Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs 2 min read. Understanding GPOs: A "Grocery Store" for Healthcare Supplies Erica Mitchell December 17 2024 Imagine walking into a grocery store. The shelves are stocked with countless products: fruits, vegetables, snacks, and household essentials. The... Read more
Product Evaluation, Cost-Effectiveness 3 min read. What is the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER)? Erica Mitchell October 25 2024 Healthcare decision-makers must always face the difficult task of balancing patient care and cost-efficiency. One of the most valuable tools for... Read more
Infection Control, Hospitals, Consumer, HAIs, Patient Safety, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs, Public Health, Public Reporting 4 min read. Hospital Acquired Infections and Hospitals Acquired by Private Equity: The Dangerous Correlation Erica Mitchell January 8 2024 About a quarter of American hospitals are for-profit, that is, they are operated to generate profit for owners and stakeholders. A subsection of... Read more
Cost-Effectiveness, Costs 3 min read. Making the Case for Healthcare Innovation, Part 3: The Business Case Erica Mitchell December 4 2023 After you make the case for the healthcare innovation in terms of patient and facility benefits, anticipating possible risks, and demonstrating... Read more
Product Evaluation, Consumer, Cost-Effectiveness 3 min read. Making the Case for a Healthcare Innovation (Part 1): What Data Is Needed? Erica Mitchell November 6 2023 The first step in making a case for a healthcare innovation is collecting the data that supports it. This data includes evidence the the innovation... Read more
Hospitals, Product Evaluation, HAIs, Policy, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs, Construction, Innovations, Career, Evidence-Based Design 2 min read. How To Make the Case for a Healthcare Innovation Erica Mitchell October 30 2023 Every successful organization, from a small grassroots group to a global corporation, has a way for ideas to percolate through the system and find... Read more
Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Policy, Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs, Construction, Innovations, Evidence-Based Design 2 min read. How Do Hospitals Spend Money? An Introduction Erica Mitchell October 23 2023 Hospital finances are a complex process, involving all the parts of a service provider, a retail business, an investment venture, and a non-profit... Read more
Contamination Statistics, Bedrails, Infection Control, Hospitals, Germs, HAIs, Cleaning Protocols, Patient Safety, Design, Epidemiology, Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Public Health, Public Reporting 3 min read. DALYs and QALYs + HAIs: The Costly Connection Erica Mitchell June 12 2023 In our previous posts about DALYs and QALYs, we have defined the terms and presented how the healthcare field calculates these two measures of... Read more
Patient Advocacy, Product Evaluation, Research, Consumer, Health & Wellness, Epidemiology, Policy, Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Equity 3 min read. What are QALYs and DALYs? Erica Mitchell May 22 2023 How do you put an economic value on a human life? Why would you ever want to? As difficult as this quantification may be, it is a necessary practice... Read more
Infection Control, Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Consumer, Patient Safety, Medicare/Medicaid, Design, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs, Architecture, Construction, Innovations 2 min read. How Can a Healthcare Investment Increase Market Share AND Reduce Cost of Care? Focus on Infection Prevention. Erica Mitchell May 15 2023 Large-scale healthcare projects, from new projects to renovations, face a challenging future. After the tedious process of securing permits and... Read more
Infection Control, Cost-Effectiveness 2 min read. PCR & Infection Control: Impacting Patient Outcomes Erica Mitchell November 16 2022 Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR, allows us to quickly identify a pathogen from a small sample. This rapid identification is a helpful change from... Read more
Infection Control, Product Evaluation, Cleaning Protocols, Antimicrobials, Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Construction 3 min read. Biocidal > Antimicrobial Erica Mitchell October 24 2022 We have often discussed the different terms used to describe products that clean the patient environment in this blog. Using the correct terms, and... Read more