January 14, 2019

Surgical VAC mines new software for deeper look at products

By: Robert Dolan, MD,, Kristen Murphy, MBA, and Edward Aiello
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After transitioning from a paper-based data and operations management system to one that uses relational database software, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (LHMC) in Burlington, Massachusetts, saved more than $1 million in product purchases in 2017. The surgical…

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