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It’s important to remember that there is no “easy” button for managing costs. Even thought you have an amazing amount of due diligence to find vendors who provide good=quality supplies at reasonable prices, that’s not the end of the effort. Yesterday’s “great deal” vendor can morph into a high-cost problem. Vendor Prices Can Change – OFTEN For many years, vendors would negotiate prices and hold them for a considerable period of time. Those days are over. Vendors can – and will change prices often, without advance sometimes without warning. BUT - AdminiCare has a solution. Before placing any significant order, [...]

Help to Eliminate Worries and Stress   Helping to Avoid Caretaker Syndrome There is no doubt that families and caregivers share in the anxieties of patients and residents.  Some of the stresses come from the uncertainty of how well a loved one or friend is being treated.  There are always concerns about safety, quality of treatment and whether or not the patient in a residential care facility is getting the proper amount of attention.   Professional and volunteer/family caregivers do their level best to give nursing home or long-term residents the best possible care, but there are stressors that occur. [...]

Information, Time, and Money   1. Accuracy of information Inventory management is complex process.    If some or all of the important issues – what’s in stock, which vendors have the most competitive prices and others are entered manually into a spreadsheet or are kept track in handwritten files, there is a great deal of potential for human error.    Any business that uses these less-than-desirable methods is prone to bad information and mistakes.  In the area of long-term care or other residential healthcare facilities, bad information is crucial.   Without correct numbers, the inaccuracies can cost a lot of [...]

Is Your Medical Supply Inventory an Administrative Nightmare? Growth in Numbers, Need for Technology Residential health care has grown dramatically as more baby boomers age and have conditions that require this level of care. Other populations ranging from persons on the spectrum to those individuals who require extended care for a wide variety of conditions are also growing. Building and staffing large-scale organizations has presented some issues, but some of the most critical issues were unforeseen. This include record-keeping and reporting, especially with a growing concern for security of information and rising expectations for levels of quality care have generated [...]