AHRMM20+ Conference Agenda
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 |
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5:00 - 6:00 P.M. |
Opening Keynote |
Same, but Different: How COVID-19 Is Transforming the Supply Chain Professional |
In this session, top health care supply chain leaders will discuss how responsibilities and decision making changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that will affect their teams moving forward. Leaders will share their greatest takeaways and how future operations will work differently for sustainable success.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 |
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11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. |
Learning Labs |
PPI Is the New Four-Letter Word |
It's time to remove the term Physician Preference Item (PPI) from the supply chain vocabulary of the Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement. PPIs make up 40-60% of a hospital's supply costs and perpetuate an environment where waste and unnecessary variation thrive and strategies to optimize value will invariably fail. True Clinical Integration has no place for individual "preference" that disrupts evidence-based, patient-centered value delivery. This panel will discuss real-world examples of moving forward into the new decade free from the constraints of the PPI nomenclature and developing new strategies for optimizing the value of their health care delivery.
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Working on Behalf of Patient Safety: UDI Impacts on Recall Management Workgroup |
The Learning UDI Community (LUC) work group co-leads will present highlights of AHRMM’s LUC UDI Impacts on Recall Management workgroup efforts to: define value of using UDIs for recalls to stakeholders to benefit patient safety; collect information on recall management processes using UDIs; and make recommendations to increase use of UDIs to maximize value. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the recall process cycle from initiation to posting; will become familiar with UDI regulations; and will learn how enabling recall data with UDI will enhance patient safety. PRESENTER:
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12:45 - 1:15 P.M. |
Learning Pavilions |
Equipment Sharing: Unlocking New Capital Savings in the COVID-19 Financial Climate |
COVID-19 has challenged supply chain leaders to think outside the box. Learn from two health system case studies about an entirely new tranche of cost savings that can be achieved by sharing medical equipment between facilities.
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What’s Next for Health Care Supply Chain Management--5 Strategies Leaders Should Adopt Now |
As health care providers face ongoing disruptions and dramatic pressure on margins, effective supply chain management is more important than ever. This session covers the top five capabilities and strategies that every health care supply chain organization can use to take control in an uncertain world. We’ll explore approaches to expand sourcing capabilities, rethink just in time processes, incorporate demand planning, mitigate supplier risk, and develop the analytics needed to guide your organization and support strategic goals. Join us for more details on how these leading practices position your organization to move forward through current and future challenges.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 |
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11:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. |
Learning Pavilions |
Respiratory Preparedness: How to Design Your Supply Chain to Support Clinicians For the Upcoming Respiratory Season |
There are still many unknowns about the upcoming respiratory season. With flu, pneumonia and COVID-19 all hitting at the same time, this may present challenges to the non-acute supply chain. This session will equip supply chain leaders with:
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12:15 - 1:15 P.M. |
AHRMM Talks |
Examining the Increase in Product Disruptions & Exploring Best Practices to Prevent Future Occurrences |
From unpredictable demand forecasting to viruses, natural disasters, sterilization concerns and quality control issues, there is no limit to the compounding variables leading to product disruptions in our health care supply chain. This AHRMM Talk provide a situational overview of the uptick in device shortages and disruptions, and outlines key approaches to solve this issue. We’ll discuss how visibility to upstream stakeholders in the supply chain affects disruptions; how collaboration amongst industry entities should unfold; how we can leverage the drug shortages solution; and what suppliers and providers can each do as a next step to help create long-term, sustainable solutions.
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Mitigating the Risks in the Global Supply Chain |
China has several strengths in manufacturing and will continue to, but the trade war is encouraging a massive migration of manufacturers who are shifting their production to neighboring countries in an effort to mitigate the geo-political risk. These emerging markets offer opportunity but also risk from a long-term cost and quality perspective. Learn the questions providers should be asking their suppliers to understand where they have risk; the importance of having optionality within their supplier base; the potential effect on patient care; and key themes providers should be incorporating into their short- and long-term forecasting.
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The Tracking Trifecta: Benchmark and Reduce Supply Chain Waste, Energy and Water Using No-Cost Tools |
Like COVID-19, climate change is a public health emergency that we must mitigate by reducing the carbon pollution from our buildings and transportation. The most cost-effective way to reduce emissions in buildings is to improve their energy efficiency so they don’t use as much. Improving energy efficiency by reducing energy waste has an added benefit of reducing costs; energy can be as much as 15% of operations in the supply chain. When buildings become more energy efficient, businesses are better protected from economic downturns. Building benchmarking will help AHRMM members reduce costs over the short term and carbon pollution over the long term.
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Kanban: What is it? Why do you need to know about it? |
As health care operational supply chain is asked to take on more span of control in expense management the ability to efficiently manage products through data and automated ways continues to become the path to the future. Kanban install of inventory management allows for a flexible application in all areas, including procedural areas. Additionally, the ability to calculate usage, days on hand, and effectively manage expired products make a Kanban installation an effective option. PRESENTERS
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 |
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12:00 - 1:00 P.M |
Week 2 Opening Session |
Data: The Invisible Chink in Supply Chain’s Armor |
It is well documented that COVID-19 exposed the fragility of health care supply chains. What is not well-understood is how to address those points of fragility and what might be some of the underlying issues that go beyond supply network structures. Consistently, supply chain leaders are clamoring for improved visibility. But is visibility the chink in supply chain’s armor or is the chink something that is typically beyond supply chain’s control. In this session, we will discuss the invisible chink and how supply chain can work with other leaders across the organization, as well as partners within its supply network, to remedy the crack in its armor.
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1:15 - 2:15 P.M. |
Learning Labs |
Mobile Apps: The Portal to Reduce Cost and Increase Productivity |
Mobile apps are simplifying work and streamlining communications in many diverse industries. Learn how mobile apps can greatly improve a kan ban system, enhance a UDI methodology and collect data to decrease operational costs and improve employee productivity never seen before in the SCO.
