The first trial accusing Olympus Corp. of wrongdoing associated with contaminated duodenoscopes in US hospitals has recently concluded. The jury ultimately decided that the Olympus duodenoscope’s design was not to blame for the death of a patient – though its lack of proper warning was determined to be partially responsible, as well as the actions […]
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Maximizing revenue and patient satisfaction is a constant struggle in today’s healthcare environment. Many decisions result in improving one at the expense of the other. A recent presentation by Wise Health System at the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI conference in Orlando spoke about how to accomplish both goals with a data-driven culture. The endeavor
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A recent study by a financial analysis team at the Advisory Board concluded that the average 350-bed hospital misses $22 million in lost revenue capture opportunities per year. With hospital margins often hovering near breakeven, that is $22 million in lost dollars that are sorely needed to shore up the bottom line. The reason hospitals
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In today’s healthcare environment, it’s more important than ever to maximize the revenue your hospital is receiving for each procedure. Hospitals are being squeezed from both ends – declining reimbursements and increasing supply costs for more complex medical devices. Research shows that the average 350-bed hospital is missing $22 million in revenue capture opportunities per
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We’ve all seen it (and maybe even done it ourselves) – thousands of dollars of medical devices tucked away in our desks, filing cabinets, ceilings, wherever we can find a secret space. This isn’t a practice intended to waste hospital dollars, it’s done with the best intention – patient safety. When a patient needs a
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The first trial accusing Olympus Corp. of wrongdoing associated with contaminated duodenoscopes in US hospitals is underway. The case surrounds the death of Richard Bigler, a 57 year-old patient who underwent a scope procedure while battling pancreatic cancer in 2013. It’s alleged that during the procedure, a tainted duodenoscope at Virginia Mason Medical Center passed
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One of the biggest obstacles to value analysis teams within hospitals is physicians who are reluctant to switch devices or vendors. Physicians often grow attached to certain medical devices, with good reason – they have been proven to work for them and their patients. Often times, showing evidence that a substitute item with similar functionality
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Big data has been a buzzword in the healthcare industry for the past few years, but more often than not, the benefits of big data have been hard to quantify. Not so for St. Louis, Missouri-based Mercy health system. Mercy has recently turned big data findings in the perioperative area of their hospitals into savings
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In talking with our hospital customers, case mix index (CMI) often comes up as a source of confusion and misunderstanding by clinical staff. CMI is widely tracked by employees on the financial side of the hospital, but not monitored nearly as closely on the clinical side, so its impact is widely misunderstood. CMI is an
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Recently, dozens of societies representing different members of the medical community joined together to support the appreciation of scientific evidence, education and investment. Groups as varied as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association and the Association of American Cancer Institutes joined the cause to fight what they feel is an onslaught of
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