Case Study
Getting Everyone - Even Physicians - Involved in Improving Safety and Security
Ellis Hospital is part of Ellis Medicine, a 438-bed community healthcare system located in Schenectady, N.Y. The hospital administration felt it needed a vendor credentialing program to meet Joint Commission’s recommendations and improve hospital safety, but didn’t have the manpower to maintain a manual program. CHALLENGE Colleen Norberg, purchasing manager for Ellis Medicine,said there were a lot of reasons why the hospital needed a vendor c