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| INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE | ||
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News |
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 Drawing the lines by service
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities may wield service line strategies for clinical specialties as a competitive weapon designed to improve market share, quality and revenue while controlling costs, but supply chain managers typically see service line strategies as a method to facilitate physician relationships and manage physician product preference, in terms of expensive implants. |
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From the 2011 Industry Guide |
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Shaping up pre-owned medical equipment remarketing Capital Equipment Planning Services
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 Uneasy economy shakes up OR salaries
Economic pressures may be catching up even to highly skilled and highly paid operating room management professionals. That’s because OR professionals responding to HPN’s latest annual OR Management Salary Survey reported a slight dip – a meager 3.3 percent on average – in compensation. Certainly, the cost of living hasn’t gone down. |
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Healthcare facilities face increased scrutiny from reimbursement agencies, which is proving to be ample motivation for them to try to avoid healthcare-acquired infections and pressure ulcers. There’s nothing like a punch in the pocketbook for substandard patient care quality to stress early intervention as the way to prevention. |
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Endoscope
Care Guide 2010
When the door to the surgical suite shuts, the nurses position themselves near the patient on the operating room table and the clinical tension starts to build there’s little doubt that one of the key thoughts on the surgeon’s mind as he or she enters the sterile field are the tools on the tray. For tips and tricks from the professionals to keep those costly endoscopic instruments primed and ready for action, turn to Healthcare Purchasing News’ 2010 Endoscope Care Guide. Unlocking endoscope repair secrets Keeping minor repairs from becoming major Endoscope repair warning signs Storing endoscopes: How long is too long? Debunking endoscope processing myths Avoiding, sidestepping reprocessing breakdowns When the FDA red lights your reprocessing process Third-degree queries needed for third-party repair choices Endoscopy repair services A to Z CS Solutions |
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Picture-perfect procedures a reality with OR imaging The patient lies on the operating table and sophisticated imaging equipment is moved into position, capturing critical images that will help determine, in real time, whether the surgery was successful or if more work is required. No need to close the incision and transfer the patient to radiology for post-procedure imaging, and in many cases, no need to perform potentially risky follow-up surgeries. Welcome to the 21st Century surgical suite. |
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Fast Foreward
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