Patient 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…
Read MoreGS1 Standards Alone Inadequate for Managing Inventory
There are some in the healthcare field who believe that when hospitals adopt GS1 standards (www.gs1.org) and integrate them into their MMIS (materials management information systems), this is enough to…
Read MoreThe problem of inaccurate clinical supply documentation
At a recent HIMSS conference last month, I co-presented at a Supply Chain Special Interest Group session regarding the problem of poor clinical supply documentation accuracy at the point of…
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