Hospital CRM Transformation with Salesforce Health Cloud
Alphasaurs Team
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The Challenge
Memorial Hospital System struggled with:
- 12 siloed patient databases across departments
- 31% patient leakage to competitor networks
- 24-hour delays in service coordination
- Manual processes consuming 18 FTEs annually
Our Health Cloud Implementation
How We Built the Hospital CRM:
Unified Patient Profiles:
- Consolidated EHR, billing, and outreach data
- Created care gap alerts using clinical rules engine
- Developed provider-specific dashboards
Intelligent Service Coordination:
- Automated patient routing based on clinical priority
- Implemented multilingual SMS/email engagement
- Integrated self-service scheduling
HIPAA-Compliant Architecture:
- Configured field-level security for PHI
- Implemented consent management framework
- Established audit trails meeting Joint Commission standards
Measurable Outcomes
| KPI | Before | After | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient response time | 24 hrs | 2 hrs | 92% faster |
| Service coordination FTE | 18 | 6 | 67% reduction |
| Patient retention rate | 69% | 89% | +20 points |
| HCAHPS “Care Coordination” | 41% | 83% | +102% |
| Annual operational savings | - | $1.8M | ROI in 9 months |
Implementation Highlights:
- 14-week deployment for 3 pilot service lines
- 9,000+ patient records migrated seamlessly
- 100% adoption by care coordination teams
Why This Succeeded
Clinical-First Design:
- Co-developed with frontline nurses and case managers
- Embedded clinical decision support tools
- Minimized clicks for busy care teams
Enterprise Scalability:
- Rolled out to cardiology, oncology, and orthopedics first
- Phased expansion to all 22 service lines
- Handled 500+ concurrent users at go-live
Continuous Optimization:
- Monthly patient journey mapping sessions
- Quarterly provider experience surveys
- Real-time adoption analytics dashboard