Endoscopy Insights Podcast

Calculating the Total Cost of Care

"If we put them in one space then we have a better opportunity of understanding the math problem, so that you understand what the economics are behind any paradigm shift, which is what this discussion is about."

Transitioning from reusable to single-use endoscopes has obvious infection control benefits and even provides workflow and efficiency advantages — but the financial implications are usually one of the biggest hurdles to implementation.

That’s why it’s important to explore all the variables that go into achieving cost savings with single-use devices and assessing that shift within the context of other healthcare paradigm shifts. In this conversation, four experts do exactly that by exploring the elements that go into calculating the total cost of care and better understanding what they call “the math problem” at the root of this analysis.

This conversation was part of a virtual session sponsored by Ambu as part of Becker’s Hospital
Review’s 12th Annual Meeting. Here are the experts you’ll hear from in this episode:

Steering the conversation is Wes Scruggs, Ambu’s vice president of corporate accounts.

Show notes:

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Endoscopy Insights is a podcast devoted to conversations with thought leaders in flexible and single-use endoscopy. In each episode we’ll explore the ways different clinical and technological innovations are moving the field of endoscopy forward.       

Endoscopy Insights is brought to you by Single-Use Endoscopy, part of the Ambu Learning Center. Ambu has been bringing healthcare solutions of the future to life since 1937.

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