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May is National Nurses Month

Wednesday May 10, 2023

May is National Nurses Month and an opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of nurses.

Hospital System Saves Over $112K Using Our External Patient Warming Study

Monday March 27, 2023

From a utilization and cost savings perspective, a 1,300 bed hospital system worked with Blue.Point to evaluate their usage of gown kits.

ShareSource Teams Up with Blue.Point SCS to Drive Utilization Efficiencies and Savings to Members

Friday March 3, 2023

ShareSource, a group purchasing organization, is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Blue.Point. Through Blue.Point’s data management tools, ShareSource members can save by analyzing product utilization, identifying savings opportunities, maintaining clinical product quality, and progress tracking.

Does your healthcare system focus on how clinical products are used?

Tuesday February 14, 2023

Many healthcare systems remain unaware of how "product utilization" can help improve the best practices around product review, selection, and implementation. Product utilization strategies in a healthcare setting, through advanced analytics, compares actual product usage among a single healthcare system and other, non-related healthcare systems to reveal practice variation.

Hospital System Relies on IV Access Central Blue.Point Category to Save Over $69K

Thursday December 29, 2022

A 200+ bed hospital system evaluated the utilization of triple lumen peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC). These devices are placed peripherally but are similar to a central line in that PICC lines deliver medications centrally. The hospital found 27% of PICC lines had triple lumens.

Surgeon Glove Utilization and Conversion Project Reveals Significant Savings for Southcoast Hospital Group

Wednesday August 24, 2022

In collaboration with Yankee Alliance, Blue.Point's Action Plan recommendations helped Southcoast Hospital Group achieve $94,665 in savings.

4 Discovery Questions to Address Clinical Product Utilization

Tuesday August 16, 2022

Scope out the four discovery questions that can help hospitals and health systems identify clinical product usage variation and align it with established best practices.