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Data Gathering and Analytics – Session One

Speakers: Michael Neely, FAHRMM, CMRP, CPM, President, Perimeter Solutions Group and Ed Hisscock, President, Optime’s Supply Chain, Inc.

Moderator: Liz Veazey, RN, CMRP, Consulting Manager, OM Solutions

Overview: Healthcare supply chain professionals are faced with many challenges as they strive to improve operations and find innovative ways to lower expenses within their facilities. A primary area of unfilled potential continues to be addressing the rising cost of physician preference items. The first step to implementing a successful program to gain control of the cost of Physician Preference items within your facility is to gather and analyze the appropriate information. This webinar will focus on the how and where to look within your own operations to gather the correct information and present it in a manner that will help you enfranchise your physicians and allow you to begin the journey to gaining control of physician preference item spend.

Costs: $119 per CD-ROM - AHRMM Members; $139 per CD-ROM - Non-members
CEUs: Attendees may earn 1.25 Contact Hours towards CMRP Recertification or 0.125 Continuing Education Units.

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This program was recorded on April 8, 2010.

Biographies

Mike Neely is the President of Perimeter Solutions Group, a supply chain consulting company focused on improving the quality of healthcare by raising the performance of the traditional materials management department. Their business model is based on finding savings in non-labor expense reduction and operational improvements that provide clients a guaranteed return on their investment.

Mike has more than 25 years in healthcare supply chain management encompassing a variety of positions and facilities. He was previously Vice President of The McFaul & Lyons Group, Director Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson and a Senior Manager with KPMG, in addition to his direct multi-hospital materials experience.

Mike is a Past President of AHRMM, as well as a lifetime fellow, he also created and manages the content of the AHRMM Lexicon.

Ed Hisscock is the President of Optime’ Supply Chain, Inc., a technology company providing niche solutions to healthcare supply chain practitioners and a Founding Partner in Appleseed Healthcare Resources, LLC, an international healthcare supply chain consultancy.

He has more than 25 years of experience in supply chain strategic planning, enabling technologies, logistics, and business improvement garnered from both the provider and supplier sides of the healthcare industry.

Ed holds a MS in Supply Chain Logistics from Michigan State University, a BA in Behavioral Science from National Lewis University, and an AS Electrical Engineering from the Ohio Institute of Technology.