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| INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE | ||
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News |
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 Is
value analysis a work in progress?
No matter how murkily or nebulously defined, value analysis for many represents an enormous gray area. Whether it involves clinical connections, confusion about what value analysis really is – and what it truly is not – lingers. While some argue that value analysis shouldn’t be a work-in-progress but a work in progress, most agree that more work is needed for progress. |
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With reimbursement rates hanging in the balance and already constrained by limited resources, ambulatory surgery centers that want to survive new healthcare reform initiatives will need to focus their efforts on reigning in supply costs. |
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| Infection Prevention | ||
 Hand hygiene compliance ... there’s the rub Without even lifting a finger against anyone, hands can be lethal weapons. This is especially true in a healthcare setting, where we think of hands more as life savers rather than life takers. And while the reasons for non-compliance may be valid they shouldn’t make noncompliance excusable. |
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CS Connection |
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preventive maintenance rewards How’s this for a sharp business move: More healthcare organizations are kicking their reactive approach to instrument repairs to the curb, opting, instead, for a proactive preventive maintenance program that keeps instruments in tip-top shape and tackles minor device issues head-on before they develop into far costlier fixes. CS Solutions
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Smoothing bumps among asset
tracking options
When it comes to adopting and implementing asset tracking options you’re bound to hit some roadblocks or speed bumps along the way. Whether these pain points serve as go/no-go motivations or elements of conducting business, they contribute to the holistic, multi-dimensional understanding and viewpoint of the asset tracking configuration/medium of choice, whether it’s RFID, ultrasound, infrared, RuBee, ZigBee and the rest. |
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ABCs
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