www.promodel.com 1-800-000-0000 | email@promodel.com Baystates Saves $1.5 Million Annually with New Surgical Center Design CHALLENGES Baystate was designing a $28 million surgical center and hoped to increase the service level in both their current and new center while reducing costs. The existing facility had experienced an annual 8% growth rate verses the expected rate of 6%, and after five years they were 12% above the forecasted volume. There was also evidence that staff assignments and patient flows were hurting throughput. This resulted in longer stays and a serious need for expansion. SOLUTION The project team modeled the existing process within the hospital using MedModel®. It was quickly de- termined that 30% of the time patients spent in the surgical center was simpl

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