About AHRMM
AHRMM offers a full calendar of events each year to its members and the industry at large. AHRMM Members receive discounted pricing on most educational programs. Affiliated AHRMM chapters also offer local education opportunities. For details visit the Chapter Event Calendar.
AHRMM offers Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending programs.
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2012 |
Program/Event |
Overview |
|---|---|---|
| May 31 |
Webinar: Why the Item Master Does Not Support Value Analysis Efforts |
Learn how today’s Strategic Sourcing tools can provide the accurate data needed to support value analysis and standardization efforts. |
| June 6 | Learn how Dartmouth-Hitchcock followed physician leadership to move from four spine product vendors to one and deliver millions of dollars in savings. | |
| June 13 & 19 | Taught by certified peers, a three-hour refresher course to become better prepared for the Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) examination. | |
| June 14 |
Webinar: Artificial Intelligence – The Future of Supply Chain |
Learn how artificial intelligence can help support success of value analysis and standardization initiatives, especially through management of high-cost physician preference items. |
| July 19 |
Webinar: Strategies to Improve Efficiency and Compliance in Supplier Management |
Learn a standard process for use in supplier management and how to create strategic sourcing agreements that benefit both suppliers and healthcare providers for both clinical and pharmaceutical sourcing. |
| August 5-8 | San Antonio, Texas | |
| August 15 |
Webinar: Show Me the Money - Successful Supply Chain Savings |
This presentation is designed to help managers recognize the qualities and talents needed to create successful cost-reduction, success focused teams, identify savings opportunities, implement cultural and practice changes, and sustain the changes. |
| August 23 | Review how to capture all supplies outside the “official” MMIS to gain visibility and control of costly Physician Preference Items (PPIs). | |
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October 7-13 |
National Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Week |
Appreciation week celebrates materials management professionals for their contributions to the healthcare supply chain field. |
| October 10 | Discover criteria necessary for implementing a successful supplier diversity program. | |
| October 25 |
Webinar: Harnessing Data Normalization to Drive Product Savings |
Learn the methods used to conduct data normalization. |
| December 6 |
Webinar: Using Attribution to Drive Product Rationalization and Savings |
Understand how aligning product attributes can support a product rationalization program and lower costs. |
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2013 |
Program/Event |
Overview |
|---|---|---|
| February 14 |
Webinar: Detecting Product Equivalency to Drive Lower Physician Preference Items |
Learn how technology can support improved product functional equivalency decisions to drive savings. |
| July 28-31 |
AHRMM's 51st Annual Conference & Exhibition |
San Diego, California |
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October 6-12 |
National Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Week |
Appreciation week celebrates materials management professionals for their contributions to the healthcare supply chain field. |





