As the drive for value-based care continues, hospitals and health systems are looking for proven best practices to improve clinical outcomes, enhance safety and control costs. Whatever the goal, the ...

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Product standardization, an important facet of an ambulatory surgery center’s supply chain and materials management, must be approached strategically and be carried out diligently. Adam Higman, ...

Product standardization is a key method hospitals and health systems can use to improve efficiencies and cut supply chain costs. However, it must be approached strategically. One way healthcare ...

Reducing costs is vital for ensuring the financial health of an ambulatory surgery center. Managing supply chain effectively can go a long way in reducing costs, and one of the keys to success is ...

The goal is the fundamental formation of an important technical standard system with innovation achievements and international level that urgently needed for the key areas development: Complete 200 ...

There is a gap in standards for ensembles of PPE—goggles, a respirator, a gown, and gloves, for example—and for the interoperability of the equipment and its functionality. (Holm) NIOSH could adopt ...

The inability to procure personal protective equipment and personal protective technology led to the deaths of thousands of nurses, doctors, first responders, frontline servers, and other individuals.

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Health and Human Services (Contract 75D30122F00007 ...