Hoag Memorial Hospital Newport Beach to Solve OR Challenges with Leading Loaner Tray Management Solution UniteOR, Inc., a leading cloud-based surgical tray management and tracking software, announces a partnership with Hoag Memorial Hospital Newport Beach after being selected as the solution of choice. Hoag will now have a complete consigned and loaner tray management solution […]
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Addressing the Ramifications of Vendor/Loaner Trays on Perioperative Services and CSP Operations
With the growing population of adults needing total joint replacements and complex spinal procedures, come greater challenges for hospitals to manage loaned and consigned surgical instrumentation. There are significant management and accounting issues when utilizing a third party as a source for instrument trays. Constraints exist because there are multiple parties involved in the process, […]
Six Sigma Your EMR (Electronic Medical Records)
n January of this year, the Obama Administration put out an announcement that it will begin working on upgrading the Electronic Medical Record incentive program. When Obamacare pushed EMR’s into facilities with deadlines for incentive returns, physicians reluctantly obliged and began electronically producing medical records. A survey conducted by The American Medical Association and American EHR Partners found […]
A Whole New Breed: Medical School by Kaiser
As an efficiency monster, how do you ensure this starts at the roots of your facility? Build a medical school. Kaiser Permanente announced the opening of its new venture, a medical school in Southern California, in 2019. This particular medical school will focus on the values Kaiser holds as well as “hands-on experience for students in […]
IAHCSMM 2016
Western urban areas, the Alamo and a bustling river walk aren’t the only things that have San Antonio buzzing this week. IAHCSMM is back and in action. Starting early this year on Saturday with an Endoscope Reprocessing workshop, the conference kicked off with a bang! UniteOR was delighted to sponsor the speakers for this presentation, […]
Healthcare Mergers Ball & Chain
The expansion of healthcare mergers continues to increase across the United States. This increase in acquisitions, may cause many trials and tribulations for the consumer- patient . There has not been a lot of research based on the effects of hospital system acquisition. What we do know is that it can help with increasing coordination and […]
UniteOR Mobile Vendor App Dropping with a Bang!
We built UniteOR to increase efficiencies and reduce error in the operating room as well as during the procurement of instrumentation. In keeping with these efforts, we are beyond excited to announce the drop date for our new Mobile Vendor App, July 10th! Before the app was created Vendors could check schedules, confirm a case […]
Wrong Instruments? Wrong Answer: Effects of Incorrect Instrumentation in the OR
Imagine your patient lying in the operating room, open and ready for surgery as the surgeon asks for an instrument out of the micro set. The vendor is sure he dropped it off, but sterile processing has no recollection or confirmed information whether the tray ever even showed up! Now you have the vendor blaming […]
Topic of Conversation at IAHCSMM: Scopes
Packed up our booth and took flight again, this time to an area slightly sunnier. UniteOR was in attendance at this years IAHCSMM Conference in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The buzz around the conference this year seemed to range from new technology and IFU’s to AAMI updates and sterilization standards. Although all topics exude great […]