Working Wonders

Paul Dombrosky rings up savings

Fixing a cracked lens on nurses’ wireless phones used to be costly, until information systems subject matter expert Paul Dombrosky found a better idea.

The phones, used by nursing staff to communicate with other caregivers and families, are clipped on scrubs and consequently get banged around. The repairs used to cost a minimum of $125 per phone. “I figured there had to be a more affordable solution, so I contacted the distributor to get a stockpile of lenses,” Dombrosky says. “Now, they are replaced in-house for just $9.72 each.”

Dombrosky’s Working Wonders efforts didn’t stop there. When the new LVH–Muhlenberg opened last year, he evaluated the usage of its business lines—phone lines that are used for faxes and modems and not on the 884 exchange. He discovered that 34 of the 48 lines weren’t being used. Disconnecting them lowered our phone bill by more than $700 per month.

How It Adds Up
IDEA In-house wireless phone repairs and verifying phone lines
BY Paul Dombrosky
ANNUAL SAVINGS $4,139 to date
AWARD AMOUNT $414

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