Hospital Medicine Case Studies

In this hospital, Sound's integrated solution brings together hospital medicine, emergency medicine, and critical care to put the patient at the center of care. This integrated approach has led to reduced decision to admit times, reduced ED door-to-provider times, and reduced ED LWBS.

The hospital medicine team at a teaching hospital in Texas was experiencing lower-than-desired HCAHPS scores. Sound’s Medical Director and Clinical Performance Nurse implemented leadership discharge rounding with Sound patients improving survey responses, and saw an 8.4 percent absolute increase in HCAHPS scores within six months. They also implemented a formal approach to multidisciplinary rounds and saw an 0.8-day LOS reduction within five months.

Medicare Advisor seamlessly integrates with your Sound hospital medicine program to ensure no Medicare fee-for-service patient is overlooked. Sound physician advisors monitor patients in real-time to validate the original admission order, so hospitals maintain compliance and maximize efficiency. On average, hospitals see a 36 percent decrease in long observation stays and a $700,000 increase in annual hospital revenue.

After seeing the positive impacts of Sound’s centralized multidisciplinary rounds (MDRs) at another hospital, including reducing length of stay (LOS), the case management team of a south-central US medical center agreed to pilot a similar program at their hospital. Within nine months of the pilot, the hospital saw a 0.5 day reduction in LOS and stabilization of case mix index and readmissions, among other positive impacts.