Hospitals Could Cut OR Waste by Updating Surgical Supply Lists, Study Finds
A new UC San Diego Health analysis shows how streamlining surgical preference cards using real-world data can reduce waste, cut costs, and improve operating room workflow.
A new UC San Diego Health analysis shows how streamlining surgical preference cards using real-world data can reduce waste, cut costs, and improve operating room workflow.
The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal aims to spotlight healthcare equity as a patient safety and quality priority.
Advancements in medical devices, tougher patient safety regulations, and preventive maintenance are driving market growth, according to market research firm P&S Intelligence.
Today, information about COVID-19 is traveling at light speed—faster than ever before. And it’s causing a lot of fear and anxiety among everyone, maintains biomed technology leader Jeffrey Ruiz. HTM leaders need to recognize this and be there for their people, he says.
The Joint Commission is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Pioneers in Quality: Proven Practices program, which recognizes hospitals and health systems that have successfully leveraged electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) and health information technology to advance quality improvement.
Austin-based Accruent has launched its Data Insights solution to the healthcare market—a tool that can provide objective equipment performance and reliability data for thousands of equipment models, company officials say.