title: Reducing orthopedic implant costs. A physician-driven approach at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland.
abstract: Faced with the closing of its service, the Orthopaedics Department at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, working with Materials Management, began a program to become profitable. Through standardization, appropriate utilization, pre-planning of cases and the development of critical pathways, the service has realized about 40% savings in materials and dropped their average product costs to $2,700 per joint and reduced length of stay by five to six days. The keys have been physician input from the start, teamwork and continuous training.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferdinand
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods*; D017754:Group Purchasing; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D009820:Ohio; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000191:economics*