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 Redefining
value analysis practices for a healthcare reform-minded industry
During
turbulent economic times and/or an arid budgetary climate, healthcare
facilities typically turn to performance improvement (PI) programs to
identify and eliminate, if not ratchet down, wasteful processes and
spending to improve operations. Some may argue that value analysis may not
belong in the same classification as other PI examples, but value analysis
can be an effective process to determine optimal product and service
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Surgical
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Unmasked flu threat ups pressure on
The moment healthcare facilities have been anticipating and dreading is now official as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an influenza pandemic is definitely underway. So how do healthcare facilities protect their staff with the right products and processes? Healthcare Purchasing News offers some tips from the pros to help everyone breath easier. |
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 Dishing
the dirt on common cleaning oversightsOne of the dirty little secrets that may or may not come as a surprise to healthcare professionals is that an alarming number of hospitals and clinics are a breeding ground for filth and potentially life-threatening pathogens that could be controlled if they followed basic processing procedures and protocols.
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 Watching your hospital’s waste line remains
a strategic decisionThe medical waste management market experienced a seismic shift during the last two decades. Going back to the late 1980s and early 1990s, hospitals faced feverish fallout for operating on-site incinerators with neighborhood protests loosely organized under the "Not In My Backyard" banner, as well as stringent regulations by the federal government and a rapidly consolidating competitive landscape among medical waste treatment and disposal companies. Watching your hospital’s burgeoning waste line Reprocessing fuels green strategies |
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Fast Foreward
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The
latest advancements in surgical tables continue to offer greater
functionality and versatility as they can accommodate heavier patients,
allow surgeons to perform increasingly complex surgeries and can even help
shave valuable minutes from procedures. Experts share their insights about
the features that healthcare facilities consider indispensable today.