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Hospital Revives Its "Dead" Patients



By Larry Barrett

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  1. Hospital Revives Its "Dead" Patients
  2. ' Fatal Errors '
  3. ' St'

Eighty-five hundred people at St. Mary's Mercy thought they were still alive. But the hospital's computers were telling them they were not.

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Institution name: St. Mary's Mercy Medical Center

Headquarters: 200 Jefferson St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Phone: (616) 752-6090

Business: Hospital serving Western Michigan

Chief Financial Officer: Steve Pirog

Financials in fiscal 2001: $235 million in sales; net income of $6.2 million; net profit margin 2.6%

Challenge: Upgrade performance of patient-management software system


BASELINE GOALS:
  • Improve accuracy of patient records
  • Increase patient-service revenue, from $180.8 million in 2001 to $188.2 million in 2002
  • Keep patient admissions above 16,000 a year


 
 
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