As the drive for value-based care continues, hospitals and health systems are looking for proven best practices to improve clinical outcomes, enhance safety and control costs. Whatever the goal, the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Product standardization, an important facet of an ambulatory surgery center’s supply chain and materials management, must be approached strategically and be carried out diligently. Adam Higman, ...

Product standardization is a key method hospitals and health systems can use to improve efficiencies and cut supply chain costs. However, it must be approached strategically. One way healthcare ...

The goal is the fundamental formation of an important technical standard system with innovation achievements and international level that urgently needed for the key areas development: Complete 200 ...

BPS announces a 90-day window for glass products certification ahead of the April 2026 enforcement deadline to ensure ...

There is a gap in standards for ensembles of PPE—goggles, a respirator, a gown, and gloves, for example—and for the interoperability of the equipment and its functionality. (Holm) NIOSH could adopt ...