Grady Health System chooses Care Logistics to boost patient care, drive efficiencies

Atlanta-based Grady Health System, a major safety net hospital, has signed a five-year contract with Care Logistic with the aim of improving patient experience and boosting and efficiency. Care Logistics, based in nearby Alpharetta, Georgia, will roll out its Hospital Operating System at Grady this summer. The hospital hopes to improve patient throughput, boost quality and allow for a better patient experience while creating capacity for growth. Care Logistics work will be focused on improving coordination between all patient care areas such as diagnostic areas, nursing units, the emergency department, surgical and procedural services. In addition, the technology will help the hospital create a common patient progression plan and length-of-stay target that is shared enterprise-wide, so care teams can access it work together to keep the patient on schedule to the targeted treatment and recovery plan, officials said.