Insights & News in Healthcare Safety

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 ...