Knowledge Center

86 Results Found

Numerous papers written recently predict the impact of the economic downturn on the healthcare industry. Many of these predictions are now headlines – reduced labor budgets, declines in elective and out-patient volumes/surgeries, and smaller, or in some instances, no capital budgets. Because of the role supply chain plays in the financial well-being of an organization and the current economic environment, supply chain leaders can anticipate:
A sample of an office supplies RFP covering all the basics. Download the document and tailor it to your needs.
Managing contract pricing more effectively—from creation to renewal or expiration—can deliver real operational and financial benefits for healthcare organizations. Yet because of its complexity, contract price management may be one of the most underutilized tools for maximizing cost savings in healthcare. Disparate information technology (IT) systems that do not share information and lack of widespread adoption of industry data standards for product and organizational/location identification all contribute to this complexity.
As a Leading Practice, the AHRMM Board of Directors adopts that Supply Chain Services be fully integrated into high cost clinical services departments.
The FDA UDI ruling has finally arrived - the proposed rule has published. Please see the FDA website (www.fda.gov/udi) for a link to the proposed regulation. Highlights include a 120 day comment period to begin shortly, 6 months later a final ruling that will begin with Class III devices within 2 years, possibly sooner. Below is the FDA press release:
This learning lab covers alarm safety management in the health care supply chain field.
The final regulations that provide guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices, enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 in conjunction with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Read how UPMC Health System is improving lives through redefined models of health care delivery, technological innovation and cutting-edge medical research.
This document provides interim guidance for infection control for healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals, long-term care and outpatient facilities, and other settings where healthcare is provided).
Please see a sample of a Architect RFP below - you will find this short document covers all the basics, and you can tailor it to your needs.
Sample furnishing, installation of furniture, and equipment sample request for proposal. 
Sample request for proposal for face-to-face spoken language and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services. Download Now
A sample of request for proposal for contractors to provide uniformed healthcare security services.
This page provides information about submitting data to the database for device Labelers, entities responsible for providing the data to the GUDID.