How Investing in the RightSpotpH® Indicator Can Improve Your Facility's Financial Health

Why Smarter NG/OG Tube Verification Matters

Hospital teams are under constant pressure to improve care while keeping costs in check. One often-overlooked area with a big financial upside is how you confirm NG and OG tube placement.

X-rays have long been used as the gold standard to verify placement—but they’re expensive, time-consuming, and expose patients to unnecessary radiation. Auscultation methods are less expensive, but far less reliable. Misplaced tubes can lead to serious complications, longer hospital stays, and even legal risk.

There’s a better way.

The RightSpotpH® Indicator: Smarter, Faster, and More Cost-Effective

RightSpotpH® gives you rapid, bedside verification using gastric pH levels. It’s simple, safe, and provides immediate results—without relying on radiology.

Hospitals using the RightSpotpH® report financial benefits in several key areas:

1. Lower X-ray Costs

Every X-ray adds up:

• Equipment use and depreciation
• Technician and transport time
• Radiologist interpretation fees
• Documentation and image storage
  
  

By switching to pH testing using the RightSpotpH® Indicator as your primary method, you reduce your dependence on X-rays—and your costs. Hospitals performing thousands of tube placements per year can significantly cut down on verification-related X-rays, leading to thousands of dollars saved annually.

2. Time Back for Your Staff

X-ray verification takes time—time your nurses and providers could spend on direct patient care.

RightSpotpH® eliminates:

• Scheduling back-and-forth with radiology
• Patient transport and positioning
• Delays waiting on results before feeding or medication can begin

Verification at the bedside takes just seconds. That means your team can move on to the next step of treatment or the next patient faster and reduce overtime caused by delays.

3. Fewer Complications, Lower Risk

Tube misplacement can lead to complications like aspiration pneumonia or non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP). These events can extend hospital stays by days, require costly treatment, and increase your readmission risk.

pH testing provides high-accuracy verification at the point of care, helping reduce these risks—and their financial impact. Fewer complications mean fewer unreimbursed costs under value-based care models.

4. Cost Savings Across the Care Continuum

Emergency Department:
Faster verification helps reduce ED boarding and speeds up care. In high-volume departments, that adds up to more efficient throughput and better use of staff time.

ICU:
Frequent repositioning and verification make pH testing especially helpful here. Fewer X-rays and fewer complications can translate into real savings, especially when ICU beds cost thousands per day.

NICU:
For your most fragile patients, avoiding radiation is key. The RightSpotpH® SmallBore eliminates the need for pediatric X-rays in many cases—while preserving staff time and improving safety.

Beyond Cost Savings: Building a Safer, More Efficient System

RightSpotpH® also supports broader safety and quality initiatives:

• Lower Liability Risk: Standardized, evidence-based verification may help reduce malpractice risk and insurance costs.
  
  
• Better Quality Metrics: Fewer complications improve your performance under value-based reimbursement models.
  
  
• Happier Patients & Staff: Faster care, less discomfort, and improved workflows can lift both patient satisfaction and staff morale.

RightBio Metrics was founded by physicians who understood the clinical and operational pain points of tube placement. That real-world experience helped shape a tool that’s simple, cost-effective, and clinically sound.

Want to Estimate Your Potential Savings?

If your team currently uses pH strips or still relies on X-rays to confirm placement, you can estimate your savings using our ROI Calculator.

It’s a quick way to see how switching to RightSpotpH® could save time, reduce costs, and support better outcomes.

Set Up a Live Demo

Want to see how it works in practice? Reach out for a personalized demo. We’ll walk through how your team currently verifies NG/OG tubes, explore potential savings, and show how easy it is to get started with RightSpotpH®.

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