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CVS working with UPS to develop drone prescription delivery
CVS and UPS have teamed up to develop a drone delivery service for prescriptions and retail products. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Record supply shortages
Beverly Bryant, MSN, RN, administrator and director of Yuma (Ariz.) Endoscopy Center, shared supply chain insights with Becker's ASC Review. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Recruit a 'supply chain champion'
ASCs that want to control costs should involve all stakeholders in the effort, but they should also have a go-to person to lead those efforts, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Use data to improve your practice
Using data can make your practice more efficient, according to Scott McDade, McKesson Medical-Surgical's general manager of health systems. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Manage physician brand loyalty
Physician brand loyalty is one of the biggest challenges for ASCs looking to optimize supply chain, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health. -
Surgical Information Systems teams up with Neximatic for EHR automation
Surgical Information Systems has partnered with Neximatic, a EHR-focused technology provider, to automate its SIS Charts software. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Handle PPIs
Some items are "must-haves" because they make physicians' jobs easier, according to Beverly Bryant, RN, administrator and director of Yuma (Ariz.) Endoscopy Center. -
How Mississippi Sports Medicine designed the surgery center of the future
The Surgery Center at Mississippi Sports Medicine in Flowood, Miss. was built with the future of healthcare in mind and the patient at heart. Helene Levenson, RN, BSN, senior consultant of clinical operations at Cardinal Health, and Meredith Warf, administrator for The Surgery Center at Mississippi Sports Medicine, explored how the practice developed the new expansion facility to enhance the patient experience and capitalize on the expanding outpatient portfolio during a Sept. 11 webinar hosted by Becker's ASC Review and sponsored by Cardinal Health. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Control inventory costs
Too many SKUs to track and manage can affect the efficiency of an ASC. Decreasing the SKU count can help ASCs streamline operations and reduce supply costs, according to Cardinal Health's Mandie Shipp, RN, BSN, senior consultant in clinical operations. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Save storage space
Surgery centers have limited storage space for supplies, which is why it’s important to identify and combine the SKUs used for every procedure in space-saving packs. Combining the most frequently used supplies streamlines operations and cuts supply costs, according to Mandie Shipp, RN, BSN, senior consultant in clinical operations at Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health. -
Tip of the day: Develop supply forecasts for just-in-time ordering
When the newly opened Flowood-based The Surgery Center at Mississippi was under development, administrator Meredith Warf and the center's physician owners spared no expense to ensure a patient-centric experience. -
3 ways ASCs can improve quality
ASC software developer Surgical Information Systems shared key tips for performing a quality improvement study in ASCs. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Play 'guess which item's more expensive'
Educating ASC staff on supply chain best practices can be fun, according to Quorum Purchasing Advantage Vice President Tony Bramer. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Weed out mistakes
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems Chief Nursing Officer Ann Geier, RN, shared three tips for ASCs to improve inventory management practices on the company's blog. -
Pennsylvania surgical hospital with ASC implements new PAC system
Surgical Institute of Reading (Pa.) implemented RamSoft's PowerServer LITE PACS to improve its diagnostic imaging capabilities, HealthCareBusiness News reports. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Monitor price
Beverly Bryant, MSN, RN, administrator and director of Yuma (Ariz.) Endoscopy Center, shared supply chain insights with Becker's ASC Review. -
ASC supply chain tip of the day: Hire a full-time materials supervisor
Mandie Shipp, BSN, RN, senior consultant of the clinical operations ambulatory care segment at Cardinal Health, shared this supply chain tip with Becker's ASC Review: -
How supply chain data affects the shift to value-based care
Supply chain data can help inform decisions about value-based care and healthcare finances, according to a new survey released by data automation company Global Healthcare Exchange. -
Chicago ASC logs 1st cataract procedure using new implants
Northshore Surgery Center in Chicago logged its first cataract surgery involving Alcon PanOptix trifocal intraocular lens implants. -
15 key ASC supply chain management tips
Here are 15 ASC supply chain tips to know:
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