"Stockless" cost reduction in the operating room.
St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center in St. Paul, MN became one of the first hospitals in the United States to initiate a "stockless" par level inventory system. Successes with stockless led the hospital to look at implementing it in the OR to achieve a reduction of expense to revenue. Materiel Management and Surgical Services discussed a number of issues relevant to implementing a stockless program, including product flow, accuracy and cost of case carts and preference cards, item pricing, committed usage of items brought into the system and establishment of a steering committee. Specific OR issues and practices required evaluation and adjustment, such as the routine use of emergency direct ordering. Information systems support was brought in and a products committee established to do education and oversee the program. Savings for 1993-94 were $185,146.
Kerr
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M
St.-Paul Ramsey Medical Center, MN.
Johnson
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B
Martin
C
C
Hanna
B
B
Swanson
D
D
Deutsch
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M
D017046:Cost Savings; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D008910:Minnesota; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000600:supply & distribution