ECRI: Partnering With You to

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• ECRI Partnering With You to
• Improve the Safety, Quality, and
• Cost-effectiveness of Healthcare

Prepared for Special Libraries Association
(SLA) June 8, 2005
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Who we are

• Nonprofit, international health services research
  agency
• promoting the highest standards of safety,
  quality, and cost
• effectiveness in healthcare since 1969
• What do our resources include?
• Membership-based access to Web resources,
  databases,
• research reports, periodicals, guides,
  directories
• Consultation services and special projects
• Around the world, who relies on ECRIs services?
• Hospitals and health systems, health plans, and
  insurers
• Government agencies, legal and regulatory
  professionals
• Medical device manufacturers

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Independent, unbiased information

• To ensure the integrity of our findings, ECRI and
  its
• staff abide by strict conflict of interest
  guidelines
• No financial interest in the sale of any medical
  technology
• No royalties, gifts, finders fees, or
  commissions from the medical device or
  pharmaceutical industries
• No ownership of stock in, or consulting work for,
  organizations in such industries

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Credentials and affiliations

• Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC)
• Designated by the US Agency for Healthcare
  Research and Quality (AHRQ) as one of 13 EPCs
• Guides Medicare and other insurers in making
  national coverage decisions
• Collaborating Center of the World Health
  Organization
• Center for excellence supporting research on
  patient safety, healthcare technology, and risk
  management

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Credentials and affiliations

• Developer of Web-Based
• Clearinghouses
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• QualityTools

• Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System
• ECRIs proprietary classification system
• Used by 5,000 facilities worldwide

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ECRI Core Capabilities
Technology Decision-making Evidence-based
resources, recommendations, and strategic
technology planning assistance
Quality and Patient Safety Risk management,
hazards and recalls, problem reports, care
standards and guidelines
Procurement Assistance Product evaluations,
ratings, specifications, recommendations,
negotiation assistance, and more

• The most comprehensive range of healthcare
  resources availablefrom one trusted source.

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Technology Decision-making
Overview

• How do we develop our perspectives and
  recommendations?
• 35 years of healthcare technology expertise
  including laboratory and field evaluations of
  devices
• Comprehensive literature searches
• Proprietary research and data analysis
  methodology
• Extensive internal and external advisory board
  review
• Member requests strongly influence topics
  selected for review

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How can evidence-based technology assessments
inform care and coverage decisions?
HTAIS
Customized Hotline responses and assistance
available when you need it
Evidence-based evaluations of medical devices,
drugs, and procedures
Searchable, continually-updated online content
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How can you make decisions about tomorrows
technologies, today?
Forecast
ECRIs perspectives predictions on hundreds of
emerging technologies in dozens of clinical
service areas
Proprietary Technology Impact Radar shows expert
consensus on utilization, time to adoption, and
financial, health, and process impact
Continually-updated, online information
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How can you make evidence-based decisions about
newly-available technologies?
TARGET
Online database of evidence-based reports on
emerging and newly-available drugs, devices and
procedures
Each short-form, evidence-based TARGET report
highlights key issues for planning, procurement,
investment, and reimbursement
Browse for new topics by technology class,
clinical category, or medical specialty.
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Procurement Assistance
Overview

• How do we develop our ratings and guidance?
• Centralized repository of purchasing data from
  hospitals around the country
• In-house testing laboratories
• Procurement and negotiation expertise
• Hazard and recall information from a wide variety
  of sources
• Accept no manufacturer advertising or
  sponsorships

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How can you get the best value for your capital
equipment investments?
SELECTplus
Customized capital equipment advisory services
Access a wide variety of online resources and
reports
Request custom reports and recommendations
tailored to your facilitys needs
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How can you benchmark the best prices paid for
capital equipment?
SELECTplus
ECRIs real time PricePaid Database shows
average and low prices paid for medical devices.
This database is populated by member hospitals
sending us data directly.
Detailed information is provided for the last 10
transactions showing model configurations for
easier comparisons.
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How can you negotiate the best price and service
contract for capital equipment?
SELECTplus
Custom Quotation Analysis shows average discount
for recent purchases of this model based on
ECRIs real time PricePaid Database
ECRIs negotiation experts recommend key points
to negotiate
ECRI evaluates whether the equipment will meet
your facilitys needsnow and in the future
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Which models are safest and most cost-effective?
Health Devices System
Brand-name comparative evaluations, ratings, and
guidance on the safety, cost-effectiveness, and
effectiveness of medical devices and technologies
Based on ECRIs expert laboratory and in-hospital
testing
Detailed, specific purchasing and service
recommendations
Published monthly 10 years of back issues
available online
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How can you safely and quickly resolve hazards
and recalls?
Health Devices Alerts
The worlds most comprehensive international
database of recalls, hazards, product safety
alerts, and reported problems
ECRI verifies all content and adds action
priorities and recommended next steps
Each week, ECRI e-mails new Alerts right to your
in-box
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Which models have the features your facility
needs?
HPCS
Create customized, printable comparison charts
showing features and specifications for easy
side-by-side comparison
Do the models you selected meet ECRIs
recommended specifications for your performance
needs?
Current specifications for thousands of models in
hundreds of categories
Standardized UMDNS terminology
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How can you quickly and easily locate
manufacturer information?
Health Devices International Sourcebase
Comprehensive, continually-updated, searchable
online database of more than 14,000 US and
international suppliers
Search by supplier or device, and filter results
by geographic area
Names and complete contact information for each
supplier, including web sites and e-mail
addresses
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How can you benchmark prices paid for
medical/surgical supplies and implantable
devices?
PriceGuide
Benchmark your hospitals supply pricing against
facilities nationwideand see where to negotiate
better deals with current suppliers
PriceGuide database includes more than 200,000
line items!
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For more information

• Tony Montagnolo, Executive VP/COO
• Call 1 [phone], 5175
• E-mail amontagnolo_at_ecri.org
• Visit www.ecri.org