Posts by Kim Slote
VUEMED and Optimé Supply Chain team up
We’re very excited about our new collaboration with Optimé Supply Chain. You may have seen on nbcnews.com or on Yahoo! Finance that VUEMED and Optimé have joined forces to create OptiVue™,…
Read MoreCollaborating with hospital IT departments
We were recently asked to share any particularly difficult experiences we’ve had managing an organization’s inventory. For us, the biggest challenges have probably been with the IT departments of hospitals. Whenever a…
Read MorePatient safety – lessons from other industries
When I was at the OR Manager Conference in Las Vegas this fall, I met one of the OR managers who recounted to me his ordeal getting there from the…
Read MoreGI departments take control of their clinical inventory
We’re happy to report that GI departments are now enthusiastically joining the ranks of other specialty procedure areas – such as Cath Labs and EP, IR, and OR departments –…
Read MoreHow to ensure accurate charge capture in hospitals
There have been a number of posts on the AHRMM (Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management) listserve recently regarding the challenge of ensuring accurate charge capture. As former consultants…
Read MoreReflections on the 2012 AHRMM Conference
As I’ve written about before, we commissioned a survey of physicians last summer, in collaboration with The Optimé Group – one of our supply chain partners – in order to…
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