Study authors gathered data from the University of California San Francisco, which implemented CareAdvantage after already performing above benchmark for OR procedure setup. Study authors found:
1. Using CareAdvantage improved instrument tray setup time by three minutes for total hip replacements and six minutes for total knee replacements. The hospital reported a 57 percent reduction in the total number of instruments per tray and a 29 percent decrease in the number of instruments used across all procedures.
2. UCSF OR teams reported a 46 percent decrease in the average number of open trays after implementing CareAdvantage.
3. UCSF’s annual cost savings generated after implementing CareAdvantage is estimated at $262,000.
4. CareAdvantage Perioperative Efficiency capability’s tailored approach helps reduce operational costs and variation in clinical processes by streamlining Johnson & Johnson medical devices through the surgical services and sterile processing departments. J&J’s Voices for Value Insights Series survey shows around 64 percent of hospital executives and 56 percent of clinicians feel perioperative efficiency is a priority for their health system.
5. To further reduce hospital OR waste and improve efficiency, CareAdvantage now has a sustainability capability designed to help health systems achieve specific environmental, waste management, cost savings and sustainable purchasing goals.
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