Archive for May, 2008
It Only Takes One
I regularly read some of the medical vendor blogs, and I have seen the occassional griping post about vendor credentialing programs that require registration and single-use badges before allowing access onsite. I understand the complaint. After all, the vast majority of vendors representatives are at the facility to educate the medical staff about the best use of their products. After all, the vast majority are trustworthy and compliant.
But if you wonder why Vendormate encourages our customers to adopt single-use badges tied to current credential status, check out this story on CNN.com – fake doctor on the halls in a children’s hospital. The “doctor” had a badge.
No vendor or vendor rep wants to be the one whose identity was compromised through a lost or stolen permanent badge that allowed someone to wander the halls.
No hospital wants to be featured on CNN, FoxNews, or any other network as the hospital that permitted the unrestricted access that allowed the rogue vendor representative to jeopardize patient safety.
A single-use, day-of-visit badge won’t mitigate every exposure. But it helps. It shows hospital staff at a glance that this person is authorized to be there. This person is doing her best to support the hospital’s goals. This person can be trusted to conduct her business professionally.
It’s the same principle as locking the doors when you leave your car in the parking lot. You don’t do it because most of the people at the store are a threat. You lock the doors because it just takes one.
4 comments May 28, 2008
Vendormate in the News
We appreciate the coverage by Allan Maurer in TechJournal South who captured the essence of Vendormate’s vendor information management and credentialing.
Add comment May 12, 2008
I Want This
This alert just appeared for the NCSU (North Carolina State University) library…
The vendor compliance handbook : a manual of compliance guidelines, procedures and standards for product development and apparel production
Secul, David.
Fashiondex has published The Vendor Compliance Handbook, a manual of compliance guidelines and procedures for product development and apparel production. The Vendor Compliance Handbook is a how-to guide detailing everything from sample procedures and measurement specs to testing, labeling and UPC code standards, care symbols, and garment-audit inspection procedures.
Bursting at the seams with information, The Vendor Compliance Handbook ensures that apparel producers and manufacturers get it right the first time, and are therefore able to avoid charge backs and returns. The handbook also covers letter-of-credits, packaging and shipping standards, quality control and non-compliance details. Templates of production forms, including size specifications sheets, fabric info sheets, purchase orders, packing lists, airfreight authorization, color way sheets, cost breakdown, letters of credit and more are included.
With all the regulations, guidelines, and good advice floating around, when can we get one of these for healthcare?
Add comment May 5, 2008
