Robotic surgery reduces the consumption of medical consumables: cost analysis of robotic pancreatic surgery from a tertiary hospital in China.

Robotic surgery has been increasingly adopted in various surgical fields, but the cost-effectiveness of this technology remains controversial due to its high cost and limited improvements in clinical outcomes. This study aims to explore the health economic implications of robotic pancreatic surgery, to investigate its impact on hospitalization costs and consumption of various medical resources. Data of patients who underwent pancreatic surgery at our institution were collected and divided into robotic and traditional groups. Statistical analyses of hospitalization costs, length of stay, costs across different service categories, and subgroup cost analyses based on age, BMI class, and procedure received were performed using t tests and linear regression. Although the total hospitalization cost for the robotic group was significantly higher than that for the traditional group, there was a notable reduction in the cost of medical consumables. The reduction was more prominent among elderly patients, obese patients, and those undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy, which could be attributed to the technological advantages of the robotic surgery platform that largely facilitate blood control, tissue protection, and suturing. The study concluded that despite higher overall costs, robotic pancreatic surgery offers significant savings in medical consumables, particularly benefiting certain patient subgroups. The findings provide valuable insights into the economic viability of robotic surgery, supporting its adoption from a health economics perspective.

Development of an admission criterion framework for high-cost medical consumables in governmental hospitals: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: High-cost medical consumables (HMCs) have emerged as significant economic and technological challenges for numerous national healthcare systems. Governmental hospitals play an indispensable role in many national health systems, closely linked to the evaluation of admissions and the management of procurement for HMCs. Nevertheless, many governmental hospitals face avoidable management risks due to the lack of a decision-making tool. In response, we conducted a systematic review to establishing a framework for the admission criteria of HMCs. This framework aims to enhance their effective utilization and maximize economic, clinical, and social benefits. METHODS: In accordance with a systematic review protocol developed for our study, we conducted comprehensive searches in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases to identify all correlation studies conducted prior to December 31, 2021. Subsequently, two independent reviewers performed a two-round screening process, resulting in the inclusion of 23 articles in our study. Finally, a third reviewer meticulously examined the selected indicators and contributed to the development of the final criterion framework. RESULTS: The criterion framework was established with 7 first-level indicators and 23 s-level indicators. Among the first-level indicators, "Clinical Benefit" held the highest significance, with a combined weight of 1.606, followed by "Economic Value" and "Organizational Impact" at 1.497 and 1.159, respectively. At the second level, "Safety" and "Efficacy" carried equal weight in the decision-making tool, with combined weights of approximately 1.300 each and a standard combined weight of 0.130. CONCLUSION: This admission criteria framework serves as a vital decision-making tool for managing admissions and highlights several crucial evaluation indicators. Economic considerations emerge as the principal determinant in HMCs procurement decisions. Consequently, healthcare managers and decision-makers are recommended to give precedence to value-based healthcare and evidence-based procurement practices. In the long term, governmental hospitals must grapple with the challenge of judiciously allocating limited resources to maximize both social and economic benefits.

Optimizing Geriatric Venipuncture: A DRG-Compatible Team-Based Reengineering Strategy.

Objective: This study evaluates a reengineered intervention aimed at improving the clinical management of intravenous indwelling needles in geriatric patients, focusing on cost-efficiency within the Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) payment framework. Methods: The intervention was assessed through a comparative study involving 387 elderly patients in the Geriatric Department of Xuanwu Hospital, between June 2021 and March 2022. The study contrasted outcomes between patients treated before and after implementing a new team-based management protocol in November 2021. Results: Findings indicate enhanced first-attempt venipuncture success, reduced consumable costs, and decreased complication rates in the post-intervention group (P < 0.001), compared to controls. Conclusion: The intervention demonstrates significant benefits in venipuncture efficiency, cost reduction, and patient safety, suggesting its potential for broader adoption in geriatric care.

Challenges and countermeasures for China's centralised volume-based procurement policy in healthcare.

