Is Coffee the Key to Curbing Medical Equipment Waste?

“Gift cards to the local coffee shop helped a Johns Hopkins hospital cut inventory waste, researchers said. A system that rewarded residents and fellows for choosing soon-to-expire equipment resulted in a 31.3% decrease in wasted supplies (down from $29,511 to $20,323 per month, on average), reported Andrew Demmert, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, at the annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology.” Read more at Med Page Today