Success Stories
About Sleep Center A
Embla installed the Enterprise System and interfaced it with its PSG Software. High speed scanners were used in conjunction with the Enterprise document management system to allow the center to quickly reach its goal of implementing fully electronic patient records. The standby list in Enterprise identified patients that can be called in the event of an appointment cancelation. Embla worked with a third-party service to automatically place reminder calls to patients before their studies.
BUSINESS ISSUE
Sleep Center A was looking to take its business to the next level through the
use of electronic charting and desired to implement new technologies to
manage its occupancy rate and service level.
EMBLA SOLUTION
Embla installed the Enterprise System and interfaced it with its PSG Software. High speed scanners were used in conjunction with the Enterprise document management system to allow the center to quickly reach its goal of implementing fully electronic patient records. The standby list in Enterprise identified patients that can be called in the event of an appointment cancelation. Embla worked with a third-party service to automatically place reminder calls to patients before their studies.
BENEFITS
The lab has noticed a consistent 4% decrease in unfilled beds since the implementation of Enterprise. On the basis of a $1000/patient reimbursement rate, filling these additional beds translated to an additional $120,000 per year. Less the cost of the service, an incremental return to the organization of $60,000 was realized. The Enterprise system paid for itself within a few months of purchase on based on the standby list feature alone. In addition, by going paperless the sleep center estimates an additional savings of $2,000 per year on paper charts and filing supplies
ABOUT SLEEP CENTER B
Sleep Center B is a 14 bed accredited sleep center with multiple facilities in a large metropolitan area.
BUSINESS ISSUE
The sleep center was looking to schedule all sites from one location and needed a scheduling system capable of managing and distributing the schedule throughout its organization. The center's reading doctors were located off-site and would drive to the lab several times a week to review studies. The center was looking for a solution to provide its referring physicians the convenience of securely accessing patient information and monitoring compliance outcomes remotely.
EMBLA SOLUTION
Embla installed the Enterprise System and interfaced it with its PSG Software. The Enterprise Multi-site Module allowed the site to manage the schedule of multiple sleep labs from one central location and automatically push this data to the PSG software on the night of the study. The Enterprise Client was used in conjunction with terminal services to provide a remote access solution for reading and referring physicians.
BENEFITS
Aside from making the job of their reading doctors more convenient, the remote access and centralization of lab information provided by Enterprise allowed Sleep Center B to reduce its clerical staff by two full time employees. This led to a savings of $60,000 annually, providing a complete return on investment after only four months of using the system. Sleep Center B has reported that Enterprise has been invaluable in the time saved by quickly locating information through the Enterprise Query Manager. Another huge benefit is that the referral tracking abilities of Enterprise have allowed the sleep center to re-focus their marketing efforts so that they can ensure maximum growth for the center.
ABOUT SLEEP CENTER C
Sleep Center C is a six bed AASM accredited sleep lab.
BUSINESS ISSUE
The sleep center was looking to reduce costs and transcription errors involved with using a dictation service.
EMBLA SOLUTION
Embla installed the Enterprise System with the Enterprise transcription system. Using this system, the center was able to automate the transcription process so that it the interpretation reports are now generated automatically based on clinical parameters from the study and basic physician input.
BENEFITS
Sleep Center C has projected that the transcription feature saves approximately $24,000 per year in dictation costs and dramatically reduces transcription errors.