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CRH is in the process of converting to UVAMC’s group purchasing organization (Novation). This will equate to a savings on medical supplies and products.
“Bottom line, well be able to get a better price on items like band aids,” said Harrington. “They have an annual budget around $1 billion, while we are about an $800 million hospital. We estimate that we will be able to save around a half million a year on supplies.”
Sharing buying power is one benefit that will be seen over time.
But the sharing of expertise is already in place. Currently, an emergency department (ED) physician from UVAMC is providing one ED shift coverage per week in collaboration with Skyline Emergency Physicians.
Keeping patients closer to home is the thrust of another initiative that the partnership will support — a radiation-therapy center.
At the end of November, Culpeper Regional Hospital received a Certificate of Public Need for Radiation Therapy from the State of Virginia.
It will be able to move ahead with this project, which has a projected completion time of about two years.
An architectural firm is working on the design for the center, which will be located on the grounds of Culpeper Regional Hospital.
“Many of our patients now have to travel to UVA for these treatments; it’s tiring and hard,” said Harrington who welcomes the addition of this much-needed facility to the hospital.
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