Physicians and other clinicians in hospitals have been increasingly vocal about their frustration with the time they are spending documenting encounters in EMRs instead of focusing on patient care. Backing up that claim is a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that found that only 27% of the average day is spent by […]
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the first duodenoscope with a disposable distal cap. It is believed that the new feature will improve access for cleaning and reprocessing of duodenoscopes, leading to improved patient safety. The Pentax model ED34-i10T duodenoscope is being released following a field correction issued earlier in 2017
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Following the Wall Street Journal article that questioned the validity of The Joint Commission’s accreditation practices, the government has stepped up inquiries into the hospital accreditation process. The Joint Commission, as the largest accreditation agency, is now under increased scrutiny and hospitals may be exposed as a result. Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) has sent a
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A recent study by Navigant Consulting concluded that the average hospital could achieve supply savings of nearly $10 million annually, or 17.8%, by pursuing some basic strategic initiatives. With hospital margins often hovering near breakeven, that is an additional $10 million in savings that can flow directly to the bottom line. The other key finding
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Consignment items have been a frequent subject of conversations we have with inventory managers in procedural areas of hospitals. Many hospitals that we’ve visited have a mix of consigned and owned products in their inventory. However, when you dig deeper you’ll find that many supplies were added to inventory as consigned or owned for inconsistent
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In a walkthrough of a major academic hospital in the Northeast US, the Chief of Surgery was lamenting how little space she had for new operations. The new hybrid Operating Room she was planning was going to be larger than their typical OR, making the issues even worse. As we walked through the ORs, a
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Today, most hospitals are starting to understand what items and supplies they use by looking at data coming out of their documentation or materials management systems. Maybe they even go a step further to standardize on certain products (it seems like every hospital has a “Product Standardization Committee” and/or “Value Analysis Committee”). But does your
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This is part of a series of interviews being held with professionals who have deep expertise in the requirements and protocols around endoscope reprocessing in hospitals. The goal is to learn about and educate on existing and emerging best practices in endoscope reprocessing. I had a chance to sit down with Jhmeid Billingslea, the Director
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For those directly involved with patient care, supply management for patient procedures or risk assessment, how does your team effectively manage the inventory of implantable items that are about to expire? Or more importantly, the items that are already expired? When we look at how the procedure areas in hospitals – ORs, Interventional Radiology, Cath
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This is the first in a series of interviews being held with professionals who have deep expertise in the requirements and protocols around endoscope reprocessing in hospitals. The goal is to learn about and educate on existing and emerging best practices in endoscope reprocessing. I had a chance to sit down with Andy Young, the
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