Optimize workflows

In recent years health authorities is under increasing pressure from customers and competitors, so trying to achieve more with less Resourcesto satisfy Growing Patients needs to respond to new ones Technologies and opportunities in the market, create opportunities for improving processes, and work More efficiently (Ciarniene et al, 2017; Wang, 2018).

In most healthcare facilities, supply chain costs are in second place after labor costs and account for 40-45 percent of negligences

Process improvement and iin the context of optimisation of sleuths in the field of health care svarbU.s. vaidmDog per Healthcare supply chainms. Studies show that gmore er management of the supply chain leads to health care costs, Healthcare Services quality and patient safety (Ilie and Popa, 2013; Until-Whan et al., 2016; Cardinal Health, 2016; Visconti and Morea, 2020). O net 94 percent. respondents acknowledged that the financial success of a medical institution depends to a large extent on supply chain management (Cardinal Health Fourth Annual Survey, 2019).

The effectiveness of the organization of work

The effectiveness of the organization of the work of the hospital affects the time that employees spend on performing administrative tasks, and not on the appointment of patients to the care of patients. Inefficient supply management and other manual tasks can increase the time it takes to complete the work.

The traditional healthcare supply chain cannot be based on normal demand and supply in the market. Business continuity in the healthcare supply chain is vital to people’s well-being and patients’ life expectancyei and qualityei (Ilie and Popa, 2013; Sinhasan, 2022).

Better supply chain management leads to health care costs, Healthcare Services quality and patient safety (Ilie and Popa, 2013; Until-Whan et al., 2016; Cardinal Health, 2016; Visconti and Morea, 2020). O net 94 percent. respondents acknowledged that the financial success of a medical institution depends to a large extent on supply chain management (Cardinal Health Fourth Annual Survey, 2019).

Digitization and automation

Empirical results show that investments in the digitalization of health, smart technologies have a positive impact on the efficiency of health services and the financial performance of hospitals (Wang et al., 2018). According to Visconti and Morea (2020), digital technologies reduce the cost of health care by 7-11 percent. Modern health facilities and hospitals around the world are applying smart technologies and solutions to improve processes in the supply chain. One such solution – Application of RFID technology.RFID radio frequency identification) is a wireless automatic identification and traceability technology used to track and manage products, people and property with minimal human intervention.

Smart solutions

Digitalisation in healthcare combines automation, tracking and analysis, and is an integral part of the digital health supply chain and the future. The digitization of the supply chain, the use of RFID technology, other smart management solutions make it possible to provide the necessary resources at the right time, reliable monitoring of material consumption and their traceability, reduction of errors, time savings, increasing productivity, reducing the areas required for storage, increasing the availability of services and patient safety (Del Carmen León-Araujo et al., 2019; Hwang et al., 2016; Deloitte, 2018; Westbrook, 2020; Kotkova and Hromada, 2020; Sinhasan, 2022; Chipponeri, 2014; Wang, 2018; Visconti and Morea, 2020; Beaulieua and Bentahar, 2021).

Advantages of the digital supply chain:

Improving patient care
Cost optimization
Nature and efficiency of work
Accuracy of data
Reduction of storage facilities
Easy to use

In the absence of automated tracking mechanisms and systems, real-time data sharing, problems with inventory management are encountered, manual administration of residues takes a lot of time, which could be spent on patient care.

Disposable sterile kits

Back in 2009. a study carried out (Kroes, 2009) revealed that in preparation for operations, problems such as lack of instruments or unused instruments, urgent sterilization, large and heavy instrument trays are encountered. This leads to a large workload of operating room nurses and a lower safety of patients and staff, low cost-effectiveness.

As an alternative to traditional solutions, it is worth noting specialized sets of disposable blankets and aids. These are sterile kits that are adapted to a specific type of operation. custom packs/ sterile procedure trays). Specialized sterile kits (SSR) include everything you need for the procedure, are compact, ready for use, and can only be ordered under one item number, not dozens. Such kits significantly reduce the material handling effort, the time of preparation for the operation, so there is more time left for the treatment of patients. When fewer packages are opened, the risk of contamination is also reduced (Cardoen et al., 2015; https://www.medline.eu/sterile-procedure-trays).

To help the hospital configure sterile kits, Cardoen, etc. (2015) developed a mathematical programming method aimed at reducing touch/point of contact (touch points). touchpoints) defining the number of physical contacts between personnel and the medical product. For example, if each component is touched 10 times, then the surgical procedure with 47 components will have 470 touch points. During the year, this is a significant time cost for employees. SSR is ordered, accumulated and monitored as a single commodity, which drastically reduces the number of points of contact.

Delivery to the place of consumption

Scheme. 1 Touchpoints when delivering an item using a conventional supply chain

Supply disruptions have a significant impact

More or lesser disruptions in the supply of medical supplies today are faced by most health care facilities and their operating rooms. The timely and uninterrupted supply of the necessary tools in the operating room is extremely important, since fast and prompt preparation for the operation directly affects both the course of the operation, the quality of the services provided, the condition of the patients, the well-being of the staff, as well as the efficiency of the operation of the operating room and the income of the hospital. In case of interruptions in the supply of the necessary tools for the operation, delays, extreme tension and stress are encountered, the patient’s health is at risk.

The tasks of administering the remnants of medical devices are stressful for the medical staff, it takes too much time that could be spent on working directly with patients, and thus negatively affects the quality of patient care.