Clinical care and patient outcomes relies on the availability of clinical supplies. COVID-19 caused shutdowns and reduced capacity resulting in supply shortages that eventually spread to the entire clinical supply chain. The persistent effects of the pandemic have made the current healthcare landscape even more uncertain, complex, and challenging. As…
Clinical care and patient outcomes relies on the availability of clinical supplies. COVID-19 caused shutdowns and reduced capacity resulting in supply shortages that eventually spread to the entire clinical supply chain. The persistent effects of the pandemic have made the current healthcare landscape even more uncertain, complex, and challenging. As…
Clinical care and patient outcomes relies on the availability of clinical supplies. COVID-19 caused shutdowns and reduced capacity resulting in supply shortages that eventually spread to the entire clinical supply chain. The persistent effects of the pandemic have made the current healthcare landscape even more uncertain, complex, and challenging. As…
Clinical care and patient outcomes relies on the availability of clinical supplies. COVID-19 caused shutdowns and reduced capacity resulting in supply shortages that eventually spread to the entire clinical supply chain. The persistent effects of the pandemic have made the current healthcare landscape even more uncertain, complex, and challenging. As…
Perioperative leaders share one primary goal: utilize operating rooms to the fullest potential. Achieving this requires a delicate balance of complex variables such as OR block allocation, surgeon schedules and preferences, hospital policies, and staff schedules, but perioperative leaders typically lack consistent, reliable, and up-to-date information to identify opportunities to…
The operating suite is a key revenue driver for hospitals, making prime-time OR minutes a critical resource that needs to be carefully managed. But effectively scheduling and managing this complex department is a tremendous challenge. Perioperative leaders are continuously striving to improve utilization, grow surgical volume, keep surgeons satisfied, and properly align resources to…
The operating room is one of the most lucrative areas within the hospital. Adding as little as one case each day or improving room utilization by 1% can significantly impact your hospital's bottom line. Perioperative leaders are always looking for ways to improve performance and maximize primetime OR and resource…
Abstract/Learning Objectives: As perioperative departments around the country are resuming elective surgeries, perioperative leadership, surgeons, and nursing leadership are working to together to plan for and accommodate the large backlog of elective cases that were canceled as a result of COVID-19. In this eBook, Hospital IQ shares 7 guiding tenets…
This whitepaper explores the key advantages of contract partnerships by first identifying industry trends and the challenges hospital leaders and managers face and then by analyzing how third-party service providers can help in driving down expenditures and increasing procedural volume, thus boosting hospital revenue. Such analysis and operational strategies are…
Mobile sterile processing capabilities are transforming the way healthcare leaders choose to renovate and expand hospitals. This whitepaper highlights the operational gains of two hospital systems that used a mobile sterile processing unit during construction and renovation. Case study profiles illustrate six guiding principles for healthcare leaders to embrace with…