Summary: BoneFoam has launched the Guardian Patient Protection portfolio, offering solutions to reduce hospital-acquired injuries during surgeries. The portfolio includes single-use guards designed to prevent pressure, nerve-related, and skin shearing injuries, aligning with value-based reimbursement models to improve patient safety and reduce costs.
Key Takeaways:
- The Guardian portfolio offers protective solutions to reduce hospital-acquired injuries, improving patient safety during prolonged surgeries.
- The solutions are designed to align with healthcare systems’ financial goals under value-based reimbursement models, lowering costs and reducing complications.
BoneFoam is launching Guardian Patient Protection, a new portfolio of patient protection solutions aimed at reducing the most prevalent hospital-acquired injuries.
Guardian Patient Protection Portfolio Overview
The Guardian Patient Protection portfolio includes single-use Face Guard, Arm Guard, Leg Guard, and Head Guard, designed to address hospital-acquired injuries such as pressure and nerve-related injuries, as well as soft tissue and skin shearing injuries, which can occur during prolonged surgeries. According to BoneFoam, hospital-acquired injuries can lead to extended recovery times and additional costs, potentially affecting hospital reimbursement through Medicare’s Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program.
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“A patient shouldn’t go into an operating room for a procedure and leave with a non-operative pressure-related injury,” said Buzz Hannahan, president and CEO of BoneFoam, Inc. “Guardian’s purpose is simple – raise the standards of patient safety at hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers nationally by reducing risks.”
Importance of Safe Surgical Positioning
A recent report in the AORN Journal emphasizes the importance of proper surgical positioning to ensure both the safety of the procedure and the protection of the patient from adverse events related to surgical positioning. BoneFoam’s Guardian portfolio aligns with these findings by providing solutions designed to protect patients during surgeries.
BoneFoam created its Guardian portfolio to align with health systems’ financial goals under value-based reimbursement models, which strive to reduce complications arising from OR variability and minimize costs associated with services like laundry and linen.