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Stabilize staffing. Shorten length of stay. Reduce subsidy spend. 

Four hospitals. One scalable Hospital Medicine model.

Whether you lead a standalone facility or a multi-hospital system, you know that Hospital Medicine performance affects the entire hospital. When staffing is unstable, patients wait longer, teams feel stretched, and subsidy pressure is harder to manage. 

See how one large nonprofit health system partnered with Sound to align leaders, teams, and workflows across four hospitals around one scalable Hospital Medicine model. 

Key results

  • 87% improvement

    in temp labor
  • 21% decline

    in length of stay
  • 19% decline

    in monthly subsidy spend
  • 22% decline

    in annual subsidy spend per patient

What’s inside:

The full case study shows how the health system and Sound worked together to build a model that supported local hospital needs while creating more consistent performance across the system.

You’ll see how the teams addressed: 

  • Staffing stability. Physician leadership, clearer expectations, and stronger day-to-day structure reduced reliance on temporary labor
  • Patient throughput. Shared workflows, multidisciplinary rounds, and delay tracking moved patients through the hospital more efficiently
  • Financial performance. Better documentation, smarter resource use, and more consistent daily practices reduced subsidy spend

Built for hospitals and health systems 

Whether you lead a standalone facility or a multi-hospital system, the right Hospital Medicine model can help stabilize coverage, support clinicians, improve patient throughput, and create more predictable performance. 

Stable teams. Smoother patient flow. Stronger performance.


Sound internal data on file. Temp labor, monthly subsidy spend, and annual subsidy spend per patient compare contract year 2 to contract year 5; length of stay compares Q4 2022 to Q4 2025. Results rounded. Individual results will vary.

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