With the proven OpFlow process, not only are the actionable data points collected and run through our analytics platform, but also a refined approach is implemented by the OpFlow team to ensure that the change is successfully completed.

The data-driven OpFlow approach dramatically reduces backlog and improves SPD throughput, enhancing both the quality and efficiency of the SPD.

The OpFlow platform, in partnership with STERIS IMS, provides a solution for each of the factors involved in the management of vendor instrument trays, rendering significant value for both hospitals and vendors.

Process improvements and cost savings from OpFlow instrument tray rationalization and consolidation enable the funding of SPD quality and standardization efforts.

Imagine a scenario in which vendor instrument trays could be managed using data-driven lean methodology, within an already established infrastructure for sterile processing logistics.

There are several major problems with the way that instrument trays from vendors are currently managed. Combined, these factors contribute to significant avoidable expense and inefficiency for the vendor and hospital systems.

The OpFlow instrument tray consolidation engine brings about another major innovation in solving for the current inability for the surgical supply chain to scale at a rate that supports increased surgical volume.

The OpFlow data analytics platform has the capability to compare trays for instrument redundancy on a case-specific, service line, or surgeon-basis so that you can consolidate instrument trays.

Consider having the ability to compare your hospital’s current instrument tray configurations to a national standard that has been fully optimized.

When compounded on a national scale, the opportunity to reduce unused instruments equates to more than $10 billion over three years that has gone un-addressed until now.

Would your hospital be interested in saving more than $2.2 million over the next 3 years by removing excess, unused instruments?

By applying data-driven lean methodology to the process of instrument tray rationalization, the OpFlow analytics platform delivers immediate and on-going value for hospitals.

The OpFlow Data Services component enables hospitals to compare metrics against their own past performance, that of other hospitals in the same system, and to national standards established by OpFlow.

A key differentiating feature of the OpFlow software service is our sustainment model. We recognize that the value achieved with our process is only retained if instrument tray configurations are prevented from gradually reverting back to their prior state.

OpFlow collects real-time instrument usage data for its analytics platform, yielding powerful guidance for instrument tray rationalization that directly translates into cost savings for hospitals.

Partnership establishes a powerful alliance in delivering value-driven surgical services.

We are collecting real-time instrument usage data in a digital format, so that analytics can be performed rapidly to determine which instruments are necessary for the tray and which can be safely removed. 

These are the instruments removed from 2 instrument tray types in the Vascular service line alone at one hospital using OpFlow. Yes, that’s over 1,200 instruments…