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5 Common Mistakes When Implementing a Lean Hospital Management System
The process of implementing a Lean hospital management system is similar to gardening. Anyone can perform gardening-like tasks, but to get results from your activity, you need to take the time to build a support…
How to Integrate New Medical Cabinets With Your Existing Workflow
In a Lean hospital, one of the primary goals is to minimize waste. Waste could be anything from wasted time performing tasks in an efficient workflow to wasted medical supplies because they expired. Another primary…
The Financial Benefits of Patient-Centered Facility Design
Now is the time to focus on patient-centered facility design. According to the latest U.S. Health Care Construction Spending Report, spending in the most recent period was $41.55 billion, up 7.5 percent year-over-year. The trend…
Could Your Employees Unknowingly Cause Hospital Security Risks?
In February 2017, a hospital employee in San Antonio, Texas, was accused of stealing more than $400,000 worth of medical supplies from the hospital facility where he worked. When presented with the security footage of…
How to Optimize the Relationship Between Nursing and Pharmacy
Lean operations managers in an acute care facility are continually striving for efficiency while fighting against the strong headwind of a broken system. The departments that are often caught up in this storm are Nursing…
Blood Center ROI from Your Apheresis Machine
The Talon team has talked to many blood centers to understand the importance of protecting your financial investment in an apheresis machine and generating a Return on Investment (ROI) from running a blood drive. For…
A Solution to Support Difficult Children’s Hospital Staffing Decisions
In late April, the BBC reported that a U.K. hospital was considering closing a unit of their children’s hospital due to a lack of children’s hospital staff. The unfortunate situation was the result of a…
How to Keep the Human Element in the Hospital of the Future
There is tremendous excitement about new technology that will revolutionize the healthcare industry. Advanced computers will process information faster than ever before and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will help doctors analyze information to make more informed…
Keys to Introducing a New Medication Management Solution
Last week, I wrote about the process of evaluating medication management solutions to find the best fit for your hospital to continue providing quality care for VA patients. In other words, last week’s article described…
VA Facilities: A Plan to Evaluate Medication Management Solutions
In February 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs issued a directive with specific instructions and procedures for medication management in VA facilities. The purpose of the directive was to provide direction for the “appropriate storage,…