How Adventist Health White Memorial Reduced Nurse Turnover Rate By 25% With KATE AI

Hospital decreased nurse turnover rate from 30% to 22.5%.

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Adventist Health White Memorial Case Study
Mara Bryant

Triage is high-intensity work, so it has a high burnout rate. KATE reduces the stress of the position, and we were able to reduce turnover in our nursing staff by 25%. When we talked to the nurses, they said the ED didn’t feel so crazy anymore. They were much less stressed by a crowded waiting room because they understood what was in there.

Mara Bryant
COO / Operations Executive, Adventist Health White Memorial

Adventist Health White Memorial At A Glance

55,325
Annual ED Visits
353
Licensed Beds
Oracle Cerner
EHR System
Teaching
Nonprofit, Faith-Based Teaching Hospital
The Challenge

Loss of Institutional Knowledge and Rising Nurse Burnout

Like many hospitals around the country, Adventist Health White Memorial (AHWM) faced a critical loss of institutional knowledge due to a wave of nurse retirements. Not only did AHWM lose decades of triage knowledge and wisdom, but newer to practice nurses were burned out, resulting in an increased turnover rate to 30%. This gap in triage experience created an environment of high anxiety where the “high-intensity” nature of the work threatened both staff retention and clinical safety.

30%
Nurse Turnover Rate
Before Implementation
Decades
Of Triage Knowledge
Lost to Retirements
High
Anxiety Environment
Threatening Retention
The Solution

KATE AI: An Always-On Safety Net for the Nursing Workforce

AHWM deployed KATE AI to operationalize an always-on safety net that supports decision-making for their evolving nursing workforce. Acting as a second set of eyes, the system provides real-time clinical validation to new-to-practice nurses, allowing them to assess patients with the accuracy of seasoned veterans. The system identifies care opportunities, enabling leadership to provide customized education specifically where nurses needed additional assistance, effectively bridging the experience gap without disrupting workflow.

  • Always-on clinical decision support
  • Real-time validation for new-to-practice nurses
  • Accuracy matching seasoned veterans
  • Customized education opportunity identification
  • Experience gap bridging without workflow disruption

Measurable Results

Significant improvements across retention, staff wellbeing, and workforce resilience.

Reduction in Nurse Turnover
25%
ED nurse turnover reduced from 30% to 22.5% as part of holistic retention initiative
Reduced Staff Stress
Calmer
Nurses reported the ED “didn’t feel so crazy anymore” with better visibility into waiting room acuity
AI as Mentorship Tool
Validated
Demonstrated that AI reinforces broader retention efforts and mitigates moral distress

A More Confident and Resilient Nursing Workforce

Integrating clinical risk intelligence as a strategic component of their workforce resilience plan, AHWM achieved a 25% reduction in ED nurse turnover (from 30% down to 22.5%). While part of a holistic retention initiative, the system specifically mitigated the “chaotic” atmosphere by clarifying acuity, ensuring nurses felt less stressed and more in control of their environment.

AHWM successfully leveraged this technology to enhance clinical decision-making and confidence, demonstrating that AI can act as a high-leverage mentorship tool that reinforces broader retention efforts and mitigates the moral distress prevalent in high-pressure triage environments.

Triage is high-intensity work, so it has a high burnout rate. KATE reduces the stress of the position, and we were able to reduce turnover in our nursing staff by 25%.

Mara Bryant
COO / Operations Executive, Adventist Health White Memorial

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