Revcycle Intelligence

A North Carolina-based community hospital saved over $2.62 million by implementing lean healthcare supply chain management processes. When hospitals start to dig into how their organizations can reduce healthcare costs without lowering care quality, many run the risk of overlooking several cost-cutting opportunities…
Executive Insight Magazine

Transforming Materials Management Strategies to Meet the Needs of Healthcare Reform: How Martin Health System realized significant cost savings by moving to a lean supply chain model. As hospitals transform their fee schedules and march on with other transitions, supply chain leaders will need to be invited to play a larger role in the process. Supply chain leaders can contribute to strategic planning conversations by addressing what organizational goals and priorities mean for the many product…
Delaware Business Times

When you treat small humans instead of small cars, you can’t use all Toyota’s timesaving techniques, but the new wing at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children comes close. The wing is actually a 450,000-square-foot solution. Using just-in-time delivery systems and value stream mapping, the hospital has already been able to shave its emergency room wait time and the new wing will likely reduce it further.
StreetInsider.com

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) —BlueBin Inc., a lean supply chain solution provider, today announced the release of its Supply Chain Management (SCM) Dashboard, a stand-alone analytics and sourcing platform that will help hospitals of all sizes improve supply administration, drive greater operational efficiency, and reduce waste. By monitoring the use of supplies with BlueBin’s SCM Dashboard, hospitals and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) can ensure that the correct inventory of supplies is available at all times…