PRODUCT & SERVICE LINE REPORTS


PRODUCT & SERVICE LINE REPORTS


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Scheduling systems sourcing, selection shouldn’t be satisfied in a vacuum


by Rick Dana Barlow P


onder this for a moment How enticing (let alone effi- cient) would it be to have a single computer system in your healthcare organization to track and trace persons (patients, staff and visitors), processes (practices and work- ow) and products interoperably Think of it as HA without the spurious attitude from “001 A Space Odyssey or the acGuffin-like Stareet computer on the U.S. Enterprise in “Star Trek. Short of a hospital-wide enterprise-resource planning (ERP) system, industry experts acknowledge that we’re not there yet but perhaps enroute. Healthcare organizations, by and large, allow their departments to invest in their own software and systems with the Information Technology (IT) department assisting in some ways to get them all to interact. On the surface, healthcare-oriented scheduling systems may conjure up images of an electronic clipboard for patients to get on a list to visit a doctor or to reserve an operating room for an elective surgical procedure or for clinicians to determine on the y where to send a patient who needs emergency surgery  stat ut effective and efficient scheduling systems encompass


so much more than that. They may record and track where a patient, staffer (clinician and administrator) or visitor goes but they also can do the same thing for product consumption and use or even how frequently hands are washed. After all, if Supply Chain sources, tracks and traces what’s brought in, then the clinical departments, such as laboratory,


radiology and surgical services, for example, should track and trace what’s done to patient and the products used for and on them.


Ideally, scheduling systems should be easy-to-learn and user-friendly, intuitive to a degree, enable customization and mobility, comply with regulations and rules, generate accurate and reliable records and reports, come with helpful customer support and be cost effective. In a spirited interview with Healthcare Purchasing News Senior Editor Rick Dana arlow, six scheduling system experts share their thoughts on integrat- ing administrative, clinical, financial and operational multi- functionality within healthcare systems on the way toward authentic interoperability.


HPN. What are some of the key factors that should be con- sidered when sourcing, evaluating and choosing scheduling systems for the OR and why? Matthew Rechin, Chief Commercial Officer,


ReadySet Surgical: There are several impor- tant factors which should be considered when evaluating potential scheduling systems: 1.Ease of implementation is pretty critical. Hospitals have a number of competing pri- orities, many of them involve IT support. Scheduling systems that require significant IT resources dur- ing the implementation process delay the hospital’s ability to


40 January 2022 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS • hpnonline.com


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