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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Cost Justification - January 2017

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J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7 O U T P A T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T 9 purchase orders, keeping stock on shelves and having product go unused in pro- cedure packs. That one initiative saved our health system around $200,000 a year. Keep analyzing Don't stop analyzing deals once new pieces of equipment have been approved. Check back with the surgical team 6 months or a year after the pur- chase for outcomes data and end-user feedback to see how the additions have panned out. It's never too late to make adjustments to equipment you've added, and you can use the data and insights to guide further purchasing decisions. The job of a value-analysis committee is never done. There are always new pur- chases to consider and past purchases to learn from. OSM Mr. Creech (larry.creech@rwjbh.org) is senior vice president of perioperative and emer- gency services at RWJBarnabas Health in West Orange, N.J. 5

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