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AHRMM White Papers

White papers serve as resources for exploring and confronting the challenges and complexities faced in the supply chain field. AHRMM welcomes new additions to its library. In addition to white papers, AHRMM Fellow (FAHRMM) papers are included in the white paper repository. Note: viewing certain papers are a member-only benefit.

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• Supply Utilization: Expanding Supply Savings Efforts

  July 02, 2012 | Content Areas: Strategic Planning | Tags: Benchmarking, Cost Management, Inventory Management, Physician Preference, Regulatory, Reimbursement | Formats: White Paper

  A case-study describing Banner Health's implementation of a strategic initiative to address supply utilization across seven states in 23 facilities.

• Strategic Sourcing in Healthcare

  May 29, 2012 | Content Areas: Procurement | Tags: Contracting, Inventory Management, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers | Formats: White Paper

  Focusing on strategic sourcing is a must in today's challenging healthcare environment for any organization. This AHRMM Fellow paper examines what exactly is strategic sourcing, and what are its benefits. The paper addresses several leading practices helping to achieve sustainable results, including identifying opportunities by conducting a strategic sourcing process, preparing a supplier profile, understanding supplier risk and recognizing dynamics of a supplier market.

• Transforming Healthcare Supply Chains into Healthcare Value Chains

  March 05, 2012 | Content Areas: Procurement | Tags: Benchmarking, Cost Management, Inventory Management, Suppliers | Formats: White Paper

  This Fellow paper examines internal supply chain processes and hospital management principles that are expected to bring best results - reduced costs and improved quality of care - in the new value-based purchasing model.

• Healthcare Transformation: A Private Affair

  December 01, 2011 | Content Areas: Finance | Tags: Cost Management, Legislative, Regulatory, Reimbursement, Sustainability | Formats: White Paper

  This white paper explores the realities facing healthcare delivery, some of the new models being developed and what they could mean for the supply chain.

• Elevating the Supply Chain Profession and Futurecast An Executive Thought Leaders Event

  October 03, 2011 | Content Areas: Leadership | Tags: Cost Management, Group Purchasing Organizations, Physician Preference, Reimbursement | Formats: White Paper

  A thought-provoking report on the broad range of strategic issues and challenges confronting today’s supply chain executives. The report presents perspectives of 26 seasoned healthcare supply chain executives who attended the Executive Thought Leader Event, sponsored by VHA, held on August 8, 2011, during AHRMM11 Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Applying Supply Chain Best Practices from Other Industries to Healthcare

  August 01, 2011 | Content Areas: Strategic Planning | Tags: Change Management, Cost Management, Data Standards, Reimbursement, UDI | Formats: White Paper

  The purpose of this white paper is to explore which supply chain practices are most applicable and/or can be adapted to the needs of healthcare. In addition, executives with leading healthcare delivery organizations provide their perspectives on how to put these concepts into practice.

• Supply Chain Services to Care Support Services - An Innovative Strategic Model

  August 01, 2011 | Content Areas: Strategic Planning | Tags: Asset Management, Benchmarking, Change Management, Cost Management, Data Standards | Formats: White Paper

  Healthcare reform is undeniably causing care providers to rethink the way they do business. The Supply Chain at Geisinger Health System believes that we can no longer be “just a Supply Chain.” In fact, the Supply Chain strategy that we set forth for the next few years does not recognize a Supply Chain in the future.