Southcoast Health a 815-bed health system, uses Blue.Point’s product utilization tool to identify opportunities that support the hospital’s initiatives, capture utilization savings, and improve the quality of care for their patients. Blue.Point's utilization study and custom action plan proved instrumental in aiding the hospital's value analysis team to conduct a thorough review of their IV primary tubing product process. By closely examining the utilization of IV primary tubing, the hospital’s value analysis team was able to identify areas for improvement and implement a customized action plan to enhance efficiency and reduce waste. The action plan recommendations for IV primary tubing, proved to be a highly cost-effective strategy for the hospital. Over the course of a year, the hospital achieved significant savings totaling $499,863.

Blue.Point solutions revealed:

• - Eliminating pre-spiking of IV bags
  - Properly labeling IV tubing with expiration dates
  - Decrease the need to discard tubing and open a new set
  - Identified changes supported by unbiased clinical research
  - Significant savings when streamlining inventory management

If you want to learn more about utilization and how Blue.Point can identify savings opportunities, please reach out to info@bluepointscs.com.