Operational diagnostic — executive report
Cascade Ridge Community Hospital
Ambulatory EEG program launch readiness · Trailing 6 months — Sep 2025 to Feb 2026
Prepared for Sierra Valley Health · 96 beds · 1 site · reviewer unassigned
Executive summary
Cascade Ridge Community Hospital — EEG service line operational diagnostic (Trailing 6 months — Sep 2025 to Feb 2026).
The outpatient EEG wait is 21 days against a 14-day target. Weekly routine outpatient capacity is approximately 6 studies against demand of 3.2, leaving no margin to reduce the backlog. Coverage is staffed 53 hours of the week, with after-hours demand handled by a three-person callback rotation.
Recommendation: move to current overlapping weekday and add 1.5 FTE registered EEG technologist, taking the department from 1.0 to 2.5 FTE. Weekly routine outpatient capacity rises from approximately 6 to 6 studies, the existing backlog clears in about 3 weeks, and the projected steady-state wait falls to approximately 14 days. Callback activations fall from 1.1 to 1.1 per month.
Total annual labor cost moves from $111,835 to $111,835, partially offset by reduced overtime and callback premium.
Figures are operational planning estimates derived from aggregate, de-identified data. This is not clinical guidance.
Wait (days)
21 → 14
OP slots / week
6 → 6
FTE
1.0 → 2.5
Callbacks / month
1.1 → 1.1