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This installment of our “TCO Defined” blog series addresses the third, and final, phase of the medical equipment lifecycle – disposition. In this blog, we will discuss how disposition is an often overlooked step that can ...

Happy New Year! We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our clients, customers, partners and friends who read our blog and provide valuable input, feedback and topics you’d like to see addressed here. We look forward ...

Over the past months, we’ve been talking about the importance of understanding the many different costs that comprise total cost of ownership (TCO), and how to use TCO as a way of finding savings hidden in purchase costs ...

This is a follow up to our most recent post (“TCO Defined, Why You Should Care, and How It Will Save You Money”, October 19th) that introduced the topic of total cost of ownership, or “TCO”, applied to medical equipment. ...

You may already be familiar with the concept of total cost of ownership (TCO) and how it is becoming a more common way hospitals are identifying the true total costs of owning and operating a piece of equipment. An estab ...

In our last blog, we discussed the results of the Advisory Board’s 2018 Annual Health Care CEO Survey, and that it was no surprise that cost control initiatives occupied the top 2 spots on this year’s list of CEO priorit ...

The Advisory Board recently announced the results of its 2018 annual Health Care CEO survey identifying the current top priorities for U.S. hospital and health system CEOs. While it was no surprise that cost savings-rela ...

The heat of summer often invokes images of lazy days, drinking lemonade on the porch and avoiding exerting oneself too much in an effort to stay cool. The hot, muggy summer heat can be a deterrent to many activities you ...

There continue to be great examples of how hospitals can in fact take advantage of new ways to save. Medical equipment may not be as obvious a savings opportunity for hospitals as others, but there are far more savings h ...

We had the pleasure of presenting an educational webinar, Bolster Your Hospital’s Bottom Line: How to Gain Negotiation Leverage in Capital Equipment Purchases and Service Contracts, sponsored by the MN Chapter of the Hea ...