Unit dose re-packaging is the process of preparing medications in a form ready to be administered to the patient. In many hospitals, this process is usually carried out in the Hospital Pharmacy, the Medication Storage Sector or the Unit Dose Center, but always under the supervision of a…
Healthcare Mindset Haven't you felt in recent years the sensation of being overtaken by events? You probably blamed a lack of resources, equipment, or personnel. But have you ever thought that you needed to change the way you look at reality? Changing paradigm, or mindset? Not that it is outdated in its…
QA (Quality Assurance) – or Quality Assurance – is a discipline that also involves Patient Safety, according to the IOM – Institute of Medicine. Since 2002 the Lean integrated with the Lean Healthcare as a hospital discipline that seeks to increase quality, reduce waste, optimize…
We are writing again on this topic, because in current times, faced with rising costs, it seems that the Healthcare sector needs a “retrofit” and although we are very excited about the new technologies AI, IoT, 5G, telemedicine and others, we believe that there are many things to do with solutions…
The case described is from the pilot project of a hospital complex consisting of 6 hospitals totaling 1.800 beds. In July 2020, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre acquired the automated machine Opus MK5, to automatically divide oral liquid medicines. THE Opus MK5 is marketed by the company Opuspac Hospital…
Organization Lean (lean) is the name given to systems derived from the Toyota Production System - TPS. It started in the automobile sector at Toyota and extended to many other activities, including the organization of hospitals, as described in the book “Management on the Mend: The healthcare executive guide to…
Why have we humans inserted the desire to always go further into our culture? Increase? And have more? We accept that “more is better” without proof. What if the best thing was to decrease? Subtract? Reduce? We have a tendency to grow and add, this is not just in Brazilian culture,…
We spend a lot of time glued to the screen, receiving new information, and very little time processing and interpreting what we already know, to evaluate, synthesize concepts, ponder and find patterns of evolution. Asking questions with the curiosity of a child is very important for a hospital manager, who is usually faced with problems...
We continue to repeat the same paths, solutions and strategies as before. It's not that we have to throw previous experiences in the trash, but we have to exercise our critical spirit, know the reason for the current solution, check if it's still valid, question it and compare it with new ones, before validating its continuation.…
I have always been a synthesizer of ideas or concepts. Of course I am aware of the risks involved, because when you mix water with wine, it no longer has the freshness of water or the flavor of wine. The same thing happens with ideas, synthesizing concepts is a methodological risk, as it can…