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Amazon Rising
Addressing change fatigue
April 2018 Product Picks
inside the current issue - April 2018
Keep supply lines fluid
Tips, tools for managing ambulatory / outpatient facility supply chain
Clinical assessments help ASC’s reach target goals
Savvy scheduling in the surgical suite
Technology takes the lead in reducing sepsis
The elevation revelation
Secrets to a successful career in Sterile Processing
The science of speed
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Soaking solutions; hand sanitizer violations; identifying mysterious gray stains
Step up to IAHCSMM Fellowship
Anatomy of a surgical suite
Sweet surgical suite
Amazon Rising
Is offsite sterile processing for me?
Value-based healthcare demands a new approach to item data management
The long tail of Supply Chain’s expense continuum
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Fast Stats
April 2018
In 2015, 28,486 unintentional deaths related to falls occurred among people aged 65 and older, which represented a rate of nearly 60 unintentional fall deaths per 100,000 men and women aged 65 and older.
Those who fell were significantly more likely to be female, Caucasian, older, and lower income. Fallers also had significantly lower self-rated health and reported more chronic conditions.
30%
of adults aged 65 and older fall each year.
33%
of those who fall seek medical care.
$754 million
is the estimated medical costs associated with fatal falls in 2015.
25%
of older adults reported a non-fatal fall in
the past year; 52% fell once, 21% fell twice, and 24% fell three or more times.
$12.9 billion
of hospital expenditures (4.4%) were attributable to older adult falls.
6%
of Medicare expenditures and 8% of Medicaid expenditures were
attributable to falls.
$49.5 billion
in total healthcare spending was attributable to falls in 2015, including expenditures of $28.9 billion for Medicare, $8.7 billion for Medicaid, and $12 billion for other
payment sources.
Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 7, 2018.
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•Blockchain, digital workforce cited as increasing adoption of next generation supply chain innovations
•New sentinel event alert focuses on physical, verbal workplace violence against healthcare staff
•2018 Mark McKenna Healthcare Management Lecture video featuring Mike Leavitt now available
•The disturbing reason behind the spike in organ donations
•America's hospitals face doom - This year may be the last chance to save them
•Vizient now accepting applications for Innovative Technology Exchange 2018
•The Veterans Affairs Department is losing another top leader
•Alternatives following FDA's healthcare antiseptic final rule
•HHS provides states second installment of grant awards to combat opioid crisis
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• US regulators float ideas for boosting medical device safety
• The benefits of bright light for hospital patients
• 1 in 4 New York City mice carry drug-resistant bacteria, study finds
• HSCA announces healthcare cybersecurity key considerations to help supply chain combat emerging threats and protect patients
• Premier provides a blueprint to health systems seeking to accept added levels of risk and effectively implement value-based payment models
• FDA Safety Communication: Battery performance alert and cybersecurity firmware updates for certain Abbott (St. Jude Medical) ICDs
• Frederick doctors perform complete knee replacement surgery without the use of opioids
• Cantel Medical receives FDA 510(k) clearance to market ADVANTAGE PLUS Pass-Thru AER
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• Lead found in tap water in homes across Chicago
• Bathroom hand dryers: Another study shows how gross they may be
• FDA finalizes guidance to accelerate the development of reliable, beneficial NGS-based tests
• The 10th Annual UDI Conference will be held this month...April 24 & 25 in Baltimore, MD
• FDA launches criminal investigation into unauthorized herpes vaccine research
• Night owls have 10% higher mortality risk, study says
• Blood test may predict future risk of cardiovascular events
• The disappearing doctor: How mega-mergers are changing the business of medical care
Too many professionals in the healthcare supply chain industry fret about Amazon entering and thriving in the healthcare industry. They should That’s called competition and free enterprise. It’s business. And let’s face it: We’re in the business of delivering high-quality healthcare. www.hpnonline.com/amazon-rising/
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Instead of expending energy and resources devising ways to defend against Amazon’s perceived encroachment on healthcare service providers, let Amazon do the heavy lifting as the first mover and follow their lead?
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• Budget office expects 34% jump in ACA premiums
• Healthcare's $3 trillion question: Should the likes of Google and Facebook control this data?