To reduce the cost of healthcare expenditures in China, the government has developed a centralised volume-based procurement (CVBP) policy for medicines and medical consumables. Based on tracking the development history of centralised procurement in China, this study explores China's CVBP model. By comparing the centralised procurement models and healthcare expenditure data among China, the United States (U.S), the United Kingdom (UK), and Singapore, we find that China still faces many challenges in implementing the CVBP policy. The main challenges are as follows. First, the policy cannot be guaranteed the effectiveness of implementation without a well-coordinated regulatory mechanism. Second, the CVBP rules and quality evaluation standards are imperfect. Third, the interests of healthcare companies cannot be guaranteed. Fourth, the policy affects the benefits of medical institutions, and the government has not built a compensation mechanism for medical institutions. Fifth, it poses a challenge to the operational capacity and innovation level of Chinese companies. Therefore, this paper posits a three-stage strategy and nine measures that could benefit China's progress in implementing the CVBP policy.

Cost analysis of medical consumables for patients undergoing coronary stent implantation surgery before and after volume procurement in the context of diagnosis related groups payment / 中国医学装备

Objective:To study the changes of patient-related costs and the use of stents and other consumables before and after the centralized procurement of coronary stents.Methods:The inpatient medical insurance settlement case data of 1,973 patients with coronary stent implantation admitted to Daping Hospital of Army Medical University from December 2019 to October 2021 were selected.Among them,the data of 1,317 cases of percutaneous cardiovascular surgery and coronary stent implantation with serious or complications and accompanying disease group were slected according to disease diagnosis related groups(DRG),which were divided into the pre-centralized procurement group(667 cases)and the post-centralized procurement group(650 cases)according to the centralized procurement of coronary stents before and after.The costs of patients'medical consumables with the consumption of patients'medical consumables and the impact of the use of consumables such as coronary stents on the costs of medical consumables were compared.Results:There was no significant statistical difference in the hospitalization days and the average number of stents used in patients undergoing percutaneous cardiovascular procedures and coronary stent implantation with centralized procurement of coronary stents.There was a statistically significant difference in the total diagnosis and treatment cost,medical consumables cost,medicines and consumables cost and medicines cost between the pre-centralized procurement group and the post-centralized procurement group(Z=-22.316,-23.546,-22.917,-5.724,P<0.05).The cost of stents[16 260(13 300,32 272)yuan],the number of catheter guidewire balloon sheaths consumables[5(4,8)sets(pieces)],and the cost of catheter guidewire balloon sheaths consumables[8 719(5 805,15 372)yuan]in the pre-collection group were collected.There were statistically significant differences in the stent cost[1 059(590,1 770)yuan],the number of catheter guidewire balloon sheaths consumables[8(7,12)sets(pieces)],and the cost of catheter guidewire balloon sheaths consumables[5 708(3 392,12 871)yuan]between the two groups(Z=-30.452,16.582,-7.670,P<0.05).There was a statistical correlation between the cost of coronary stents and the cost of catheter guidewire balloon sheaths before and after centralized volume procurement on the cost of medical consumables for patients(r=0.903,0.473,0.785,0.953,P<0.05).The correlation coefficient between the cost of coronary stents and the cost of medical consumables for patients in the post-centralized procurement group decreased compared to the pre-centralized procurement group,the correlation coefficient between the cost of catheter guidewire balloon sheath and the cost of medical consumables for patients increased.Conclusion:The centralized procurement of coronary stents has a significant cost control effect on patients in the disease groups,and affects the cost structure of medical consumables.Combined with DRG reform,it can continuously improve the standardization and scientificity of clinical use of medical consumables.

Discussion on hot topics and promotion paths for post-market surveillance and supervise of medical consumables based on non-active medical devices / 中国医学装备

