Welcome to BlueBin's Clinical Focus newsletter! We're excited to bring you insights on the intersection of supply chain, patient care, and staff safety. Tailored for those on the frontlines of patient care and enhancing clinical outcomes, this newsletter will provide valuable analysis and strategies to help you navigate the complexities of maintaining high-quality patient care and positive staff satisfaction. Stay tuned for expert insights and actionable tips to enhance your clinical efficiency and outcomes!
Employee Spotlight
Get to know our team!
Learn more about the folks here at BlueBin who keep supplies and operations flowing.
KEVIN LEWIS
Why I'm Passionate About Healthcare Supply Chain
My passion for healthcare supply chain stems from its critical role in saving lives and supporting public health through the timely delivery of essential supplies and services. I'm also driven by the inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system—despite high spending, we rank low in outcomes and face widespread medical bankruptcies. This motivates me to push for real, measurable improvements across all areas of healthcare performance.
What positive improvements have you observed BlueBin Solutions' impact healthcare organizations?
I’ve worked in healthcare for over 35 years and saw BlueBin’s impact when it launched 15 years ago. Its approach to digitizing and streamlining inventory and supply chain management quickly stood out. BlueBin drives cost savings, improves clinical and operational outcomes, supports sustainability, enhances resilience, and advances GS1 adoption—all contributing to stronger healthcare performance.
Outside of Work
Southern California offers endless activities outside of work. I enjoy hiking, mountain biking, and exploring beaches and towns along the PCH. I also frequent art exhibits, live music events, new restaurants, and pro sports games, and volunteer throughout LA County. Lately, I’ve been exploring lots of Mexico
Industry News
Learn what's happening in the clinical side of healthcare.
Emergency nurses experiencing moral distress are at significantly higher risk of job burnout—but this study finds that a strong hospital ethical climate and high moral resilience can break that chain, acting as critical buffers; investing in ethical leadership, peer support, and resilience training is essential to protect staff well-being, reduce turnover, and sustain safe, high-quality patient care.
Small rural hospitals in Iowa are facing a severe and worsening staffing crisis—driven by retirements, burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic, recruitment challenges, and poor retention—forcing them to rely on expensive travel nurses and leaving remaining staff overextended, under-supported, and often emotionally exhausted, while state leaders pursue long-term policy fixes like expanded training slots and licensing reforms.
Hospitals are tackling workforce shortages and clinician burnout with team-based care models, flexible scheduling, advanced AI and monitoring technologies, in-house training programs, and expanded wellness initiatives—all aimed at reducing stress, improving patient care, and retaining staff in an increasingly demanding healthcare environment.
BlueBin Client Success Story
Learn more about BlueBin client partner successes.
A leading children's hospital in California transformed its peroperative supply chain by partnering with BlueBin, achieving a 75% cost reduction, near-perfect inventory availability, improved staff workflow, and earning state recognition for operational excellence, proving that streamlined logistics can directly elevate pediatric patient care.
Polls
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Request a Complimentary Supply Chain Resilience Assessment
For a limited time, BlueBin is offering a complimentary supply chain resilience assessment for healthcare organizations, including acute and non-acute facilities, to evaluate their resilience framework against industry-leading practices.
Note: BlueBin’s mission is to transform healthcare by enhancing the supply chain process, ensuring that patient care staff have the right supplies at the right time and maximizing efficiency. In line with this mission, BlueBin advocates for and supports the AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence. By focusing on improving inventory management, optimizing supply chain processes, and minimizing waste, we aim to reduce costs, accelerate operational efficiency, and enhance clinical outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence serve as key performance indicators (KPIs), establishing essential standards for supply chain management in the healthcare field. Learn more about the AHRMM Keys.
Blog summary: Engage frontline clinicians, deploy point-of-use inventory systems, and layer in RFID-enabled automation with AI forecasting and EHR integration to create a data-driven hospital supply chain that eliminates stockouts, trims waste, and lets caregivers focus on patient care.
Did you know? BlueBin’s real-time dashboards and user-friendly Kanban interfaces help hospitals cut manual inventory tasks, prevent stock-outs, and keep clinicians focused on patient care.
Clinical Tip
Mock Event Engagement
Attend and actively participate in mock events—clinical staff play a key role in shaping product layout to align with real-world workflow and care delivery.
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