Protect nurses’ time with hospital supply chain automation
As health systems face unprecedented patient volume, criticality and labor shortages, protecting skilled nursing time and labor from manual supply management tasks has never been more critical. To combat the trend of staff shortages and burnout leading to increased administrative burden and stress,1 health systems need a solution to help increase staff productivity and minimize the time nurses spend managing high-volume, high-turn medical consumables.
Nearly 78%
of health systems still practice manual supply management2
1 in 3
nurses spends an hour or more of each shift looking for medical supplies3
20%
of a clinician’s work week is spent on supply management3
42%
of clinicians name restocking or locating supplies as their top time‑waster4
Automating your hospital inventory management with WaveMark gives nurses real-time product visibility and more time to focus on what matters most: patient care. With WaveMark™ IntelliWave™ Technology coupled with an expert support team, you can:
- Efficiently manage high-turnover, high-volume medical consumables
- Prevent over- or under-stocking by aligning SmartPars with actual product usage
- Leverage Bin Spin Analysis to identify opportunities for supply savings
WaveMark saves nursing units time, space and costs5
40%
less time to obtain and put away supplies
80%
less clinical time in the supply room
35%
sustained reduction of inventory on hand
100%
reduction of cycle counting
See how WaveMark optimizes supply wokflows in your nursing unit
What our customers say
"[Nurses] really like the fact that they can just grab and go, and not tie up their day doing activities that aren’t driving patient satisfaction."
— Former Director of Support Services, Bellevue Medical Center
Read the case study"I like the ease of setting up product cards and bins… I like the uploads being red or green (pass/fail). The reports and visibility are strong…. Visually, the system looks modern while still being simplistic and easy to navigate."
— Supply Chain Analyst, Large Midwest Health System
References: 1. Zimmermann D, Schaknowski BJ. Healthcare workers continue to burn out. Can technology help? Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/90747636/healthcare-workers-continue-to-burn-out-can-technology-can-help. Published April 30, 2022. Accessed June 24, 2022. 2. LaPointe J. 78% of hospital staff still face manual supply chain management. https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/78-of-hospital-staff-still-face-manual-supply-chain-management. Published February 16, 2017. Accessed June 23, 2022. 3. Cardinal Health data on file. Supply chain survey data conducted by SERMO; October-November 2017. 4. Mitchell SJ. Practice trends & time at bedside. https://silo.tips/download/practice-trends-time-at-bedside. Published 2013. Updated September 12, 2017. Accessed June 21, 2022. 5. 2-bin Kanban, an innovative approach to inventory management. /content/dam/corp/web/documents/case-study/cardinal-health-case-study-innovative-approach-to-inventory-management-bellevue-medical-center.pdf. Published December 2018. Accessed June 29, 2022.