Objective:To explore the research hotspots and effective promotion paths of post market surveillance and supervise of medical consumables with non-active medical devices.Methods:Data mining methods were used to collect related journal literatures and documents from the websites of China regulatory institutions and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),order sub item data of medical device adverse event reports,extract the MeSH element words of literatures and documents,perform bibliometric analysis and visual display.Results:The number of medical devices adverse event reports in China has been increasing year by year,reaching 694 866 in 2022,in the four statistical years from 2019 to 2022,the number of reports on non-active medical devices and IVD reagents also showed a parallel increasing trend,accounting for about 65.00% of the total number of adverse event reports on medical devices in the year.The bibliometric analysis of journal literature shows that research in this field has received varying degrees of participation from regulatory institutions,universities,medical institutions,and enterprises.Regulatory institutions have contributed 46 articles,accounting for 56.79% of the total number of articles,followed by 28 articles from universities.The co-occurrence analysis shows that hot topic is focused in 5 clusters:quality management,risk management,international experiences discussion and adverse event surveillance and re-evaluation and real-world research.China regulatory institutions attach great importance to post market surveillance and supervise,and have issued more than 20 relevant documents since 2006,focusing on specific topics and gradually deepening around safety and effectiveness.Conclusion:The post market surveillance and supervise of medical devices,especially medical consumables based on non-active medical devices,need to be promoted synchronously in three dimensions:regulatory institutions,medical institutions,and enterprises.Universities,research institutes,and industry organizations should work in coordinating to strengthen the collection,identification,and active surveillance of risk signals based on adverse event surveillance,safety evaluation based on risk management,and conducting real-world research,research and develop risk control and corrective and preventive measures.

Research on the value of data middle platform in the management of data assets for medical consumable / 中国医学装备

Objective:To establish a data middle platform for data assets of medical consumables,to provide open data sharing services for the management and application development of medical consumables,and to reduce the risk of data silos.Methods:Based on the data resource management model of data middle platform,data aggregation and big data development technology were adopted to realize data loading,integration and quality control between multi-business systems.A hierarchical data management system was established through data warehousing and object modeling methods.A data assets management system was built based on the data governance process to provide functions of data standards and data lineage maintenance,metadata management,data permission control,and data lifecycle management for medical consumables data resources.A microservice architecture was adopted to provide functions such as data service generation,registration,discovery and subscription for medical consumables management.The front-end data application development workload of business data and application operation time before and after the application of data middle platform service of medical consumables were compared in the South Campus of the Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from March to May 2020.Results:The medical consumables data middle platform realized the connection between the front-end application interface and the back-end data service,and provided synchronized data services for the front-end pages.The workload of front-end data application development for data middle platform data services decreased from 64 person-months of traditional data warehouses to 6 person-months,and the operation time for testing applications reduced from 430 minutes to 16 minutes.Conclusion:The data middle platform management mode is helpful to improve the information management capabilities and efficiency of medical consumables management,and provides reference for the digital transformation of medical consumable management.

Application and effectiveness of SPD management of consumables and reagents in a public hospital / 中华医院管理杂志

In the context of high-quality development in medical institutions, the supply-processing-distribution(SPD) management mode has gradually been widely applied. The authors described in detail the procurement, supply, inventory, distribution, and settlement management of medical consumables and in vitro diagnostic reagents in a certain hospital under the SPD mode. It was found that SPD was conducive to strengthening the supervision of medical consumables and in vitro diagnostic reagents in the hospital, ensuring quality and safety of use, reducing hospital operating costs, and improving hospital′s competitiveness. However, attention should be paid to preventing data security risks, strengthening operational management, and improving the cost-benefit analysis of in vitro diagnostic reagents.

[Status of 3D Printing Technology for Preparing Bioceramic Materials].

3D printing technology has great advantages in small batch and personalized customization, so it has attracted much attention in the biomedical field. The consumables available for 3D printing include polymer, metal, ceramic and derived materials. Biomedical ceramics, with high melting point and poor toughness, are the most difficult materials to be used in 3D printing. The progress of 3D printing ceramic preparation process using ceramic powder, ceramic slurry, ceramic wire, ceramic film and other different raw materials as consumables are reviewed, and the surface roughness, size, density and other parameters of ceramics prepared by SLS, 3DP, DIW, IJP, SL, DLP, FDM, LOM and other different processes are compared. The study also summarizes the clinical application status of 3D printed bioceramics in the field of hard tissue repair such as bone tissue engineering scaffolds and dental prostheses. The SL ceramic additive manufacturing technology based on the principle of UV polymerization has better manufacturing precision, forming quality and the ability to prepare large-size parts, and can also endow bioceramics with better biological properties, mechanical properties, antibacterial, tumor treatment and other functions by doping trace nutrients and surface functional modification. Compared with the traditional subtractive manufacturing process, the bioceramics prepared by 3D printing not only have good mechanical properties, but also often have better biocompatibility and osteoconductivity.

