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4 Ways to Reduce OR Supply Costs
Strategies to reduce operating room supply costs. Healthcare finance can lower OR costs by managing physician preference items, supply inventory, technology purchases, and all OR supply expenses.
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Creative Approaches for Managing Energy Costs
Proactive management of energy utilization and sourcing can reduce hospitals’ costs while increasing budget certainty.
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How Strong Is Your Value Analysis Program? 7 Things to Consider
There are seven ways healthcare organizations can ensure their value analysis programs result in significant cost savings across the organization.
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Refining OR Workflow Improves Throughput, Reduces Costs
In less than eight months, Moffitt Cancer Center has added capacity for 900 new surgical procedures a year—without adding operating rooms or hours. Workflow improvements also have enabled the center to reduce OR staff overtime by one-third, for an estimated savings of more than $500,000 a year.
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Purchasing Input from Infection Control Leads to Cost Savings
Including infection control representatives in supply purchasing decisions resulted in a combined savings of $369,000 for a regional purchasing collaborative.
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Common Pitfalls in Measuring Supply Chain Performance
Understanding how your supply chain is performing requires monitoring specific metrics in the appropriate context. Here are some tips for knowing what to measure.
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How Many Employees Can Nurse Managers Manage – While Maintaining Quality Care?
Nurse managers have more employees reporting to them. Expanding nurse manager span of control may harm quality of care.
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