The Medical Center of Central Georgia and Care Logistics Announce New Partnership to Improve Patient Care and Quality in the Hospital

MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) announces its collaboration with Care Logistics, a leading hospital operating system solution provider for the purpose of employing Care Logistics’ resources to gain greater efficiency in operations. This comprehensive approach combines tested process improvement methodologies, enterprise logistics software, facility planning and design strategies to help the hospital better coordinate clinical care processes while managing resources more efficiently.

“Care Logistics offers a unique approach and MCCG is proud to be on the cutting edge of bringing this type of health care management solution to meet the needs of our patients.”

“This will support our long-standing commitment to clinical excellence in the care we provide our community, while reducing the cost of construction projects and the operational effort required to support our services,” Central Georgia Health System / Medical Center of Central Georgia President and Chief Executive Officer Don Faulk said. “Care Logistics offers a unique approach and MCCG is proud to be on the cutting edge of bringing this type of health care management solution to meet the needs of our patients.”

Hospitals who utilize the Care Logistics coordination model are better able to integrate all the clinical and non-clinical patient movements and order executions occurring in a hospital environment to achieve optimal patient flow and length of stay while enhancing overall patient satisfaction and quality.

“By using our expertise in increasing operational efficiency, we help lower costs, add patient capacity and improve patient care quality,” Care Logistics President Karl Straub said. “Our Hospital Operating System sets the stage for MCCG to excel by enabling it to deliver increased levels of quality health care while reducing the size of planned construction projects.”

For more information on the Care Logistics Hospital Operating Solution and the outcomes that can be achieved, please go to http://www.carelogistics.com/outcomes.

About The Medical Center of Central Georgia

The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG), an entity of Central Georgia Health System (CGHS), is a tertiary regional teaching medical center, a designated Level I Trauma Center, a perinatal center, and is one of 42 twice-designated Magnet® hospitals for nursing excellence nationwide. MCCG serves a primary and secondary service area of 30 counties and nearly 750,000 persons in central and south Georgia. It has over 4,600 employees and a medical staff of over 590 physicians. As the second largest hospital in Georgia, MCCG is licensed for 637 beds, including medical-surgical, obstetric, pediatric, psychiatric, and specialized individual intensive care units for neurology, pediatric, neonatal, surgical trauma, cardiac and cardiac surgery. The Emergency Center, with helipad capability and three urgent care centers, treats over 120,000 visitors per year. MCCG provides a broad range of community-based, outpatient diagnostic, primary care, extensive home health and hospice care, and comprehensive rehabilitation services. MCCG is the primary teaching hospital for Mercer University School of Medicine, providing residency and fellowship programs for over 100 residents and fellows, and is affiliated with multiple universities as a clinical education site.

Visit www.MCCG.org for more information.

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About Care Logistics

Through process re-engineering and enabling software, Care Logistics’ Hospital Operating System helps hospitals transform their operations to deliver total hospital efficiency. Care Logistics is a subsidiary of Jackson Healthcare, a group of companies focused on providing the health care industry with innovative physician and clinical resources and IT solutions.