[Information Construction of Hospital Medical Consumables Management Based on SPD Mode].

To change the traditional hospital medical supplies rough management mode, the hospitals build an information material management platform which combines suppliers and hospitals, information systems and smart devices, clinical needs and professional operations innovatively. Finally, a lean management system called SPD is formed under the guidance of supply chain integration and supported by supply chain management theory and information technology. It has realized the whole process of consumables circulation information traceability, intelligent service in the hospital, and refined management of consumption settlement. The application of SPD in hospitals effectively improves the informatization level and overall operation efficiency of medical consumables management which is an important part of hospital information construction.

[Research on Management Efficiency of Hospital Low-value Consumables in Nursing Unit under Lean Management Mode].

Aiming at the management efficiency problems in the traditional medical low-value consumables management mode of the nursing unit, based on the perspective of supply chain management, this study uses lean management method to construct the lean management mode of low-value consumables with a whole cycle and whole process information monitoring, and analyzes the application effect of this mode. The results show that after the application of lean management mode, the low-value consumables of the nursing unit can achieve "consumables in use=priced consumables + un-priced consumables", the settlement cost is significantly reduced and its stability is high, and the efficiency of "supply-inventor-distribution" link is significantly enhanced. This model effectively improves the management efficiency of low-value consumables in the hospital, and also provides a reference for other hospitals to improve the management level of low-value consumables.

[Exploration of Centralized Purchasing Management Platform for Research Reagent Supplies Based on One-stop Service].

OBJECTIVE: The national requirements for the fund management of scientific research projects are becoming more stringent, so that it is convenient to carry out scientific research work and can strengthen the regulation of scientific research reagent procurement, so this study explores the standardization of the whole process of the procurement of scientific research reagent supplies in hospitals and new modes of management. METHODS: By exploring the implementation of the centralized procurement management platform, we engage in full process supervision before, during, and after the event. RESULTS: Introduction of centralized procurement management platform for scientific research reagent supplies can normalize the procurement process, ensure the quality of procurement and improve the procurement efficiency on the basis of ensuring the quality of scientific research. CONCLUSIONS: The new model of centralized procurement of full process management based on one-stop service for scientific research reagent supplies is an important part of improving the fine scale management of public hospitals, and it is of great significance in improving the level of scientific research in China and avoiding scientific research corruption.

[Management Research of Secondary Warehouse of Medical Consumables in Operating Room by Using TRM Method under Support of Smart Healthcare].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the application effect of the team resource management (TRM) mode in the management of the secondary warehouse of medical consumables in the operating room based on the support of smart healthcar. METHODS: Using the TRM management method， a new mode of intelligent management of medical consumables in the operating room was implemented to form a complete closedloop management process of medical consumables through the unique identification (UDI) and radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning technology of smart medical. RESULTS: The average purchase amount of high-value consumables for each operation in the operating room of the hospital decreased by 6.2%, the proportion of low-value consumables used decreased by 32%, and the efficiency of supplier distribution increased by 11.7% in 2021. The cumulative reduction in medical costs is more than 40 million CNY. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the new management model of the secondary warehouse of medical consumables in the operating room by using the TRM method under the support of smart healthcare, the team cooperation has been strengthened, and the management level of medical consumables in the operating room has been effectively improved.

Sustainability Considerations for Consumables Used in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories.

Introduction: The 6th edition of the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories includes Appendix L on sustainability that describes a series of considerations for biocontainment facilities. But many biosafety practitioners may not be familiar with sustainability options that are available, feasible, and safe for laboratory settings as training in this realm is not common. Methods: With a particular focus on consumable products used in containment laboratory operations, a comparative assessment was made regarding sustainability activities employed in the healthcare setting, where significant advances have been achieved. Results: Table 1 has been created that describes various consumables that result in waste as part of normal laboratory operations, and the biosafety and infection prevention considerations have been highlighted along with options regarding waste elimination or minimization that have been successfully employed. Conclusion: Even if a containment laboratory has already been designed, constructed, and is in operation, sustainability opportunities exist for the reduction of environmental impacts without compromising safety.

