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One New York health system blazes the way for eliminating latex from your hospitalKey insight: Approximately 8 – 12% of healthcare workers are sensitive to natural rubber latex. Ellis Medicine addressed this growing concern by overcoming inaccurate perceptions and garnering system-wide support to eliminate latex surgical gloves completely from the operating room (OR) environment. One New York health system blazes the way for eliminating latex from your hospital |
Recapturing clinical valueCovenant Health Systems brings pharmacists to the hospital floor. Key insight: Driven to lower cost, enhance the quality of patient care, and better satisfy. Clinical pharmacists have been integrated with the clinical team on the floor to assist with patients and decision making and also to ensure that quality is being improved as costs are being lowered. Recapturing clinical value |
Solutions for Patient Safety #1: Working to make Ohio's children's hospital saferOhio children's hospitals join forces to improve quality of healthcare. Key insight: A common mission and a well-organized effort among different hospitals can drive positive changes to patient care. To date, a 50 percent reduction in surgical site infections and a 34.5 percent reduction in adverse drug events have been realized. Solutions for Patient Safety #1: Working to make Ohio's children's hospitals safer |
Solutions for Patient Safety #2: Working to make Ohio's hospitals the safest in the nationThe partnership brought together 17 acute care adult hospitals and eight children's hospitals. Key insight: Key learnings and best practices can result in standardized processes that help improve patient care for an entire region. The initiative has since resulted in 14 saved lives, the avoidance of 918 additional patient days and $7.5 million in annual savings. |
Recovering healthHow University Medical Center mitigates high drug costs for indigent patients. Key insight: One-hundred-percent managed by Cardinal Health, the eRecovery™ program helps hospitals and their indigent patients access manufacture-driven Patient Assistance Programs. The eRecovery™ program has served more than 15,600 UMC patients since late 2004 and recovered $2.5 million in drug costs for UMC between July 2011 and June 2012. |
Better supply chain, better healthcareMemorial Hermann Healthcare System and Cardinal Health collaborate to lower costs while improving quality. Key insight: Making quality Job #1 and "doing things right the first time," which reduces errors, improves productivity and drives down supply chain costs. To date: nearly $20 million and 24,000 labor hours saved. Better supply chain, better healthcare |
Retaking healthcare by stormOchsner and Cardinal Health are creating a new model in New Orleans. Focus on drug spend rebate opportunities and improve the efficiency of ordering process by utilizing AccountSource Rx and Interdepartmental Billing. Results from 2010: ROI of $2.3M due to paying invoices quicker and reduced turn on invoices by 50%. Retaking healthcare by storm |
Right on parBaptist Health optimizes inventory levels to lower costs. Key insight: At Baptist Health - one of Kentucky's largest health systems - the supply chain has been a significant source of savings for years. Baptist Health relies on ValueLink® Par Optimization to lower inventory costs and increase supply chain efficiencies. Not only has Par Optimization raised service levels to clinicians, but it also saved Baptist Health $215,000 in inventory costs, eliminated a delivery day, and reduced the number of lines picked per week…and Baptist Health is just getting started. |
Driving value through supply chain assessmentSame Day SurgiClinic of New England and Cardinal Health collaborate on a procedural solution. Key insight: Taking the time to understand the problems and opportunities through a thorough assessment process leads to optimal solutions. To date: OR turnover time reduced by 50 percent as well as improved efficiency and inventory management leading to reduced waste. Driving value through supply chain assessment |
Leading with logisticsHow The Nebraska Medical Center lowers supply chain costs. Key Insight: The Nebraska Medical Center outsourced its supply chain to Cardinal Health to achieve its goal of reducing overall expenses by 15 percent over the next three years. NMC and Cardinal Health collaborated on a five-point plan to meet several supply chain outsourcing goals. Leading with logistics |
Optimizing your supply chainKey Insight: How to drive cost out of the healthcare system. The paper is part of the Essential Insights on The Business of Healthcare series which describes insights, perspectives, emerging trends and best practices with an emphasis on major issues in healthcare today. Optimizing your supply chain |
Supply chain solutions for Truman Medical CenterCardinal Health Supply Solutions team takes a multi-pronged approach to drive value throughout the supply chain. Key insight: Understanding the complete supply chain requires subject matter experts and real-life experience, and a commitment to a collaborative partnership. As a result of this partnership, Truman Medical Center has experienced their highest fill rates to date and nearly $3 million in realized savings. Supply chain solutions for Truman Medical Center |
Taking controlHow Long Island's leading health system achieved reduced risk and increased control through a joint supply chain consolidation strategy. Key Insight: Cardinal Health helped guide the development of a hybrid IDC distribution model providing expertise on engineering and infrastructure, information technology, warehouse operations and logistics, clinical standardization and Lean Six Sigma processes that reengineered site supply chain logistics. |
Discovered savingsHow Halifax Health saves 11 percent on IT contract renewals. Key insight: In the new world of healthcare, the pressure has never been greater to cut costs while maintaining quality of care. Health systems everywhere are looking at their entire spend for new opportunities to save money. For Halifax Health, that search has uncovered substantial savings that have been 'hidden' in a most unexpected place: the renewal of IT maintenance contracts. Discovered savings |
Creating efficiency in laboratory supply processThe Cardinal Health Connect System is a comprehensive inventory management solution that uses custom product bar codes and scanners to significantly reduce the time labs spend ordering supplies. Key insight: Custom ordering solutions can drive great visibility, efficiency and savings. To date, the number of purchase orders placed decreased by 18 percent and a 27 percent reduction in freight expenses was realized. Creating efficiency in the laboratory supply process |
Freight savings at CellNetixCellNetix�� implemented the Cardinal Health OptiFreight�� Logistics program to streamline their supply chain and reduce freight costs. Key insight: A standardized shipping process can reduce current and future freight expense while also providing visibility into total freight spending. To date, a reduction of over $20,000 in freight expense on inbound manufacturer shipments was realized in the first 12 months. Freight savings at CellNetix�� |
Growing integrated delivery networksKey Insight: How to better manage patient populations in the rapidly evolving world of healthcare. The paper is part of the Essential Insights on The Business of Healthcare series which describes insights, perspectives, emerging trends and best practices with an emphasis on major issues in healthcare today. Growing integrated delivery networks |
The power of one partnershipDCH Health System optimizes supply chain ROI by working with Cardinal Health to create a single, seamless solution. Key insight: Focus on total cost, instead of product price. And, create new value by combining med-surg with pharmaceutical distribution, adding pharmacy data analytics and much more. The power of one partnership |
Turnaround in healthcareHow Tri-City Medical Center is making the most of healthcare reform. Key Insight: TCMC implemented solutions such as DemanData Systems, Lean Six Sigma principles and ValueLink® Supply Management Services to turn their business around. To date: $20 million positive shift in just over one year: from a $7 million loss to a $13 million gain. Turnaround in healthcare |
Giving backHow Cardinal Health supports America’s troops. Key Insight: Learn how Cardinal Health has donated a total of $425,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project. |
One dies every 19 minutesPrescription drug abuse is growing at an alarming rate and must be stopped. The Cardinal Health Foundation and The Ohio State University College of Medicine have paired up to create Generation Rx toolkits to educate the community on the dangers and trends of prescription drug abuse. Since early 2010, thousands have participated in the program and 90.3% of youth participants reported being less likely to share prescription drugs. Partnered with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), toolkits are now available to 119 colleges and schools of pharmacy within the US. One dies every 19 minutes |
