The Virtual Analysis offered by OpFlow leverages its vast database on actual, procedure-based instrument usage to determine where the greatest opportunity is for your hospital.

The OpFlow risk-share model guarantees that your hospital will benefit from the implementation of our process, at no upfront cost.

Excellent review article just published by authors at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery demonstrating the benefits of instrument tray optimization.

Dr. Wood recently presented the impact of OpFlow instrument tray rationalization at the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, held virtually June 6-7, 2020.

As parts of the country begin to emerge from the crisis, preparations are taking place to safely resume elective surgery. OpFlow is providing a no-charge, virtual analysis that will enable hospitals to reduce avoidable cost and realize efficiency gains to support the return of surgical volume.

Impressive recently published results from the Orthopedics department at UAB. Their findings have important implications for hospitals and ASCs looking for opportunities to reduce avoidable costs and improve efficiency.

OpFlow recognizes that one of the areas of potential improvement for many hospitals is sterile processing and instrument tray management. Based on a few standard reports of your instrument tray usage, we can provide you with a no-cost virtual analysis detailing the opportunity at your hospital.

Excellent study published this month in the Journal of Operations Management. The authors estimated that unplanned costs amounted to $1,800 per surgery - equating to a potential cost avoidance of $28 million per year, at that hospital alone.

The key limitation faced by efforts to reduce avoidable costs associated with the anachronistic preference card system is the lack of accurate, reliable data on actual disposable supply usage in the OR.

Great study published this month by a hospital in Ontario on the cost savings and efficiency gains that can be achieved by optimizing surgical instrument trays.

Relying on an outdated preference card system that is not supported by reliable disposable supply usage data results in avoidable expense in a myriad of ways. It is time for the operating room to embrace the power of technology to deliver the highest quality and best value care for patients.

Achieving optimization is only possible when actual usage data are collected in the OR and are leveraged to drive the analytics necessary to invoke meaningful and sustainable change of the outdated preference card system.

The key differentiators brought forth by OpFlow are actual instrument usage data from your hospital, an analytics-driven approach that leverages best-in-class benchmarks, and a well-defined change management process led by the OpFlow team and seen through until the successful deployment of optimally configured instrument trays into circulation.

Dr. Knowles recently presented the impact of OpFlow instrument tray rationalization at the 44th Annual Meeting of The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery.

OpFlow provides visibility into the actual usage data and brings forth a carefully-designed change management process needed for performance improvement and supply chain initiatives.

The excess number of instruments and surplus of trays opened for a case is not a new problem. In fact, it’s been around for a long time and has only continued to get worse at most hospitals.

By leveraging technology, OpFlow is applying empirical data on actual case-based instrument and disposable supply usage to impart meaningful change to outdated preference card management systems.

Tune in to this interview to find out how your hospital could use smart data via OpFlow to save over $2.2 million over the next few years by removing excess, unused instruments.