Analysis of the effect on management of high value medical consumables for dental implant based on supply-processing-distribution model / 现代临床护理

Objective To explore the effect on management of high value dental implantable consumables based on SPD model(supply-processing-distribution),therefore to establish a new management model for clinical pratice.Methods Hstorical non-concurrent controlled pretest-posttest design method was used in the study.The conventional management mode was applied in the control group for high-value dental implantable medical consumables between June and August 2022,and the SPD mode was employed in the trial group for high-value dental implantable medical consumables between October and December 2022.Before and after the implementation of SPD mode,the time of storage for high-value dental implant consumables,the time of daily postoperative register of consumables,the time of monthly consumables usage summary and the accuracy of charging items for primary bone implanted high-value dental consumables in the two groups were collected.Results A comparison of the management time of various consumables between the two groups showed statistically significant difference(P<0.001).Also,the storage time of high-value consumables in the trial group,the time of daily postoperative register of consumables and the time of monthly consumables usage summary were all less than those in the control group.The accuracy of the two groups was compared and the trial group was,higher than that of the control group(P<0.01),with statistically significant difference.Conclusion Management of high value medical consumables for dental implants based on SPD can ensure the safety in high value dental consumables and improve the working efficiency.

Design and implementation of a refined management system for high value consumables in orthopedics / 中华医院管理杂志

In order to promote the high-quality development of public hospitals and ensure the safety and health of the people, it is important toachieve full traceability and refined management of high-value consumables throughout their entire life cycle.The author designed and implemented a refined management of high-value consumables in orthopedics based on one item, one code. In the closed-loop management process, hospital staff labelled high value orthopedic consumables, achieving the integration of disinfection traceability code, product qualification certificate, and billing traceability code; Three parties, including the chief surgeon, circulating nurse, and handwashing nurse, should sign and confirm the code, ensuring that the item code could not be separated; And real-time intraoperative billing, postoperative counting, and case tracking were used. At the same time, the design utilized a hospital consignment warehouse. The comprehensive promotion of this practice by the hospital saved costs, improved the overall efficiency of the entire business process of orthopedic high-value consumables, and met the requirements of relevant policy supervision and hospital refined management.

Whole-process supervision of medical consumables based on codes of medical insurance medical consumbles / 医疗卫生装备

The medical insurance medical consumables were introuduced in terms of coding and standard implementation.A whole-process supervision method based on the codes of medical insurance medical consumbles was put forward to carry out catalog classification and selection,demand reporting and planned procurement,acceptance and storage management and use supervision,conditions monitoring and analysis and etc.The efficiency of various departments of clinical insitutitions was enhanced effectively for supervising clinical application of medical consumables,and the whole-process management of medical consumables was standardized.References were provided for the precision management of medical consumables.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2023,44(9):74-77]

Application of intelligent consumables management belt in ward unit of emergency medical team / 医疗卫生装备

The current situation and problems of the consumables management in the ward unit of the emergency medical team were introduced.An intelligent consumables management belt was prepared based on two-dimensional code technology to solve the problems of the ward unit in consumables positioning,storage,inconvenient access,management process and support cost,which enhanced the efficacy of the emergency medical team greatly.

Standardized selection of medical consumables based on PDCA cycle / 医疗卫生装备

The problems during medical consumables selection were analyzed with a fishbone diagram.The selection process was optimized based on PDCA cycle,and a standardized selection plan for medical consumables was formulated by combining the practical experience of hospital management,and the practicability and feasibility of the selection plan was verified.References were provided for medical institutions to select cost-effective medical consumables.

Design and Implementation of Intelligent Operation Informatization of Medical Consumables Based on Operational Data Repository / 医学信息学杂志

Purpose/Significance In order to coordinate and promote the high-quality development of hospitals,medical consuma-bles refined supply processing distribution(SPD)based on operational data repository(ODR)is built.Through ODR,cross-depart-mental data collaboration is realized,and an intelligent operation management system for medical consumables is established.Method/Process Through informatization design and application scenario analysis,the intelligent operation management architecture and service mode of consumables are constructed with data governance as the starting point.Result/Conclusion The intelligent operation system of medical consumables based on ODR will consolidate the fine management results under the SPD mode,strengthen hospital risk control,and further improve the scientific and standardized level of hospital operation and management.