DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To help health
systems optimize and benchmark progress as they innovate their
clinical and operational supply chains, Cardinal Health WaveMark™
Supply Management & Workflow Solutions announced a
collaboration with HIMSS Analytics® as a Certified
Organization of the Clinically Integrated Supply Outcomes
Model (CISOM).
The CISOM is more than a guide for cost or process-improvement
strategy. HIMSS notes that medical error is the third leading cause
of death in North America, and
points to research that demonstrates health systems using CISOM to
create an automated supply chain infrastructure at the point of
care can proactively identify risk of adverse events for clinicians
and intervene appropriately to help reduce error.
The unique value WaveMark™ brings to CISOM is ensuring accurate
visibility to "at risk" product inventory to help prevent "never
events," including expired or recalled product used on a
patient.
"A clinically integrated supply chain starts with WaveMark™,"
said Christina Tosto, vice president
of Operations at WaveMark™. "We can help the clinical and supply
chain teams in a health system to enhance the patient experience,
ensure accurate clinical documentation of products used in patient
care, and improve enterprise visibility to critical inventory and
waste. The result is simply better care delivered more efficiently
and at a lower cost."
As a HIMSS Analytics® Certified Organization,
WaveMark™ will help health systems evaluate the maturity of its
hospitals or IDNs against industry-aligned, best demonstrated
practices. Based on any gaps identified in the evaluation, the
health system will work with WaveMark™ to develop a strategic,
actionable roadmap to help them align people, process and
technology to achieve higher levels of supply chain maturity. With
this customized approach, WaveMark™ meets each health system where
it is on its supply chain journey to help achieve measurable
progress.
"An integrated, clinically-led approach to the supply chain
improves optimization of inventory to reduce costs and enables
innovation of patient care by tracing clinical care pathways with
products utilized," said Tosto.
The CISOM is an eight stage (0-7) model that provides a
strategic pathway to track processes and products used in care by
mobilizing data to create real-world evidence of impact and
outcomes for patient populations.
The WaveMark™ portfolio offers solutions that directly support
many of the criteria required in the stages of CISOM maturity,
including:
- Automated recall and expiration tracking at the point of
care
- Supply chain data that proves cost savings and identifies
opportunities for improvement
- Insights that support leadership with strategic decision
making
- Clinical supply documentation at the point of care that is tied
to a patient medical record
- Adoption of Unique Device Identification (UDI) global
standards
"Solutions like WaveMark™ will help the healthcare industry
unify its approach toward digital health transformation by driving
the clinically integrated supply chain forward," said Reid Oakes, executive vice president of
Analytics at HIMSS. "Supporting an infrastructure that enables data
capture and analytics to empower proactive care decisions can lead
to better care and improved patient outcomes. The HIMSS team is
excited to have WaveMark™ as a Certified Organization for the
CISOM."
For more information on the CISOM model from HIMSS, visit the
WaveMark™ Clinically Integrated Supply Chain microsite. To evaluate
your health system's current stage of maturity and start your
journey to a clinically integrated supply chain, reach out to
WaveMark™ Supply Management & Workflow Solutions team at
WaveMark@cardinalhealth.com.
About WaveMark™ Supply Management & Workflow
Solutions
WaveMark™ is a solution portfolio helping to optimize supply
chain and clinical workflow processes to bring order to
disorganization and chaos within the healthcare supply chain. The
business supports an optimized supply chain strategy via service
and technology offerings that help drive more effective patient
care at the lowest operational cost. With the support of WaveMark™,
clinicians and supply chain teams gain the freedom to focus on what
matters most, which includes enhancing the patient experience,
increasing enterprise visibility to supplies, supporting clinical
documentation accuracy, and enhancing value of the supply
chain.
About Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global
manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products,
and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare
facilities. With 50 years in business, operations in 46 countries
and approximately 48,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is
essential to care. Information about Cardinal Health is available
at cardinalhealth.com.
Contacts
Media: Courtney
Tobin, courtney.tobin@cardinalhealth.com; Investors:
Kevin Moran,
kevin.moran@cardinalhealth.com and (614) 757-7942
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