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Performance improvement programs fighting a loss cause
Performance improvement programs fighting a loss cause The ups and downs of lean, Six Sigma |
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From the 2010 Industry Guide |
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What should be on the C-suite’s watch list?
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| Operating Room | ||
 With great pay comes great responsibilityContinuing economic woes may have as many as half of all U.S. hospitals operating in the red, but that apparently isn’t coloring the financial and professional outlook for those in operating room management positions, which seems to remain rather rosy, according to the latest results of Healthcare Purchasing News’ OR Management Salary Survey. |
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| Infection Connection | ||
You’re walking down stairs, sliding your hand along the rail where a child had walked before you, who also slid his hand along the rail, just after wiping his hand across his runny nose. You lift your hand from the rail and scratch your own nose. Someone sneezes, wipes their hands on their pants, then opens a door by the knob that you come along behind and open, too. Then you rub your eye. Guess what you just may have caught? |
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 Endoscope
Care Guide 2009There’s an old adage that if you take care of your tools they will take care of you. In hospital and outpatient surgical suites and operating rooms, the reciprocal effect is doubled because they take care of patients, too. For a variety of tips and tricks from the professionals to keep those costly endoscopic instruments primed and ready for action all year long, turn to Healthcare Purchasing News’ 2009 Endoscope Care Guide for clues. |
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Managing freight a package deal Driven by economic pressures, increased awareness of savings opportunities and the complex nature of freight management, more healthcare facilities are ramping up their freight management activities, oftentimes through the use of a third party logistics company (3PL) or outsourced freight management services.
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Fast Foreward
Newsmaker Back Talk
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When budgets hit the rocks, regardless of economic climate, performance
improvement programs tend to roll. From continuous quality improvement (CQI) and
total quality management (TQM) to lean manufacturing and Six Sigma, supply chain
managers must be able to delineate between these concepts, determine what they
can contribute to efficient and effective operations and how to incorporate them
into day-to-day operations.
