Clinical Documentation

How One Tissue Manager Passed Their Joint Commission Survey

January 16, 2019 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Joint Commission, Operating Rooms, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

A customer recently relayed on to us their experience going through a Joint Commission accreditation survey. The tissue manager in the operating rooms of this particular hospital utilizes Mobile Aspects’ iRISecure system to track their tissue. She uses iRISecure to ensure the quality of documentation for patient safety and regulatory compliance. The Joint Commission (“TJC”) […]

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Having Trouble Tracing Endoscopes To Patients? This Technology Can Help

January 10, 2019 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Managing Endoscopes, Operating Rooms, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

With The Joint Commission (TJC) spending an increasing amount of time in Sterile Processing Departments, Perioperative Departments and Endoscopy Suites during site surveys, the focus on maintaining high quality endoscope-related documentation has become a focus for many hospitals. TJC surveys, though only occurring once every 3 years, have become a huge a point of emphasis

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Tissue Documentation Lacking? This Technology Can Help

December 21, 2018 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Joint Commission, Operating Rooms, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

In the past few years, we have heard the stories about surprise inspections from The Joint Commission (TJC) from many of our customers. The tissue managers and operating room administrators have all agreed on two points: 1) TJC, state Departments of Health and the FDA have all been focused on the tissue management and documentation

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UDI One Step Closer To Reality

July 18, 2018 / Big Data, Cath Lab, Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Radiology, Regulatory Compliance, Revenue Cycle, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and its European equivalents are currently conducting a real-world pilot aimed at bringing unique device identifiers (UDIs) one step closer to reality. UDIs have been a long-term dream for many in healthcare, who view the ability to track and trace medical devices using unique item-level codes as

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Medical Device Recalls Reach Historic Highs In 2018

May 15, 2018 / Cath Lab, Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Radiology, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

The first quarter of 2018 included 343 medical device recalls by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This was the highest for a first calendar quarter of any year on record and was up 126% from 2017. Experts point to the proliferation of software on medical devices as a primary driver for the record

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Disappointed With The ROI From Your EHR Investment? You’re Not Alone

February 26, 2018 / Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

Yet another study has been published showing the disappointing return on investment that hospitals are experiencing with their electronic health record (EHR) implementations. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), showed that the costs of administering billing and insurance-related functions may actually have increased following EHR roll-outs. This is

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The Key To Figuring Out Your Cost Per Case

October 5, 2021 / Big Data, Cath Lab, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Revenue Cycle, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

Historically, the cost of a surgical procedure has been a difficult equation to solve. As the US healthcare system moves more and more toward a value-based system, hospitals require now more than ever an accurate understanding of their procedure costs. These accurate procedure costs then need to be compared to outcomes in order to perform

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The “Post-EHR” Era Will Require Hospitals To Get More Value Out Of Their EHR Data

January 18, 2018 / Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Hospitals are just scratching the surface of the value that they can derive from the data in their Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Simultaneously, they are facing a growing threat to their EHR data – physicians and other clinicians are increasingly vocal about their frustration with the time they are spending documenting encounters in EHRs instead

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How To Create A Digital Audit Trail For Your Tissue

January 10, 2018 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

Tissue and related specimens present a unique tracking challenge for hospitals and surgery centers – these often expensive and occasionally one-of-a-kind items are required to be closely monitored during the hospital’s handling of each unit. The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), state Departments of Health and hospital accreditation bodies, such as The Joint Commission

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How To Create An All-Electronic Audit Trail For Your Scopes

January 4, 2018 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Managing Endoscopes, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

Flexible endoscopes present a unique challenge for hospitals to track and manage – these expensive medical instruments must be quickly re-processed after usage in order to provide the required instrumentation for the next procedure, yet they must undergo rigorous, time-consuming reprocessing after every use to ensure the highest levels of patient safety. Due to different

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