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The Key to Moving from Surviving COVID-19 to Thriving |
This session will benefit hospitals large and small. Experienced panelists will share practical tips and techniques on how to leverage data standards including the unique device identifier (UDI) and the data within the global unique device identifier database (GUDID) to deal with supply shortages, disruptions and recalls. They will discuss how to improve the data within your systems to better capture demand real time and identify product substitutions. They will engage participants in a discussion regarding the things we need to do today to be better prepared for future supply chain disruptions.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 |
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11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. |
Learning Labs |
Leveraging the CQO Model in Stakeholder Engagement: Discussion of Defense Medical Logistics Enterprise |
An examination of the Military Healthcare System (MHS) will provide valuable insights that participants may apply to their strategic planning and to their engagements with government agencies. Discussion of the Defense Medical Logistics Enterprise and its response to the COVID-19 crisis will highlight the value of the Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) model in business case development and stakeholder engagements. Strategic planning must consider the full potential of the supply chain to deliver cost-effective and high-quality health care and to deliver needed outcomes for the full range of missions.
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Demand Planning -- the Intersection of Patient and Product |
Health systems have successfully employed a best practice used outside of healthcare to improve the performance of its Supply Chain – Demand Planning. Demand planning is the process of forecasting patient needs so supplies can be produced and delivered more efficiently to the satisfaction of customers. Demand planning is considered an essential step in supply chain planning in just about every industry but healthcare delivery. Demand Planning should no longer be a foreign concept for healthcare providers. It has applicability to providers large and small and can return great results.
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12:45 - 1:15 P.M. |
Learning Pavilions |
Over-Indexing and Overspending: Getting Protection Right |
Health care decision-makers understand the need to provide clinicians with appropriate protection in multiple scenarios. But, confusion over PPE ratings and guidelines--and the proliferation of me too products can result in clinical disruption and overspending in one of the hospital’s largest purchase categories.
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Hidden Cash in the Supply Chain: How Cedars-Sinai Improves Operations While Battling Constant Change |
Michelle has led the AP team for 20+ years adjusting to the constant impact of change. Change in technology, change in people, change in compliance. Watch to hear her story about identifying control gaps, recovering funds, and improving supplier operations.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 |
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11:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. |
Learning Pavilions |
Navigating the Waves of COVID-19: Maintain Your Seat at the Table by Ensuring Preparedness for Elective Surgeries |
Supply chain plays a critical role in navigating the challenges of performing elective surgeries during COVID-19. Through physician engagement, applying PPE best practices and leveraging clinical evidence, supply chain empowers the organization to continue surgical procedures during the pandemic.
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Navigating the Path to Financial Recovery |
Falling profits and declining revenue are a common outcome from COVID-19, your GPO can help. As your supply chain partner, GPO’s can help you lower your costs while optimizing your spend – setting you on the path to recovery.
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12:15 - 1:15 P.M. |
Learning Labs |
Using Advanced Analytics to Navigate Supply Disruptions and Increased Demand During COVID-19 |
COVID-19 has impacted every health system. There is a need for greater supply visibility to predict demand, allocate inventory based on demand, empower frontline employees with decision-making authority and update models in real-time to mitigate the impact of supply disruptions. Join us to learn how Johns Hopkins clinically integrated supply chain team effectively institutionalized a data infused decision-making framework to protect JHHS staff, enable patient care and mitigate global supply disruptions while planning for post-COVID future.
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Master the Challenge: Revenue Cycle and Materials Management Collaboration |
Data can be the bridge to improve billing compliance and reimbursement with regard to materials management. In this session, you will learn how to leverage your data and technology to improve cross-functional collaboration to optimize revenue and ensure better outcomes. PRESENTER
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 |
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12:00 - 1:00 P.M. |
Week 3 Opening Session |
The Impact of COVID-19 and the Outlook for the Future |
Leading futurist Ian Morrison, PhD, reviews key trends affecting politics, policy, economics and the strategic response of health care stakeholders nationally to the COVID-19 crisis. A series of seven scenarios of how the health system may evolve will be shared with the implications for hospitals and other health care stakeholders identified.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 |
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11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. |
Learning Labs |
From Pandemic to Purpose: Four Phases to Elevate Supply Chain, Advance CQO & Expedite Results |
COVID-19 has raised awareness of the criticality of the supply chain. Now is the time to move from pandemic to purpose with executives and physicians. This interactive learning lab describes a 12-month CQO journey from “forming” to “performing”. We will review the organization’s lessons learned and key success factors associated with CQO progression at each of the four stages of development (forming, storming, norming, and performing). Attendees will be able to recognize the current “CQO” stage of their organization and utilize a list of key success factors and lessons learned to progress to the next development stage of CQO.
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You're Not Alone: Collaborative Tools to Assist in Sourcing PPE |
Learn what valuable tools that have been developed to help you source PPE. Hear from AHRMM and GHX as they discuss how they developed a vendor vetting process to approve non-traditional manufactures. This process led to a collaboration with HealthEquip and GovShop to create marketplaces where hospitals and other business can directly purchase PPE. You are not alone in your search for PPE, a collaborative of many organizations is leading the way to vet vendors and products to ensure you're able to protect patients and front-line staff. PRESENTERS
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12:15 - 1:15 P.M. |
Closing Keynote |
Becoming the Supply Chain Leader of Our Future |
As COVID-19 tested the operational resilience of our health care supply chain, we also gained powerful insights about our collective leadership preparedness. The health care supply chain became front-page news as our strengths and vulnerabilities surfaced, and every supply chain leader now has the undivided attention of their C-suite.
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