M	$0.5M	88.4%	L
Community Hospital Suburban, IL	Staff Beds: 260 ADC: 182	$1.4M	$1.1M	93.5%	M
Community Hospital Suburban New York, NY	Staff Beds: 260 ADC: 196	$1.2M	$1.2M	94.5%	N

This Chicago suburban teaching center implemented SDM 2002™ in June of 1999. Of the $4.1M in savings they reinvested $2.3M back into patient care. Most of this reinvestment was in the CV units where the RN: Patient ratio was changed from a 1:6 ratio to a 1:4 ratio.

This medical center has 2400 employees. None of the employees are unionized.

This acute care hospital offers following clinical services:

Services	Beds
General medical and surgical care (adult)	376
General medical and surgical care (pediatric)	49
Obstetric care	22
Medical/surgical intensive care	26
Cardiac intensive care	14
Neonatal intensive care	8
Neonatal intermediate care	12
Pediatric intensive care	8

Total Staffed Beds	515