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Learning Lab 8

  B Basic: Program addresses fundamental concepts. For professionals with limited experience or knowledge related to a specific topic.

  I Intermediate: Program addresses concepts and initiatives applied within specific healthcare contexts to achieve measurable results. For professionals with greater depth of experience within a specific topic.

  A Advanced: Program addresses complex initiatives or concepts that can be difficult to implement or duplicate. For experienced professionals to yield “food for thought” and insights into “what if” scenarios.

Note: The Annual Conference Education Committee has done its best to determine at what levels material will be presented. Where noted, content may span multiple levels.

8.1 Q2 = Quantity and Quality – I
Distribution
Heavy emphasis will be placed on space utilization, (when to stock, when to not), LUM rationalization (when does LUM = Lousy Unit of Measure) and how to incorporate manufacturing techniques in a distribution environment. Additional emphasis will include logistics in a centralized model ( Central Distribution Center), centralized cross dock techniques and utilizing information systems to tie it all together. The presentation will be geared towards practical applications that can be applied to both large distribution warehouse operations and small internal hospital supply operations.

Greg Goddard, Director of Operations, Resource Optimization & Innovation, Springfield, MO

John Black, Vice President of Supply Chain, Resource Optimization & Innovation, Springfield, MO

 

8.2 Boost Your Bottomline with TCO Capital Equipment Planning – A
Finance
Hospital administrators, finance personnel, and supply chain managers make patient care technology purchases with great prowess. However, when it comes to medical equipment, most lack the tools and processes to calculate Total Cost of Ownership. Consequently, cost reduction opportunities in this area are typically overlooked. Discover how the new standard of measurement ¡V Service Value Ratio or SVR ¡V ensures accurate performance trending and cross-facility benchmarking throughout the many phases of equipment lifecycle management from procurement to retirement.

Terry Hamilton, Senior Vice President, Operations, St. John Health, Warren, MI

Earl Reber, Business Development Executive, TriMedx, Indianapolis, IN

 

8.3 Procure-to-Pay: Best Practices in Automating the Supply Chain– I
Technology Solutions
For many hospitals, purchasing and AP departments only interact when there is a problem with an invoice. However, a growing number of healthcare organizations automating the supply chain from the point of procurement to payment are seeing increased collaboration between purchasing and AP to improve business processes, increase productivity, and lower costs. Unfortunately, few hospitals have the information they need to adequately project the benefits of implementing ePayable solutions. Paystream Advisors, which provides independent research and automation assessments for financial automation technology, will report on the results of its recently completed ePayables research (December 2008) and then feature healthcare providers recognized as best in class in procure-to-pay practices.

Alex Zimmerman, Director, Supply Chain Information Management, ROi, Sisters of Mercy Health System, St Louis, MO

Henry Ijams, Managing Director, Paystream Advisors, Charlotte, NC

 

8.4 $aving Big Green By Forcusing On Sustainablility – B
Purchasing
“The story of the little hospital that could.”, will include case studies of how Metro’s sustainability efforts partnered with Metro’s materials management department and value analysis team to select products that ensure patient safety, reduces waste and saves money.

James Jednak, Director of Supply Chain Management, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, MI

John Ebers, Sustainable Business Officer, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, MI

 

8.5 Still More Best Practices in Materials Management – B/I
Strategic Planning
In 2002 three supply chain professionals put together a list of 16 best practices in materials management and presented it at the AHRMM meeting. Each year the list has grown and now includes over 60. Some may be familiar and already implemented by many. Others are more recent additions and still only practiced by a few. What they all have in common is their proven ability to reduce cost, enhance operations and/or improve customer satisfaction. Join this presentation to compare your practices to the best we have seen. The program is designed so that attendees will take away one or more best practice ideas that, once implemented, will financially benefit their organization and enhance the reputation of the materials management department.

Dave Kaczmarek, Director, Wellspring Partners, Derry, NH

Michael Neely, President, Perimeter Solutions Group, Atlanta, GA

Robert Poore, Implementation Manager, Supply Chain Services, VHA Inc, Bartlett, TN

This session is offered again on Tuesday from 7:30 am – 8:45 am.

 

8.6 Successful Tactics for Orthopedic Price Leveling – A
Clinical Resource Management
Presentation will cover the strategy, process, tactics and results of a successful local / regional venture to level pricing on commonly used orthopedic constructs for a network of community hospitals producing more than $1 Million in projected annual savings.

Debbie S. Karnick, RN, MSA, CNOR, Director, Surgical Service Line, Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc., Binghamton, NY

Michael Hurley, Director, Orthopedics & Spine Services, Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, NY

 

8.7 Spine Surgery - Cash Cow or Mad Cow – A
Clinical Resource Management
This session will cover the strategy that must be mapped to avoid surgeon’s issues with the hospital executives over spine implants. This session will cover advanced topics of device interchange for both hardware and orthobiologics. Key obstacles addressed include differentiating new catalog items from new technology as well as the nuances in clinical technique as opposed to a new device. Savings opportunities will be outlined in terms of pricing as well as utilization and mix.

David Bueby, Corporate Purchasing Director, McLaren Health Care Corporation, Flint, MI

Girard F. Senn, Managing Principal, Clinical Benchmarking, LLC, Glen Ellyn, IL

This session is offered again on Monday from 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm.

 

8.8 Zen Commute: Your Daily Journey to Enlightenment – B
Professional Development
Discover how to turn your daily workday travel time into an enlightenment journey...In this stimulating and thought-provoking session, Tim will follow up on his previous AHRMM Annual Conference presentations “Zen in Leadership” and “Habit Patterns of Excellence” sessions to identify simple but powerful techniques to turn your commuting time into an opportunity for meditation, growth, and personal and professional development. Basic principles of Zen philosophy will be reviewed, and simple meditation techniques taught and practiced. You will learn the power and importance of individual choice and present-moment awareness; and you will be introduced to the 31 “Zen Commute Signposts” that can be used to positively focus your daily activities throughout the course of each month, every day of the year.

Timothy Glennon, Vice President, GNYHA Services, Inc., Staten Island, NY

 

8.9 Traceability in the Hospital... Moving from Guessing to Knowing – B
GS1 Standards
Incorporate traceability and visibility information into the day to day life of your hospital. This session will focus on the opportunities available to hospitals to enhance patient care and patient flow through the use of visibility information. Know for certain where the devices you need are and whether they are fit for use. Know for certain the status of instruments, devices, medication and other items that move through your hospital. Session covers product recall, e-pedigree, asset tracking and making use of visibility information. These valuable benefits are all built on the foundational standards of the GS1 System being implemented industry-wide by healthcare companies in the U.S. and around the world.

Bob Celeste, Director, Healthcare, GS1 Healthcare US, Lawrenceville, NJ

 

 



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