Pediatrix: Small Companies, Big Returns - ' Pediatrix Base Case' (
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Company: Pediatrix
76%
The percentage of neonatal intensive care units the company operates that reported improved weight gains for premature infants after a year of participation in a targeted quality improvement program.
Business: Operates neonatal intensive care units in hospitals across the country. Also provides obstetrics and health screening services.
Headquarters: Sunrise, Fla.
Key Business Executive: Barry Bloom, M.D., director of the Institute for Clinical Improvement
Key Technology Manager: Bob Bryant, vice president of technology
Project: Enhance a system intended for clinical note-taking in individual hospitals, using it to feed a central database that can then be scrutinized for clues on how to improve research and quality of care.
Objectives: Gather data once for multiple purposes; produce a legible clinical record for hospital reports, regulatory reports and research projects; and improve the health of infants.
Technology Used: NeoData from MetaSoft Systems; Microsoft's Access, Visual Basic, and SQL Server.
Lesson for Big Companies: Even processes that aren't automated can be improved by analyzing data about the outcomes of those processes.
Projects: Management 
