Is there a benefit to managing mobile clinical assets at the system level?
I believe tremendous opportunity exists for multi-facility health systems to better coordinate and optimize the management and distribution of clinical assets. Much of the work done by healthcare...
View ArticleWhere are my wheelchairs? (how many do I REALLY NEED?)
When we are on site at hospitals, a frequent complaint that we hear from the staff is their frustration of not having enough wheelchairs or not finding one when they need it. This issue was recently...
View ArticleA few leading practices in patient transport
Effective management of the patient transport process is not frequently discussed in current hospital management literature but it is an essential component if a hospital is to effectively manage its...
View ArticleWhen staff buy-in to process changes is not the main issue... but...
At a recent client, following several successful workshops, the client project team came to an agreement on a number of ambitious process changes that they were very excited about in order to solve an...
View ArticleAsset Management Operating Model: A Strategic Approach
Over the past few months I have been in a number of meetings with health systems discussing how to manage their mobile clinical assets. Interestingly, after asking certain pertinent questions, the...
View ArticleStaffing Your Asset Management Organization to Demand
During recent discussions at a large hospital, our team came across a peculiar issue facing a client. The fleet of mobile assets in the hospital was sufficient and the amount of staff in the Central...
View ArticleAre your asset management metrics supporting your organizational goals?
By Amit Verma and Shafi Hussain Recently a nurse told us of a scenario that repeats itself with alarming regularity at many institutions: the nurse and a physician were ready to deliver care to a...
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