Addressing Workforce Challenges in Healthcare: The Critical Role of Leadership Hospital CEOs recently ranked workforce challenges as their top concern, surpassing financial issues for the second consecutive year. This shift underscores the urgent need for effective leadership and operational excellence in critical areas throughout every department. Leadership: The Linchpin of Workforce Stability Appropriate interim and […]

  “The Elephant in the Room” for Healthcare Recruitment and Retention: Today’s Workforce Spans Five Generations It is almost impossible to avoid the amount of research, articles, and “airtime” spent on addressing employee turnover and retention. Workforce stabilization remains a top priority for hospitals, and health systems are developing initiatives to maintain a consistent, reliable, […]

Every day, numerous articles explore how hospitals and health systems are seeking new revenue streams and identifying areas for cost reduction. However, one critical area that often goes unmentioned is the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). SPD is typically viewed as an operational cost center rather than a revenue generator, despite its crucial role in supporting […]

Optimizing Sterile Processing: Revenue Generation & Cost Reduction Strategic optimization of Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) can contribute to revenue generation, reduce cost, and ensure quality. Let’s delve into the key strategies and insights: The Common Challenge:  Many SPDs nationwide struggle to recruit, train, and retain Sterile Processing Technicians, resulting in understaffed departments with low-level expertise. […]

In our healthcare facilities, the telephone is a life-saving instrument. It is the primary means of communication between the nurses in procedural areas and the technicians in SPD.

Sterile Processing Outsourcing…. sounds like a great idea, but is it?  Some facilities have tried it with a mixed bag of success;