Moab Case Studies
Moab Healthcare partners with leading health systems to solve complex Sterile Processing Department (SPD), perioperative, and leadership challenges. Below are selected client engagements highlighting measurable improvements in workforce stability, quality, safety, throughput, and financial performance.
University of Maryland Medical System
Challenge: Persistent staffing shortages combined with limited education and professional development opportunities.
Solution: Designed and implemented a structured, system-wide education program that matured into a formal internal certification pathway.
Impact: Dramatically reduced reliance on contingent labor while building a more skilled, engaged, and sustainable workforce.
Lee Health
Challenge: A prior vendor failure left significant education gaps, operational inefficiencies, and throughput constraints.
Solution: Rapidly rebuilt the workforce by onboarding and training 58 staff members within two months, supported by a comprehensive education program.
Impact: Increased surgical volume by more than 4,000 cases annually with no additional SPD headcount.
University Hospitals – Cleveland
Challenge: Ongoing inability to recruit and retain qualified SPD professionals.
Solution: Rapid workforce deployment.
Impact: Successfully placed 25 qualified SPD professionals within one month.
Cooper University Health Care – Cape Regional
Challenge: Instrument sterilization failures resulted in lost surgeon and OR confidence.
Solution: Comprehensive SPD assessment with root cause analysis and workflow redesign.
Impact: Eliminated sterilization defects and reduced SPD-related surgical delays to zero.
Mobile Infirmary
Challenge: Leadership vacancy and staffing instability.
Solution: Interim SPD leadership and sustainable hiring program.
Impact: Fully staffed department with no contingent labor.
Carilion Clinic
Challenge: Quality, safety, and throughput concerns.
Solution: Comprehensive assessment with project management and educator support.
Impact: Mitigated a significant patient safety risk and improved long-term operations.
NewYork-Presbyterian
Challenge: CSP relocation and inventory inefficiencies.
Solution: Detailed SPD operational and inventory review.
Impact: Reduced tray inventory by nearly 36%, saving millions of dollars in instrument inventory and increasing SPD productivity.
Ochsner Health
Challenge: Surgical expansion with prohibitive capital proposals.
Solution: Physical plant review and redesigned SPD footprint.
Impact: Eliminated the need for immediate capital spend, utilized current CSP footprint, and greatly improved workflow and work environment.
Lifepoint Health
Challenge: Lack of standardized SPD procedures across 82 hospitals.
Solution: System-wide SOP development and deployment.
Impact: Improved quality, safety, throughput, reduced costs, and increased revenue.
Great Falls Hospital
Challenge: Need for interim financial leadership to maintain stability and forward momentum.
Solution: Moab placed an experienced interim CFO who integrated quickly with leadership and staff.
Impact: Strengthened financial strategy, improved accountability and collaboration, and supported operational momentum, reinforcing Moab as a trusted partner.
Duke University Health System
Challenge: A sudden loss of 20+ supply chain staff just before the holidays threatened OR support and distribution.
Solution: Rapid deployment of 15+ experienced Sterile Processing professionals, averaging 9 years of experience, to support supply chain and OR operations.
Impact: Operations stabilized during a critical period, OR disruptions were avoided, and permanent staff strain was reduced while supporting training and a major hospital conversion.
Cleveland Clinic
Challenge: Limited access to experienced SPD travelers led to inconsistent quality and operational strain.
Solution: Cleveland Clinic consolidated sterile processing staffing with Moab Healthcare, securing consistent access to specialized SPD professionals.
Impact: 150+ SPD professionals deployed over four years, driving sustained improvements in productivity, quality, and departmental stability.
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