How to Create A Patient Centric Supply Chain: A Simple Guide for Hospitals

Bethpage, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/04/2018 -- Six practical steps you can start implementing in your organization.

Expanding patient-centric care in all areas of healthcare is not just an empty slogan. It's a commitment we make as healthcare professionals to better the lives of the people we treat.

Whether patients select a hospital of their choice or are directed to one through their HMO, they rightfully expect "the system" to provide superb treatment. Patients cannot be expected to distinguish between the services provided by the clinical team and the staff supporting them. If an error occurs, such as implanting expired stock, it does not matter to the patient whether the responsibility is with the supplier who did not update the stock on time or the nurse who did not notice this or the surgeon who did not bother to double check. The hospital, as a whole, is guilty and will be held accountable.

According to an article written by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists:

Most patients judge the quality of their healthcare much like they rate an airplane flight. Criteria for judging an airline are personal and include aspects like comfort, efficient service, and on-time schedules. Similarly, patients judge the standard of their healthcare on nontechnical aspects. Most are unable to evaluate the level of technical skill or quality of therapy, so the conditions they can assess — patient satisfaction and preserving health over time — become of the utmost importance.

This article lays out 6 steps that can immediately be adopted in your own organization to create a more patient-centric supply chain.

Step 1: Create full synchronization between clinical and operational data

Delivery of modern healthcare is set up so that patients "travel" through several separate institutions on their "journey" to wellness. At each step, new files will be opened within a multitude of systems: the patient management system, the clinical data system, the queue management system, ERP systems. In best case scenarios, all these diverse systems will be connected through a common interface. More often, the desired level of interconnectivity is just not there.

Although the operational information surrounding the patient is no less important than the clinical data needed for optimal patient treatment, today in most medical institutions there is little or no correlation between these two data systems - it is impossible to know essential details about devices implanted in a patient by looking in the patient's medical record.

Take for example hemodynamics monitoring systems which are very good at data collection and interface effectively with most clinical systems. So why is this not the case on the operational side? Why is there no consolidation of essential data such as serial number, date of expiration and production series? A major roadblock to full integration of diverse data sources is the current standard of inventory management based on manufacturers' barcode identification.

Often the medical team finds it difficult to record device details accurately because of outdated manufacturers' catalogs, multiple methods of cataloging the same products, and the introduction of unmarked items into the treatment room, which is particularly common during high-stress periods. The result is a lack of integrity of the recorded information and a low level of reliability, which according to some reports is below 60%.

A promising solution is to switch from barcode readers to optical character recognition (OCR) technology to capture data from operational inventory. OCR is already widely used in other areas of clinical medicine. For example, a tumor is optically captured (photographed) and the image is processed and analyzed for size, shape, location, and malignancy. OCR is now beginning to find its way into operational inventory management as well. On-site medical staff photographs the product as it is taken from the shelf. It is automatically inputted into the system which recognizes the product and assigns the appropriate SKU. No time-consuming data entry, scanning or searching through manufacturers' catalogs.

Step 2: Instead of putting out fires, prevent them in the first place

Ask any organizational consultant how to streamline your facility and they'll recommend that you switch from passive/reactive mode to an active/preventive approach. It is much easier to avoid mistakes before they happen than to fix them after the fact. In the healthcare industry mistakes can be a matter of life and death.

Take, for example, intraocular lens implants. In most hospitals, such inventory is managed at the item level, when in fact it should be managed at the next level down, which in this case would be the various sizes for each item.

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Israel's Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) for public healthcare organizations has appointed LogiTag Medical Solutions to provide a secured medication management system for controlled substances and narcotics.

Bethpage, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/30/2018 -- Launched only six months ago, the new secured medication management system is the only solution in the market that ensures a secured full reconciliation of drug administration regulations, while achieving efficient monitoring over staff and inventory. It is a simple and user-friendly application for both physician and pharmacy employee.

"Their excellent proposal, combined with the quality service along with vast experience LogiTag brings to the table, made them the best candidate to deliver such a secured management system dealing with this sensitive matter. We've been looking for a safe solution for years, and we are looking forward to the new management system, which will be able to cover all the aspects we need".

Secured Cabinet
The new Smart Cabinet features 990 compartments pulled out individually for storing drugs, and 64 separate compartments for returned items per procedure, enable full reconciliation of the drug taken and administrated to the patient.

LogiTag Medical wins tender for secured medication management system

Secured biometric access allows users to access the protected management application- the LogiPlatform and easily updated on each transaction as well as drugs levels, expiring dates and other statistical information. The management software also provides online automatic reports alerting low stock levels, drug discrepancies, administration errors or misuse. All while fully integrating with ERP and clinical software to maintain a centralized database.

