The OpFlow Audit and Baseline Analysis Process

Consider having the ability to compare your hospital’s current instrument tray configurations to a national standard that has been fully optimized.

From there, the opportunities to reduce instrument processing costs and decrease instrument purchasing expenses become readily apparent. OpFlow has the ability to do just that, immediately saving your hospital time and money.

If your facility has attempted or contemplated an instrument tray ‘right-sizing’ or optimization effort, you know how formidable a task that may be.

OpFlow has developed a process that streamlines that effort to rapidly quantify the cost savings opportunity and design an implementation plan specific to your hospital’s situation and needs.

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Purpose

  1. Understand how instrument trays in your hospital align to national standards

  2. Assess opportunity for instrument reduction and cost savings

Process

Your hospital first provides the following information:

  • Excel-based files for all major and minor instrument trays:

    • Instrument description & quantity

    • Number of instances for each tray

    • Surgical volume by service line

    • Number of surgeons within each service line using trays in scope

    • Number of facilities/locations across which would plan to rationalize trays

Output

OpFlow then standardizes your instrument tray configurations:

  • Aligned to standard ‘best practice’ definition based on national data

  • Comparing overall instrument count by category

  • Buffering for anticipated usage and patient safety

OpFlow generates and delivers a report to your hospital, including:

  • Detailed expected instrument reduction (# and %) per tray

  • Average unique instrument usage count per tray

  • Percentage of usage-based rationalization versus buffer/safety

  • Timeline and quote to deploy new tray configurations

Timeline

  • Our report turnaround time is 2 weeks following data delivery to OpFlow

Value

Your hospital receives:

  1. Insights necessary to assess the opportunity for instrument tray rationalization.

  2. Quantifiable reduction of surgical expenses.

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