{"title":"Refocus data standards adoption on improving day-to-day transactions.","authors":"Dennis Orthman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 4","pages":"40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28982198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Instructions included? Make safety training part of medical device procurement process.","authors":"James P Keller","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Before hospitals embrace new technologies, it's important that medical personnel agree on how best to use them. Likewise, hospitals must provide the support to operate these sophisticated devices safely. With this in mind, it's wise for hospitals to include medical device training in the procurement process. Moreover, purchasing professionals can play a key role in helping to increase the amount of user training for medical devices and systems. What steps should you take to help ensure that new medical devices are implemented safely? Here are some tips.</p>","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 4","pages":"26-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28982277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not your father's supply chain. Following best practices to manage inventory can help you save big.","authors":"Michael Darling, Sandy Wise","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Today, supply chain metrics should be more strategic rather than transactional in nature. They should provide a for greater understanding of the relationship between supply chain manage ment, clinical outcomes and patient safety. In addition to taking a comprehensive look at inventory value, materials managers should assess strategies to reduce theft and consider third-party logistics managers where appropriate. This article provides direction for best practices in inventory management and suggests supply chain metrics that can be employed to improve performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 4","pages":"30-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28982278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative effectiveness. Federal government's push for more data to benefit supply chain.","authors":"Geri Aston","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $1.1 billion to help fund comparative effectiveness research. Some of this money will be used to fund studies that will examine the effectiveness between drugs, medical devices and/or procedures for the same condition. The findings from this research may eventually provide materials managers with information on how products such as knee, hip and spinal implants perform. What follows is a look at the comparative effectiveness movement and what it may mean to the health care supply chain.</p>","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 4","pages":"22-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28982276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are instruments sterile or did they just get hot?","authors":"Chuck Hughes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 4","pages":"34-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28982197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time well spent? Assessing nursing-supply chain activities.","authors":"Jeff Ferenc","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The amount of time nurses spend providing direct patient care seems to be continually eroding. So it's little wonder a survey conducted last year of critical care, OR nurses and nurse executives found that half of the 1600 respondents feel they spend too much time on supply chain duties. Most also said their supply chain duties impact patient safe ty and their ability to provide bedside care. Experts interviewed for this report believe it's time for supply chain leaders and nurses to develop a closer working partnership. Included are their recommendations to improve performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 2","pages":"12-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28837601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Valuable lessons learned from the patient's perspective.","authors":"Jean Sargent","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 2","pages":"32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28837609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alert system fills critical need.","authors":"Haydn Bush","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Developing a disaster preparedness program is just the start of being able to properly respond to supply chain emergency situations. The best plans evolve based on lessons learned during an actual event. The four-level program implemented at Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee shows how improved results can be achieved by focusing on communications. Their work before the second wave of the H1N1 influenza outbreak helped the organization avoid some of the product shortages and capacity strains so many other hospitals and health systems experienced.</p>","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 2","pages":"22-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28837606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wound care advancements bring bevy of products.","authors":"Paula DeJohn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past several years, the nearly $2 billion post-surgical woundcare market has been inundated with devices designed to accelerate healing and prevent infection. For materials managers, wound care nurses and others involved in product selection, keeping up with the changes can be a challenge. Here wound care experts, manufacturers and other sources highlight some of the many recent product advances and their applications. In addition, sources comment on the field of regenerative medicine and where it may be headed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 2","pages":"18-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28837602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Support for data standards GS1 Healthcare US maps out 2010 goals and beyond for supply chain. Interview by Bob Kehoe.","authors":"Dennis W Harrison","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79683,"journal":{"name":"Materials management in health care","volume":"19 2","pages":"9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28837600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}