The healthcare delivery sector has undergone a collective belt-tightening since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, which has increased standards for quality and cost. As hospitals seek ways to improve the efficiency of their operations and reduce waste, one service line is often overlooked as an area for improvement: the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Burdensome and redundant manual processes for documentation and charge capture in the cardiac cath lab can have a significant negative impact on the operational efficiency of the hospital. At the same time, the volume of minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures now being performed in the procedural suite is growing, increasing the need for effective documentation and supply chain management.
Cardinal Health, a healthcare services company based in Dublin, Ohio, has seen firsthand how supply chain automation, analytics and interoperability pave the way to increased efficiency in inventory management, cost savings and other benefits through its clients, such as the Cardiovascular Institute at FloridaHospital in Orlando. Part of a network of hospitals and healthcare facilities, Florida Hospital has been able to cut more than $5 million in waste across their 13 interventional labs with an RFID-enabled inventory management solution.
In a May 12 webinar, Ken Shastany, RN, a clinical consultant with Cardinal Health's inventory management solutions, will discuss the challenges of managing high-cost implantable devices and physician preference items, as well as strategies for right-sizing cardiovascular inventory with automation, managing physician utilization and reducing variability.
To register for the webinar, click here.