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!
Industry News
Learn what's happening in the clinical side of healthcare.
On this podcast, leaders discuss how intentional culture building and employee engagement directly translate into measurable improvements in patient safety, trust, and satisfaction.
A study of over 1,000 hospital nurses found that systemic profit pressures, inadequate staffing, weak community partnerships, language barriers, and limited cultural competency hinder equitable care, underscoring the need for patient-centered strategies, stronger resources, and a more diverse, well-supported nursing workforce.
Ineffective or redundant nurse hand-offs in perioperative care undermine patient safety, while concise, standardized, and respectful communication—focused on critical risks and best practices—prevents errors, builds team credibility, and ensures safe, evidence-based outcomes across all phases of surgery.
BlueBin Client Success Story
Learn more about BlueBin client partner successes.
Mercy Hospital freed over 28,000 clinical hours from supply hunting, eliminated supply shortages that once delayed care, and created a standardized, nurse-driven process that significantly improved both staff satisfaction and patient outcomes.
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Healthcare Organizations now have access to real-time disruption signals from NOAA, NASA, USGS, and openFDA. But data alone isn’t enough.
This guide shows how to fuse those feeds with clinical context—mapping SKUs to CPT codes, automating substitutions, and protecting procedures before impact hits.
Explore the framework that’s helping hospitals gain a 72-hour lead time on disruption.
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.
Study summary: A study using real-time location systems data shows that bedside contact time between nurses and patients significantly influences outcomes, underscoring the need for hospitals to prioritize strategies that optimize patient-provider interactions.
Did you know? BlueBin helps optimize nurse–patient bedside contact time by removing supply-hunting burdens through its Kanban-based system, SmartScan automation, and BlueQ dashboards—ensuring supplies are always available, orders flow seamlessly into the ERP, and clinicians can spend more time with patients instead of logistics.
Clinical Tip
Increase Time for Patient Care
Use BlueBin’s Kanban system and BlueQ SmartScan automation to eliminate supply hunts and stockouts, ensuring that nurses spend less time chasing missing items and more time at the bedside, where real-time location studies show patient contact directly improves outcomes.
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