Over eighteen years ago a wise clinician looked at the auto rental industry and recognized that they use bar code scanners to validate and verify cars coming back from rental. This started the BCMA (Bar Code Medication Application,) revolution first at the Veterans Administration, then nationally.
In reality, healthcare delivery is a big supply chain, but often this has tended to be silo based by each department. Other industries such as manufacturing look at workflow, time measurement studies, cross-functional process, and predictive analytics. This type of big data has helped in providing the best ROI in not only capital expenditures, but also FTE costs.
Integra Systems has partnered with a world leading organization that together we can provide simulation modeling with resultant predictive analytics for improvements in healthcare.
