Insights & News in Healthcare Safety

Five Ways Value Analysis and Supply Chain Leaders Can Improve Transparency

Today’s value analysis leaders face tall orders. They need to focus on process improvements, utilize and embrace digital advancements, and provide greater transparency and visibility during new pro...

Use a Predictive Replacement Plan to Create a Better Capital Replacement Process—and Include these 6 Questions

We all know the adage, the squeaky wheel gets the oil. It can even apply to your hospital’s capital budget planning exercise. Capital requests include both replacement items for existing equipment ...

PPE Mask Checklist for Better Omicron Protection: Wear This, Not That

In the halls of government, school board meetings, and neighborhood shopping centers across the world, debates continue about the value of masking for protection against COVID-19 infections. But E...

Supply Chain Shortages Ranked Second Among Top 10 Risks Facing Healthcare Organizations

ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2022 ranks supply chain shortages among the top three risks facing healthcare organizations. The ranking is for good reason: patient lives may be at risk...

Use Inventory Standardization to Improve Your Safety and Recall Alerts Program

To make good decisions efficiently, organizations need good data. We’ve all heard the idiom that one should “compare apples to apples; not apples to oranges. But what if you are not calling all of ...

A Better Way to Manage Your Supply Chain Needs

During the past year, we were reminded of the critical role that supply chain plays in clinical care and overall operations. While our industry has adapted and grown to weather the COVID crisis, no...

Three Reasons for Switching from a Manual to an Automated Value Analysis Process

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line—but when it comes to navigating your hospital’s value analysis process, has it ever been that simple? This is especially true when relyin...

Outsmarting an Impossible Medical Equipment Budget

When Washington Adventist Hospital of Maryland hired ECRI Institute to provide equipment planning services for their new 170-bed hospital, they were in a financial bind. Their Certificate of Need (...

Three Costly Pitfalls of Purchased Services Contracts

Purchased services are seen as the next great savings frontier in healthcare—and with good reason. Spend on purchased services accounts for approximately 30 to 35 percent of a hospital’s non-labor ...