Half of Hospitals Not Prepared For Virtual Accreditation Surveys

April 30, 2025 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Joint Commission, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

With The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accreditation organizations moving to more virtual surveys in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, many hospitals are scrambling to prepare their documentation for a virtual world. These accreditation visits are crucial to hospitals that require successful surveys in order to receive funds from the Centers for Medicare and […]

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How One Hospital Adjusted Their Endoscopy Practice To Prevent The Spread Of Covid-19

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

As the Covid-19 pandemic surges across the world, hospitals have had to adjust their practices to minimize patient exposure to the virus. Endoscopic procedures, which introduce reusable endoscopes into the body, are one procedure that many have identified as an area at high risk. One hospital in Italy recently published research about their experience updating

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How To Prevent Endoscopes From Spreading Covid-19

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

As Covid-19 continues to spread across the US and other countries around the world, hospitals must do all they can to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks within their walls. One potential way that Covid-19 could spread undetected is through the use of improperly disinfected endoscopes on patients. Cori Ofstead of Ofstead and Associates has been studying the

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Texas Health System Successfully Reprocesses N95 Masks Using Hydrogen Peroxide

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Infection Control, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

With the US projected to continue to have a shortage of N95 masks for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic, several hospitals are testing various methods of sterilizing masks to enable multiple uses. Researchers at the Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center in Houston recently oversaw a series of tests where N95 masks were reprocessed

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Ensure Employee Accountability With A Vocera Tracking System

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Many hospitals have implemented Vocera smartbadges throughout their campus in order to improve communication between employees. These devices have become ubiquitous in some of the busiest areas of the hospital to help improve collaboration and reachability. However, due to the sheer number of smartbadges in circulation at some hospitals, tracking and maintaining the devices has

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Academic Medical Centers and IDNs Need To Invest In An Enterprise-Wide Supply Tracking System

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Operational Efficiency, Revenue Cycle, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

More than ever, today’s healthcare environment is calling for hospitals and health systems to rein in their costs. With all of the pressures of Covid-19 placed on top of prior concerns such as declining reimbursements and the shift to value-based care, hospitals are quickly looking to reduce costs while maintaining high standards of care. One

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How To Improve Documentation Compliance With A Bloodbag Tracking System

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Blood Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Operating Rooms, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery /

Emergency rooms are some of the most hectic workplaces in America. With daily arrivals of trauma patients and other patients in major distress, processes often break down in the face of life-and-death emergencies. In situations like these, hospitals must rely on their established systems to ensure that required documentation and other workflows are completed as

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How One Hospital Increased Endoscopic Ultrasound Volume By Over 25 Percent

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Managing Endoscopes, Operational Efficiency /

Department managers in hospitals are under more pressure than ever to run an efficient, profitable operation. With Covid-19 wreaking havoc on hospital finances, each department is being leaned on to find efficiencies and eliminate waste in order to ensure a profitable operation for a post-Covid environment. One way that departments have sought to improve profitability

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Having Trouble Tracking Scopes That Are Being Repaired? This Technology Can Help

April 30, 2025 / Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Managing Endoscopes, Operating Rooms, Supply Chain /

Endoscopes, as flexible instruments that frequently need to be repaired due to wear and tear, often become very difficult to track as they leave and enter the hospital. Managers of Endoscopy and PeriOperative departments may see a constant stream of endoscopes being sent out for repair and loaner scopes being sent back to them for

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PENTAX Medical Enters Into An Agreement To Distribute Scope Tracking Software and Cabinets

April 30, 2025 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

PENTAX Medical, a healthcare industry leader in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy solutions, announced today a distribution agreement with Mobile Aspects for its iRIScope software and iRIScope cabinets product line. Under the terms of the agreement, PENTAX Medical will serve as a United States sales agent of iRIScope software and iRIScope cabinets. The iRIScope system from

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