XHOSPIpro
efficient
use of products in hospital
XHOSPIpro - a practical and user-friendly software solution
From diapers to scalpels - medical products contribute essentially to costs and environmental loads in hospitals. The efficient application of these products is not guaranteed. The software XHOSPIpro offers a solution. The advantages at a glance:
- the whole product handling from procurement to disposal is considered
- potentials for cost reduction and environmental loads can be identified rapidly
- the modular construction of product life cycles makes the analysis easier
- focus on the feasible by reducing the system boundaries on the hospital
- various expert information and support for the application of the XHOSPIpro software
- simple working principles in just a few steps
- support from the user network
- XHOSPIpro has been tested in hospitals
The problem: costs and environmental loads from medical products
About half of the purchase costs in hospitals are spend for medical products. Furthermore products also play an important role in other fields, e.g. the food supply of patients. The handling of products is also responsible for the environmental loads of hospitals because of the waste generation, the consumption of raw materials and energy and because of the consumption of water, cleaning agents and disinfectants. The resulting high costs give reasons to think about the efficiency of the application of medical products. At the same time the awareness becomes accepted, that environmental protection helps saving costs.
The expenses und costs which are caused by medical products and their handling include:
- procurement, purchase and logistics of medical products
- the products application
- the treatment or recycling of products after application
- the handling of waste in-house.
The solution: XHOSPIpro
XHOSPIpro is a software aiming at decision makers and hospital practitioners. It helps to calculate the costs and the environmental loads considering the procurement of products, the transportation, the storage, the application and treatment and the disposal with economically justifiable effort. The specific conditions in the single hospital are considered completely. This enables a well-founded comparison of products from hospital-ecologic and economic point of view. Above all XHOSPIpro enables an analysis on the optimization of the product handling in hospitals.
Hospitals can take a lot of advantage from XHOSPIpro. The software can be used for:
- An appropriate comparison of product alternatives
- Identification of optimization potential regarding the handling of products
- Simulation and quantification of the results of planned changes in advance
- Providing a reliable basis for the discussion of alternatives
- Providing a reliable basis for decisions
- Convincing employees of the necessity of changes
- Identification of areas where environmental protection and cost reduction can be reached in one step
- Etc.
Experiences with XHOSPIpro in hospitals showed, that a significant optimization potential can be found in every hospital when using XHOSPIpro and the XHOSPIpro optimization strategy.
In many cases inefficiencies only appear from an comprehensive point point of view. If the number of applications of certain products reaches more than 100,000 applications per year, then the annual cost reduction of product handling at the range of millions of Euros seems to be possible. The financial and work effort for the application of the software will amortize quickly.
