Big news from The Joint Commission recently provided more motivation for better-performing hand-hygiene (HH) programs. Effective January 1, 2018, “. . . any observation by surveyors...
The pressures on central sterile/sterile processing department (CS/SPD) professionals to deliver safe and effective surgical instruments to the operating room (OR) and other clinical...
Flexible endoscopes are complex devices constructed with multiple materials and components including optics, electronics, and multiple polymers and are designed with complex geometries...
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This year, states introduced legislation that would restrict occupational licensing and certification. There seems to be a concerted effort by organizations against occupational...
Let’s face it: Few want to go to a hospital, doctor’s office, ambulatory surgery center, imaging center or clinical laboratory, save perhaps for those actually working in those...
With healthcare reformers pushing consumer-driven care philosophies and customer service surveys linked to reimbursement, how can Supply Chain steer healthcare facilities toward...
Back in the mid-summer a Bloomberg article postulated in a headline “Best Buy should be dead, but it’s thriving in the age of Amazon.”Just how has Best Buy outlasted all of its...
The recent IV solutions shortage has exposed some glaring weaknesses in the nation’s Supply Chain infrastructure. The problem goes well beyond IV fluids and represents a strategic...
The problem is all inside your head, she said to me. The answer is easy if you take it logically”…So begins one of the best-known songs in the long and iconic career of Paul Simon...
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, many healthcare experts cautioned that access to coverage did not necessarily translate to access...
When my firm’s executives speak at value analysis conferences on strategic value analysis planning (SVAP) we usually find that 65 percent of the attendees are new to value analysis...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule titled “Medical Device Submissions: Amending Premarket Regulations that Require Multiple Copies and Specify...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Joint Commission are releasing new infection control resources for podiatry and orthopedic and pain management settings...
The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE), of the American Hospital Association, is the recent recipient of two coveted Brandon Hall Gold Awards for Excellence in ...
