Cedar Crest in
Allentown, Pa. "We
have a saying: No mar-
gin, no mission.
Surgery is a business.
Businesses can't flour-
ish without money.
Cash is king in the
OR."
The Olympians
(staff members) sub-
mitted their ideas to
their coaches (man-
agers). Each Olympian
presented her idea
before a panel of
judges, who scored
based on various
points, such as feasibil-
ity, cost saving oppor-
tunity and originality.
Judges awarded gold
and silver medals for the top money-saving ideas:
1. Change preference cards to procedure cards. Lehigh shrunk 150
urology preference cards down to 10 procedure cards. For the top 10
urology procedures, Lehigh's 9 surgeons had 150 preference cards
covering 10 procedures across 3 sites. Administrators asked each
urologist to agree to a single procedure card. In 3 months, they saved
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 3
• WATER CONSERVATION Lehigh Valley Health Network replaced foot pedals with
water sensors at all of its scrub sinks. Expected water bill savings: $728,000 to
$950,000.
Lehigh
Valley
Health
Network
