Supply Chain
Because ASCs are often physician-owned, they're particularly susceptible to physician influence over the business' buying habits, according to Z5 Inventory CEO Carl Natenstedt.
Apple has employed dozens of physicians as it aims to integrate health technologies into the Apple Watch, iPad and iPhone, CNBC reports.
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 reduces supply costs, according to…
Jeff Lawrence, the vice president of business development for Inventory Optimization Solutions, shared the top supply chain challenges for ASCs on the company's blog.
James Martinez, a consulting pharmacist who works with surgery centers in Florida, told The Opthalmic ASC how centers can keep drug costs down.
Omaha, Neb.-based Kugler Vision offers patients with astigmatism a small incision lenticule extraction procedure, according to KETV7.
The shift to value-based care poses both risks and new opportunities for ASCs in the area of inventory management, according to Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems' Ruben Taborda, senior director of supply chain customer solutions.
The San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center moved its da Vinci Si Surgical System to its surgery center after the hospital acquired the da Vinci Xi Surgical System.
Healthcare supply company WestCMR listed the ways ASCs can turn surgical waste into profits on Florida Trend.
ORHub plans to implement its Surgical Spotlight data analytics platform across three health systems in California and Florida.