ADVANCING THE HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN

The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) of the American Hospital Association is the premier organization for healthcare supply
chain and materials management professionals. AHRMM strengthens the nation's healthcare supply chain by providing leadership, education, networking, and industry-specific resources to advance the field and enhance the professional development of its individual members.

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HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES & SOLUTIONS
a Weekly Update on Industry Trends and Best Practices

Managing Critical Care Supply Tensions
Are clinical-operational interventions needed?

Source: Healthcare Purchasing News - May 2012
By Rick Dana Barlow

Back in the early 1990s, General Motors launched a compact car subdivision under its Chevrolet division called Geo, promoting it with the familiar Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune, "Getting To Know You," sung by Leon Redbone.

The song’s refrain captures the ongoing relationship between critical care nursing and supply chain management. Historically, the attitudes shared between the intensive care units and the stock room has been divisive and tenuous, bordering on tedious at best. Read More.

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• Healthcare Supply Chain Data Standards
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