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
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
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
Product Evaluation, Costs, Evidence-Based Design 2 min read. Infection Control Innovations: Making the Value Proposition that Survives Cost-Cutting Erica Mitchell September 3 2023 The perceived stability of the national economy impacts the willingness of the healthcare industry to invest in innovations with up-front costs. In... 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, Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Consumer, HAIs, Patient Safety, Costs, Innovations 3 min read. Infection Control and the Healthcare Supply Chain: Who Makes Decisions? Erica Mitchell April 24 2023 Last week we provided a big-picture overview of the healthcare supply chain, from supplier to patient. This week, we will dig deeper into this... Read more
Costs 2 min read. What is The Chargemaster? Erica Mitchell October 20 2021 To provide better transparency, hospitals across the nation have publicly posted their prices. The idea was to help consumers make better financial... Read more
Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs 1 min read. Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Effectiveness Erica Mitchell October 13 2021 Measuring the cost-effectiveness of an infection prevention intervention requires careful translation of complex issues into dollar values: The... Read more
Cost-Effectiveness, Costs 2 min read. Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Cost Erica Mitchell October 6 2021 When considering an infection prevention intervention, how should the costs be calculated? The first question should be what costs should be... Read more
Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs 2 min read. Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Perspective Erica Mitchell September 29 2021 Any time a healthcare facility considers investing in a new intervention - a medicine, a device, a piece of equipment, and even a training program -... Read more