Hospital
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Technology
Inventory
Savings
Cost
A large cancer hospital provide innovative cancer treatment options across a UK network of centres. Consultants, specialists and staff provide an all-encompassing and personalised cancer care service. Treatments include proton beam therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, along with a range of supportive care services. The hospital also offers a rapid MR imaging diagnostic service at each centre, which patients can access to identify a range of medical conditions, not just cancer.
THE CHALLENGE
The cancer hospital required RGIS to provide the following:
- Experience within a healthcare environment
- An alternative to pen and paper counts completed by in-house staff previously
- Quick, electronic data return for financial reports
- Experienced and trained auditors to complete inventories
Why RGIS?
The cancer hospital needed a stocktaking solution to meet financial reporting deadlines, as the current process was too labour intensive.
Our Solutions
The cancer hospital partnered with RGIS to complete the stocktaking project, and provided the following:
All wards were contacted to discuss preparation prior to the stocktake
All wards had a specific time frame of schedules to work around patient needs
The experienced RGIS team created an enhanced base program for the customer that utilised new inventory technologies
The process replaced the pen and paper counts and provided a quick data return
Knowledgeable and trained RGIS auditors worked the inventory, adding efficiency and accuracy
Accurate data was then returned electronically following the inventory
Results
The cancer hospital found by outsourcing the stocktaking project to RGIS, the following results were achieved:
The hospital was able to meet the financial reporting deadlines with ease
Consolidated data was available for immediate use, after the event on a USB drive
The customer reported substantial cost savings
The new inventory program needed less staff and fewer man-hours
Conclusion
By partnering with RGIS to modernise its stocktaking process, the cancer hospital replaced manual, paper-based counts with an efficient, technology-enabled inventory solution. RGIS’s experienced healthcare-trained auditors delivered accurate results with rapid electronic data return, enabling the hospital to meet financial reporting deadlines with confidence. As a result, the hospital achieved significant cost savings, reduced internal resource requirements, and established a more efficient, reliable approach to ongoing inventory management.
