OR Manager - February 2019 - 2

FEBRUARY
2019
Volume 35
Number 2
The monthly publication for OR decision makers
IN THIS ISSUE
CONFERENCE
ISSUE
OR Business
Management
Conference
January 27-30, 2019
San Diego
OR Business Management
Conference
Early 'victories' forecast bright
future for business awardee 7
Finances
Comprehensive ROI pitch helps
to procure OR equipment
Leadership
Funds earmarked to enable
nurse-led research
21
ECRI Institute Perspectives
An undercover hazard: Beware of
'clean' mattresses
25
Success Stories
Surgical VAC mines
new software for deeper
look at products
27
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
2019 Medicare final payment
rule brings big wins for ASCs 30
17
OR business
Disruptive innovation in supply chain:
Impact of Amazon and technology, Part 1
S
upply chain is the lifeblood of the
OR, so any disruption in the flow
of that lifeblood can lead to outcomes
ranging from dissatisfaction with
backorders to chaos if a new implant
doesn't arrive on time. But disruption
also can be a positive force, especially
if it supports flow.
When Amazon Business entered the
medical supply chain market, Mathew
Palcich, MBA, implemented the service
at Summit Pacific Medical Center in
Patient safety
Follow pain management standards
to ensure survey success
ostoperative pain management
has always been a major
focus of patient care. However,
the opioid crisis is increasing the challenges
healthcare leaders face because
of the call for a national change in modalities
of pain management.
Regulatory bodies, specifically, are
P
executing control to confront the opioid
epidemic head on, making it increasingly
important for OR managers
to understand new pain management
guidelines from the Joint Commission
and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) and how these changes
will affect their survey readiness.
John R.
Rosing,
MHA, FACHE
At the 2018 OR Manager
Conference in
Nashville, Tennessee,
John R. Rosing, MHA,
FACHE, executive vice
president and principal
of Patton Healthcare
Consulting in Naperville,
Illinois, shared changes
in pain management
standards made by the Joint Commission
and CMS in 2018. He discussed
the emphasis that both organizations
will place on these new requirements
during accreditation surveys.
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Elma, Washington. The change reduced
time spent on supply procurement by
80% in 1 year and saved money by
reducing the operating budget by 15%
(through not needing to backfill a position)
and cutting annual shipping costs
by $10,000.
With supply chain estimated to represent
30% of hospital costs (second
only to labor), even small improvements
can make big differences. And a 2018
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