Ancillary Utilization Process Management

For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource utilization, and while the facility is mindful of ancillary utilization, there was never a formal process to support or promote it. In 2010, the facility, under the leadership of the director of performance improvement, formed an ancillary utilization committee consisting of disciplines including quality management, pharmacy, medical staff, radiology, laboratory, respiratory, non-invasive cardiology, nursing, pathology, emergency room department and the family practice residency program.