Inventory management in hospitals has an impact on patient care. For example, reagent availability was pivotal to the Mason District Hospital laboratory's ability to deliver diagnostic test results. Yet the laboratory's inventory management processes were manual, tedious and time-consuming. By implementing DxONE Inventory Manager into its workflow, Mason District Hospital was able to support patient care while saving time and enhancing productivity.
Rapid Deployment
Even with a staff of seven, Mason District Hospital was able to integrate the cloud-based software into its processes with ease. DxONE Inventory Manager simplified and standardized inventory management so that information was quickly accessible and readily available.
DxONE Inventory Manager consolidates and organizes all inventory management information into one easily viewable central repository. With this capability, Mason District Hospital has been able to access real-time supply-level data whenever necessary.
Citing its ease-of-use and scalability, in the following three months implementation of DxONE Inventory Manager, Mason District Hospital doubled the amount of inventory managed by the software.
Efficiency and time savings
Since the laboratory started using DxONE Inventory Manager, it has been able to reclaim about one full shift's worth of time per month. The inventory management tasks that previously required an average of seven hours, have been reduced to just five minutes (see Figure 1.)
Figure 1. Time reduced from seven hours to five minutes for hospital inventory management with DxONE Inventory Manager
By automating processes, the laboratory has eliminated time—consuming activities-from deciding on supply quantities to generating purchase orders. Technologists now quickly consult the system's dashboard, view stock level reports and, with the push of a button, order supplies.
Enhanced confidence
The laboratory’s transformation from manual to automated processing has strengthened confidence in its inventory supply management. With DxONE Inventory Manager, staff can view supply status at a glance at all times, ensuring necessary supplies are readily available when needed.
Features that allow easy reordering and alerts when supplies run low have increased the laboratory’s operational consistency. With this added efficiency and greater productivity, Mason District Hospital remains poised to deliver quality care to its and patients.
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