How to Successfully Manage Medical Inventory in ASCs

This is the next video in our series of educational videos looking at how to manage medical inventory in different settings.
This video is about managing ASC inventory. Medical inventory is complex to manage in the ambulatory care sector and presents many challenges for nurses, supply chain staff, materials management and ASC leadership.
This video is an educational session on the challenges of managing medical inventory in the ambulatory care environment. It looks at how to better manage medical devices and implants in the surgical setting, and the new technology that is providing a robust solution for end-to-end inventory tracking, both for items in storage, as well as for all products consumed at the point of care - whether a stock item or not.
Here's a timeline for our video: Managing ASC Inventory
00:00 Introduction to managing inventory in the ASC setting
00:26 Why medical inventory is so hard to manage in the ambulatory care setting.
01:14 The requirements of an effective, complete solution for managing inventory in the ASC healthcare environment.
01:46 The complete ASC inventory management solution
02:10 Multi-specialty ASCs and the inventory management requirements of different care settings
02:30 The different smart cabinet configurations suitable for each medical department
02:38 RFID smart cabinet features and benefits
02:52 TotalSense automated implant management in cabinets and storerooms.
03:39 IDENTI Medical inventory management solutions - how these support ambulatory care providers.
04:24 End to end inventory tracking solution.
04:41 Why do ASCs fail to collect full usage data at the point of use?
04:57 What is the image to data revolution?
05:14 Snapping, not scanning, products at the point of care to document utilization.
05:20 What is Snap&Go image recognition sensor for surgical utilization documentation?
06:05 Recording small consumables in surgery - digitizing the count sheet.
06:25 The ROI of upgrading your point of use surgical supply documentation system with computer vision and AI technology.
06:44 The managing system and the vital OR data it provides.
07:08 Data sensing tools for healthcare providers.
07:26 The full inventory management solution looks like this.
07:39 Join the image to data revolution for optimized supply chain management in healthcare.
Medical supplies rank as the second-largest expenditure for the majority of healthcare facilities. Therefore, the strategic management of these costs, including initiatives to cut expenses and reduce waste, can substantially influence a healthcare organization’s bottom line. Essential for effective healthcare supply chain management, consumption data is becoming increasingly recognized by hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers for its potential to enhance the clinical, operational, and financial aspects of healthcare delivery.
IDENTI uses advanced technology to solve the challenges of healthcare management, creating streamlined workflows, reduced labor, as well as supporting the efficient flow of surgical supply date from the OR into operational workflows for efficient administration and billing.
About Snap&Go
Here's more information about Snap&Go: identimedical.com/snap-and-go/
About TotalSense:
See more information on our smart cabinet: identimedical.com/total-sense...
About IDENTI:
IDENTI Medical is a leading provider of data sensing solutions for the medical supply chain. Our solutions collect and analyze data on medical inventory and consumption to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and boost patient safety.
IDENTI Medical offers a wide range of data sensing solutions for the medical supply chain, including:
• TotalSense Cabinet: A smart cabinet that tracks and manages medical supplies in real time. There is also an associated mobile app that converts storerooms into virtual smart cabinets.
• Snap&Go: A computer vision and AI powered solution that records every reportable implant and consumable at the point of use.