{"id":2763,"date":"2010-10-13T09:55:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T15:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2019-10-16T08:26:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:26:48","slug":"baylor-health-care-standardizes-par-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/baylor-health-care-standardizes-par-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor Health Care Standardizes Par Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company: Baylor Health Care System<\/strong>
\nThe Baylor Health Care System of Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a> has served its North Texas community for more than 100 years. Baylor provides a full range of inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation and emergency medical services through owned, leased, or affiliated hospitals and surgical services at short-stay hospitals. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor continues its mission as a non-profit with a focus on innovation and research.<\/p>\n

The challenge: Standardized, efficient enterprise-wide inventory management<\/strong>
\nThe Baylor Health Care System is committed to providing advanced health care options, treatments, and procedures to its patients. Baylor also provides strategic technology for departments to support that care.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Materials and supply chain departments at our hospitals use Lawson software for inventory management, managing the pars in each of our facilities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Terry Worsham, Project Leader, Supply Chain Informatics, Baylor Health Care System. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153However, some were using outdated handheld technology and some were doing these functions manually. So when it came time to upgrade our Lawson MSCM system, we saw the opportunity to standardize the equipment and processes across all of our hospital facilities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham said.<\/p>\n

Baylor has over 400 pars spread across 12 hospitals with approximately 27,000 items in its Lawson catalog. Improving efficiency and reducing the costs of delivering supplies to end users were two key goals of standardizing the inventory system.<\/p>\n

Baylor Supply Chain Informatics also wanted to implement a solution that would streamline support. The Informatics team was providing on-site support for the old hardware at each hospital, and this was inefficient in terms of staff resources and time.<\/p>\n

The solution: Motorola enterprise digital assistants (EDA) running Lawson software<\/strong>
\nThe Baylor Supply Chain Informatics team, IS team, and materials managers from Baylor hospitals did hands-on evaluations of several mobile computers including the Motorola MC70 EDA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lawson told us that they recommended the Motorola MC70. We also talked with other Lawson clients, and a lot of them preferred the MC70,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We tried out several alternatives, and in the end we liked that the MC70 was so feature rich,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham explained. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The scanning capabilities and the size and weight of the MC70 make it easy to use and the keypads are easy and functional. Unlike some of the devices we considered, the MC70 offers choices like the optional pistol grip. We liked that the MC70 enabled us to offer our employees choices, too,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he stated.<\/p>\n

Rudy Martinez, Business Analyst II, Supply Chain Informatics, at Baylor Health Care System emphasized the value of the ruggedness of the MC70. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I did demonstrations at the facilities, the first thing the employees asked was \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcis it durable?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 We actually dropped an MC70 on the floor\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe employees were scared, but the mobile computer was fine, not even a scrape,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Martinez said.<\/p>\n

Baylor purchased approximately 90 Motorola MC70s. Across 11 Baylor hospital facilities, employees now scan bar codes on supplies using the MC70s and transmit data to the Lawson system over Baylor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s internal wireless infrastructure. Baylor also relies on the Motorola Service from the Start program in case a repair is ever needed.<\/p>\n

For simplified, centralized management of the system, Baylor is using Motorola\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mobility Services Platform (MSP). \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With the MSP, we can go online and handle issues with the mobile computers without making a site visit. This remote feature is great: the MSP has proven to be a good tool and a real timer saver for us,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We can reconfigure new MC70s rapidly as needed,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Martinez stated. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have a new hospital coming up in a year or two, and it will be an easy transition to get this system in place,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p>\n

The benefits: Rapid replenishment and reduced labor hours<\/strong>
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Employees are delivering supplies to the floors faster with the new system,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham stated. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This means that nurses and techs have what they need when they need it, so it also results in better service to Baylor patients,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of labor hours are saved every day across Baylor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s facilities. Labor cost savings come from faster parring and also the ability to reassign employees.<\/p>\n

One user in a hospital pharmacy emailed Worsham that before the new system, it took him 20 to 30 minutes to order IV solutions each morning: now he spends just a few minutes scanning barcodes.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153At the Dallas hospital, we used to have 10 or 15 employees parring the nursing floors, the ER, the pharmacy, and elsewhere, and then all coming back to download. Today that is handled by just two employees and most of the floors are getting supplies before noon,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham explained.<\/p>\n

Several Baylor hospitals were handling the inventory process manually in the past. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They used to go onto the floor with pen and paper and then come back and key the par data into Lawson. Now with the MC70s the process is real-time, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s automatic, and they love it. Without this system, it would be a much longer day for the employees,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153According to the managers I speak with, when none of the pars have problems, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re getting parring done by 9 or 9:30 every day instead of waiting until 2 or 3 in the afternoon,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham noted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen teams start in the morning and par 35 or 40 locations in just two hours,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p>\n

The system also improves accuracy. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When an employee downloads a par, we can see it in the system almost immediately. If there is a problem like an incorrect vendor linked to an item, we can react quickly to solve it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worsham explained.<\/p>\n

With the Motorola MSP, the Supply Chain Informatics team can perform troubleshooting or answer employee questions about the MC70s remotely. This saves an average of three hours a week that the team spent traveling to and from Baylor facilities for on-site problem solving.<\/p>\n

For Baylor Health Care System, the benefits of Motorola EDAs and upgraded Lawson software include:<\/strong>
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Replenishing supplies faster and more efficiently
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Reducing labor hours spent parring and replenishing
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Eliminating on-site visits for technical trouble shooting with Motorola MSP
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Increasing inventory accuracy
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Enhancing patient care by ensuring that supplies are ready when needed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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