Wait a minute....!!! That's all we're going to save?

Last week I spent a few days at the World Healthcare Congress just outside D.C..

Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, located in Toledo and part of the Mercy Health and Catholic Health Partners organizations presented some very astounding outcomes they have experienced over the past two years.  In round numbers they reduced their length of stay from 5.2 to 3.8 days and at the same time reduced the operational costs to run their organization by a total of $48,000,000.  They were also able to claim a 75% reduction in preventable harm to their patient population.