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Patient Safety Impact of Medical Device Recalls

What is a Medical Device Recall? A recall is an action taken to address a problem with a medical device that violates FDA law. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health. A medical device recall […]

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Inventory Tune-Up Drives Yearly Savings

Often we hear, when talking with hospitals that they only expect to get a one time savings with our inventory solution. They’ll say, “With your solution, we are really only going to see a reduction in inventory on the initial install of your product. Thus, only realizing a one-time cost savings.” This has been their

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Are buttons pushing your buttons?

Anyone who has worked within a hospital, specifically in perioperative services knows that healthcare providers have a habit for using “sticky” things to capture data. Whether its removing a sticker off a product and placing it on a “charge sheet”, putting the sticker on our own lab coat to record later or even using post

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Mobile Aspects customers save $2M annually by eliminating expiration costs

It’s estimated that clients using Mobile Aspects supply management technologies are reducing waste in healthcare delivery by eliminating nearly $2 million annually in inventory expiration costs. In an environment where ongoing cost pressures are forcing care providers to maximize efficiency, these cost reductions are creating significant value. In the brief video aside, a Mobile Aspects

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Assessing the Adoption of RFID Technology by Healthcare Providers

Recently HIMSS released the results of a survey of healthcare professionals around the use of RFID technology within healthcare.  In reviewing the highlights of the survey, some interesting observations emerge: 1. Application of RFID technology towards patient safety and quality is of higher need and priority. Nearly one-third of respondents believe that widespread use of

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Seek Change: Inventory Management using RFID Technology

Healthcare is often labeled as a laggard when it comes to innovation and already thin budgets are feeling the effect of waste more than ever in light of the current economy. Competing capital projects and limited resources hold some care providers back but often the biggest factor driving lack of adoption is a mindset – a feeling that keeping the status quo is the easiest and cheapest option.

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