Many US hospitals are now reaching the end of their electronic health records roll-outs. Companies such as Epic and Cerner have reaped large windfalls from these implementations at most hospitals across the country. While the software companies have benefited greatly from the implementations, many hospitals are left scratching their heads about how best to take […]
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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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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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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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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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I love data. I am a self-professed data geek. If you know me, you know I measure my time at work, my time working out, my time learning, and even sleeping! I know that I spend 31% of my life sleeping (which makes me think – how can I get by with sleeping less?) Yet,
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 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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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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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