Israel's Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)
Sarel was founded in 1995, serving as a group purchasing organization (GPO) for the governmental hospitals, medical centers, and various Israeli institutions. Sarel is a leading company in its field, owned by the Association of Public Hospitals for the Public Good, a non-profit organization operating exclusively in the interest of the public.

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LogiTag Releases Scan and Restock Medical RFID technology for low cost-high volume medical supplies inventory management.

Bethpage, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/19/2018 -- On March 1st, 2018, Logi-Tag Medical Systems releases Scan and Restock RFID technology for low cost-high volume medical supplies inventory management. Scan and Restock will fall under the current umbrella of the Logi-Tag platform which traditionally tracks high value medical implants in its' Smart Cabinet technology.

Over the last decade, hospitals have struggled with balancing FTE's (full-time employees materials management), technology & space to maintain much needed daily medical supplies for patient care. Hospitals have evaluated continuous bar code practices, JIT, KanBan, PAR & weighted calibration systems. In some cases these systems were integrated into existing ERP platforms, in other cases, this option was not available.

Today, Logi-Tag Medicals Scan & ReStock will allow healthcare systems to manage both high value (thru Smart Cabinets) and low-cost supplies thru use of NFC RFID technology under one cloud Logi-Platform. This system operates as a standalone or is easily integrated into PeopleSoft, Lawson, Medi-Tech, and others. Rapid deployment is easily attained by using existing storage hardware, current SKU data & PAR level data and onsite mobile phone technology. With the use of current hospital barcodes, KanBan & PAR systems; Scan and ReStock combines all practices into one seamless management system.

Speed to implement, lowest cost RFID inventory management tool on the market and ease of participant use are all rated as customer primary reasons for selection.

For all partnerhsips or inquiries please refer to jasonf@logi-tag.com Jason Freeman Vice President Sales & Marketing.

Contact Info:
Name: Shlomo Matityaho
Email: info-usa@logi-tag.com
Organization: LogiTag Systems
Address: 999 South Oyster Bay Rd Suite 307 Bethpage, NY 11714
Phone: 800-697-5956
Website: www.logi-tag.com

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LogiTag Medical Solutions has been selected for an inventory solution to manage medical devices and implants.

Bethpage, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/20/2018 -- LogiTag Medical solutions has been selected, after a long and detailed pilot program, to become sole source provider for Hadassah's hospital infrastructure solution managing medical devices and implants at both hospital locations. Hadassah conducted a 6-month pilot with full integration to the SAP software at its main OR; managing heart valves and implants. The SmartCabinet technology, cloud server combined with the LogiPlatform have been managing the inventory from the time of its dispatch from the vendor site through the hospital OR; and back to the vendors by sending replenishment orders for consignment stock and regular procured products.

Hadassah Medical Center to deploy LogiTag SmartCabinet Technology - Heart valve implants are stored in the smart cabinets at the OR clean core supply room. Each item received is enrolled with an RFID tag from the vendor and placed into the cabinets. The system is integrated with SAP, the hospital ERP system; and provides online inventory information including batch ID, serial number, and expiration dates. The LogiTag system provides both vendors and hospital personal real-time online information including hospital inventory levels, replenishment orders, expired items, and reports items to charge capture. LogiTag SmartCabinet for heart valves extends the value of RFID based SmartCabinet product suite and LogiPlatform to OR and procedural areas. Redesigned from the ground up, the system provides simple, safer clinical workflows centered on the patient and security enhancements that promote narcotics safety and hospital compliance efforts.

Hadassah is one of the leading not for profit private hospitals in Israel. Hadassah's 850 physicians 1,940 nurses, 1,020 paramedical and support staff work on two medical center hospitals in Israel, with more than 1,000 beds, 31 operating rooms, 9 specially orientated intensive care units and the combined skills of these thousands of healthcare professionals. Every year, Hadassah provides nearly one million people with hospital services. In keeping with worldwide trends, the Hadassah University Medical Center in Israel is moving toward day care and day hospitalization to reduce costs and risk of infection.

About LogiTag
LogiTag develops, manufactures, and markets intelligent, best-in-class RFID hospital inventory solutions and systems for tracking, monitoring, and managing inventory, assets, and people. LogiTag identified a growing need for advanced RFID technology with applications in healthcare, security, and enterprise. LogiTag's founders drew on their extensive knowledge and deep understanding of RFID, software, operations, and logistics to develop modular, Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) and comprehensive hardware/software suites that integrate smoothly into lean manufacturing and operations.

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