Saving $2 Million Annually with a Collaborative Surgical Hospitalist Program

When Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento (SMCS) partnered with Surgical Affiliates Management Group, Inc. (Surgical Affiliates) on a collaborative surgical hospitalist program, the hospital achieved significant improvements in patient care and throughput efficiencies. Additionally, the hospital saw a $2 million annual cost reduction due in part to our evidenced-based, programmatic approach aimed at reducing variation in the delivery of surgical care.

Richard SooHoo, Chief Financial Officer of Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, who was instrumental in bringing Surgical Affiliates to SMCS, stated that implementing our program was not merely a solution for consistent surgical call coverage, but a model for SMCS to deliver a higher standard of emergency surgery coverage to the patients in its community. He noted that the hospital is most proud of sustaining this high level of care due to the collaborative partnership with Surgical Affiliates, which began day one of implementing the surgical hospitalist program.

Mr. SooHoo recently participated with me in a webinar discussing our surgical hospitalist program and its results. Participants learned how our surgical hospitalist programs – like hospitalist programs 20 years ago – is an innovative practice model that gives early adopters a significant competitive advantage. This webinar “How did this hospital save $2 million a year?” is posted on our website’s homepage, www.samgi.com.

The webinar provides detailed information on our team approach to acute care surgery and how our model delivers better patient care, reduces variation, optimizes capacity and creates a “halo” effect throughout the hospital by improving responsiveness and efficiencies across multiple departments.

If you are interested in learning more about how our partnership with SMCS accomplished these results, please read our most recent case study “The Verdict Is In Surgical Hospitalist Programs Deliver Improved Results throughout the Hospital”. To request a copy, please visit www.samgi.com