Hoarding In The OR Is Costing Your Hospital Real Money

The hospital supply chain is increasingly being looked at as a way for hospitals to eliminate unnecessary spend. As hospitals continue on their journey from volume to value, the profit per procedure needs to improve in order for hospitals to remain profitable. As the place where most hospitals make and spend 50% of their dollars, […]

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Top Health Technology Hazards List For 2019 Includes Endoscope Reprocessing

The ECRI Institute, based in Philadelphia, has just released its annual list of health technology hazards for 2019.  Endoscope reprocessing once again appears on the list, coming in as the number 5 hazard for 2019. The Top 10 Health Technology Hazards List is the result of extensive research by ECRI’s engineers, scientists and clinicians, as

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US Hospitals Suffer Profit Drop For Second Straight Year

A recent press release from Fitch Ratings noted that not-for-profit hospital operating margins fell for the second straight year. The median operating margin in the not-for-profit hospital space was 1.9% in 2017, down from 2.6% in 2016. Even though balance sheets strengthened for the not-for-profit hospital sector in 2017, the drop in operating margins from

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The Dangerous Trend Of Hospital Costs Outpacing Revenue Growth Rates

A recent research report from Moody’s Investors Service noted that not-for-profit hospital revenue growth rate have been increasing at a slower rate than expenses, leading to shrinking profitability margins. While there has been a slowdown in the growth rate of costs at not-for-profit hospitals, the reduction in the revenue growth rate was even faster in

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Study Reveals Bronchoscopes Ready For Use On Patients Are Still Dirty

Several recent studies have shown that despite best efforts to follow manufacturer reprocessing guidelines, bronchoscopes deemed ready for patient use are still contaminated at a high rate. Some of the most recent research highlighting the difficulties of disinfecting bronchoscopes was published by Cori Ofstead, MSPH. In a recent presentation at the annual meeting of the

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New Research Concludes Academic Medical Centers Trail Community Hospitals In Cost And Quality Measures

Academic medical centers (AMCs) play a prominent role in America’s healthcare system. They provide a disproportionate share of charity care, medical research and medical education when compared to non-academic medical centers. It has been assumed for a long time that AMCs also provide higher quality care than comparable non-academic medical centers, however there has been

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The Key Inventory Management Metric For Hospitals To Track

As hospital executives look for new opportunities to reduce costs in an era when value is taking over for volume, the supply chain is increasingly coming in to focus. For too long, hospital supply chains – more specifically the procedures for managing surgical implants and supplies that make up a large share of supply costs

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How A Periodic Update Of Your PAR Levels Can Save Your Hospital Millions

PAR levels (or periodic automatic replenishment levels) have been used in industry for decades to help businesses of all kinds keep just the right amount of inventory on hand without suffering from excess. Many hospitals solely rely on “gut feel” in order to understand how many items of each product type they should keep on

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How To Turn Supply Chain Waste Into A Revenue Opportunity

The healthcare supply chain is increasingly being looked at as a new frontier in hospital cost containment. With the supply chain making up the 2nd largest expense category for healthcare providers, there is ample opportunity to drive costs out of the supply chain to boost profitability at hospitals. What if there was a way to

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Hospital Inventory Management In A Data-Driven World

As hospitals grapple with increasing costs and declining reimbursements, reducing expenses has become an important tool for hospital CFOs to use to improve profitability. This contrasts greatly with hospital strategies from a decade ago that relied solely on increasing revenues to increase profitability. Key areas that hospitals have been focusing on are their labor and

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