Under Cae Swanger’s strategic direction, HCA Healthcare’s Pacific Region technology team supports large hospitals, behavioral health services and emergency, surgery and urgent care centers throughout Las Vegas, California, Utah, Alaska and Idaho—all known for outstanding patient care, innovative technology and pioneering new medical procedures. From a substantial increase in sepsis survival rates through groundbreaking software development, to the deployment of computerized mobile solutions empowering and connecting entire patient care teams, Swanger’s tenacity, knowledge and passion drives preeminent support for more than 12,000 physicians, 17,000 nurses and caregivers, and almost 500 graduate residents that serve the patients that trust HCA Healthcare for their care.
A three-decade IT executive and currently serving as a chief information officer for HCA, Swanger was recently named in a US Patent issued for TimeWatch, a tool developed to automate the collection of data and information from a variety of HCA Healthcare platforms and marry algorithms to correlate data elements to redisplay as connected information. TimeWatch has armed HCA leaders with meaningful information in near real-time to make data-driven and elective operational decisions to ensure the highest level of quality patient care. Over $10 million in savings was documented in the first year of its use.
Swanger has worked with teams to deploy smart technology to track and control tools, equipment and supplies during surgical procedures—effectively optimizing surgical workflows while achieving patient safety and clinician satisfaction. Her team has also implemented real-time mobile telemetry alerts to enhance patient care response time, resulting in a 10% decrease in non-ICU code blues.
In the community, Swanger is actively involved with the Susan G. Komen organization, Habitat for Humanity and the HCA Healthcare Women in IT Group. She also serves as an adjunct professor at UNLV’s School of Public Health where she teaches how various technologies contribute to the delivery of quality patient care.