Hospital Inventory Management: Implementing Asset Tracking Processes to Streamline Inventory Management
Hospitals often come under fire for inefficiently managing supplies and spending too much on inventory. As hospitals are forced to tighten their belts, materials managers, suppliers, and staff members are pressured to address inventory management; unfortunately, they often are told to do so in a time-consuming fashion involving manual processes that are inefficient and subject to human error. If staff time is spent manually managing inventory and tracking usage across multiple supply locations, hospitals arenu2019t doing much to correct their inventory management issues. They also arenu2019t helping themselves when it comes to preparing reports, maintaining compliance, and documenting usage. They also lack a consistent system for filling last-minute orders from nurses and doctors.
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