title: Best supply practices revolve around patients.
abstract: Stanford Health Services has automated supply services for fast turnaround and recapture of lost charges. Satellite stock rooms on the units keep day-to-day supplies, which are ordered by procedure to eliminate unnecessary supplies. The four-year-old program has more than paid for itself, saving the system almost $15 million in labor and inventory costs.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration