Operational Efficiency

Survey Reveals Top Priorities for Healthcare Supply Chain Leaders

Big Data, Hospital Finance, Operational Efficiency, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

Recently, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) released its top priorities for healthcare supply chains in 2017.  The priorities were the result of a survey of 50 leading supply chain provider organizations.  At the top of the list was predictive analytics, with improved price accuracy between supplier and provider partners and standardized business processes/data across the organization […]

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How Hospitals Can Drive More Value From Data Analytics

Big Data, Cath Lab, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, The Business of Surgery /

As adoption of EMRs at hospitals reaches saturation, hospitals and health systems are now trying to figure out how to make the most of the vast amounts of data being collected by their information systems. Focusing on data analytics in the perioperative setting can drive significant value for a hospital, given the large share of

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How Physician Feedback Can Save Millions In Your OR

Big Data, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Putting surgeons in the know regarding their OR spend can help hospitals reduce costs drastically. This is the main finding from a study published in JAMA Surgery by a study team at the University of California, San Francisco. A test group of surgeons who received monthly feedback on their OR costs reduced their spend by

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Patient Safety Impact of Medical Device Recalls

Cath Lab, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Radiology, The Business of Surgery /

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

Cath Lab, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

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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Massachusetts General Shares Keys To Success at RFID in Healthcare 2012

Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a 1,000-bed teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and recent recipient of the #1 ranking in US News & World Reports 2012 Best Hospitals is expanding its use of radio frequency identification for surgical supply & implant tracking. Robert M. Sheridan, the director of interventional radiology spoke about the key decisions

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"The Case for RFID & Lean Supply Management" AVIR Conference March 25, 2012

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Mobile Aspects is proud to have been in attendance at this year’s AVIR (Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers) conference in San Francisco, CA.  2012 marked Mobile Aspects’ first appearance at the AVIR Annual Conference as we supported Robert Sheridan of Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA), during his presentation to fellow AVIR members about RFID

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RFID Enabled Clinical Resource Management Solution Featured in Journal of the American College of Radiology Independent Research Study

Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

The March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) features a non sponsored independent research study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital.  The article titled: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Inventory Management in Neurointerventional Practice, seeks to highlight potential financial advantages, benefits to quality and safety as well as increases in staff

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The Top 5 Reasons Your Hospital’s Operating Room is Leaking Cash

Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

1) Missed charges: Hospitals with traditional paper based logging systems typically miss charges on upwards of 30% of total billable items used in cases.  Even more interesting is the fact that hospitals with bar code-based inventory management systems have not solved this problem.  Massachusetts General Hospital was actually able to achieve a 20% increase in

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