• FDA MedWatch - System 83 Plus AERs by Custom Ultrasonics
• SF scientists erase Alzheimer-causing gene in human brain
• This strange syndrome causes people to think their loved ones have been replaced by identical impostors
• Medscape's annual physician compensation report finds modest increase in salaries
• ALM scholarship recipients announced
• GAO report finds lapse in CMS health insurance exchange reenrollment oversight
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•Two overlooked healthcare areas vulnerable to cyber attacks
•AMA and Google launch Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge
•Medicaid enrollees have significantly better access to healthcare compared to uninsured, according to a new study
•Fourth edition of Health System Supply Chain Insights; 2018 Survey on Consolidated Service Centers (CSCs)
•Medicare Advantage plans cleared to go beyond Medical Coverage - even groceries
•BroadJump offers supply chain price benchmarking for non-acute market
•HHS and the DOJ return $2.6 billion in taxpayer savings from efforts to fight healthcare fraud
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• Why Trump's tariffs could raise the cost of a hip replacement
• Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data
• The risks to patient safety from health system expansions
• New blood test can detect early indicators of Alzheimer's disease
• NIH completes in-depth genomic analysis of 33 cancer types
• Research offers clues for improved influenza vaccine design
• Out-of-pocket expenses for chronic heart disease care inflict heavy financial burdens for low-income families
• Honeywell announces new software platform to power connected distribution centers to support E-commerce growth
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• Medicare to boost private plan payments by 3.4% next year
• APIC announces recipient of Graduate Student Award for infection prevention
• HHS releases a new resource to help individuals access and use their health information
• These sweat patches can tell when you are tired, among other things
• New SARS coronavirus emerges in China, devastates young swine
• FDA announces updates to AccessGUDID data
• CDC strategy stops spread of new antibiotic-resistant germs
• 2018 ALM board election results ends in unusual tie
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• Nearly 12 million people enrolled in 2018 health coverage under the ACA
• 'Nightmare bacteria' are trying to spread in the U.S., CDC says
• Genetic test may improve post-stent treatment, outcome
• New online tool helps SPDs prepare for accreditation surveys
• Humco and Fagron to combine for up to US $70 Million
• GE to sell healthcare IT business to Veritas
• CMS lowers the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries
• Medicare ACOs have increased federal spending contrary to projections that they would produce net savings
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• Live fast, die young: Millennials are prime candidates for heart disease
• Healthcare standoff leaves 500,000 patients in limbo
• Byron Jobe leads Vizient, Inc. as new President and CEO
• A radical solution for saving America's hospitals
• 65 percent more antibiotics consumption in year 2015 as compared to 2000, globally
• New biomarker could help diagnose Ebola four days before symptoms appear
• What we know about cancer risk and coffee
• Giving babies antibiotics or antacids may increase allergy risk
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• Walgreens CEO says they can change without buying a health plan
• Hospitals fear competitive threat from potential Walmart-Humana deal
• These tiny robots could be disease-fighting machines inside the body
• Study of climate change could lead to understanding future of infectious disease
• Doctor sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in test-referral bribe scheme with New Jersey clinical lab
• Walmart eyes to turn superstores into healthcare centers
• In review of Ebola recovery, GAO urges better accountability
• As hospitals cut maternity services, burden is on expectant mothers
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• Scrutinizing Medicare coverage for physical, occupational and speech therapy
• Heart disease risk may show in your earlobes, eyes, fingers
• Just one high-fat meal sets the perfect stage for heart disease
• New advisory from The Joint Commission on newborn falls and drops in hospitals
• You're getting a bigger helping of toxic chemicals if you dine out often, study says
• New blood thinners may shorten patients' hospital stays
National Stop the Bleed Day video released
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- Survey finds 40 percent of healthcare providers have canceled surgical cases due to lack of supplies
- Aetna to pass on drug rebates to some of its members
- Infection prevention and control programs are essential to antibiotic stewardship efforts
- Baker Institute study: Consumerism in healthcare increasing
- Hospitals that improved profits benefited more from increased revenues than cost reductions, AHRQ study concludes
- FDA says cell-based flu vaccine may be 20% more effective than egg-based vaccine
- Over two-thirds of antibiotic courses for sinus infections were longer than recommended
- Why your doctor's computer is so clunky
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Inside:
ASC supply chain coordination
Sepsis prevention
CS/SPD compensation survey
OR scheduling systems
Surgical tables, lights & booms
CE credits for sterile processing pros
Q&A with Ray Taurausi
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