Articles
Cost Management, Reimbursement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis
Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis 101 – Part 1
In this three-part webcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part one explains Value Based Purchasing and its effects on hospital reimbursement.
Presented by: Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Cardiovascular Care Group
Change Management, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Planning
WHY, WHAT, and HOW of Strategic Planning
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Leadership
AHRMM and ISM—Shaping the Health Care Field through the Hospital Report on Business
This webinar gives a brief overview of the ISM Report On Business, one of the most reliable near-term economic barometers available, and explains why government agencies, economists, and business leaders follow it closely. Learn about the development of the hospital specific report (the Hospital Report On Business), why it is important, and how you can be involved.
Developing a Clinically Integrated Supply Chain
Dr. Michael Schlosser discusses the reasons for, and resources needed to create a clinically integrated supply chain that utilizes evidence-based data to make procurement decisions that can improve patient outcomes.
Change Management, Data Standards, Procure to Pay, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology
GS1 Standards at a Hospital—A Roadmap for Implementation
In order to become data-driven organizations, healthcare providers need to leverage data standards and information technology. In the past, lack of standards across healthcare has been a major roadblock. However, numerous governmental and industry initiatives pursuing the adoption and implementation of supply chain standards across health IT systems are giving providers the opportunity to do just that. Standards lay the foundation for supply chain operations to leverage information technology to help transform healthcare providers into data-driven organizations.
Data Standards, Inventory Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Procurement
Medical Products of Human Origin, UDI and ICCBBA: Supply Chain’s Role Podcast
AHRMM Podcast on how supply chain should be interdepartmentally conversing to determine the handling of human-origin medical products and their UDIs.
Career/Professional Development
Ten Lessons for Writing – Part 1
Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes, and capitalization.
Understanding Physicians: Five Things Supply Chain Needs to Know
Now that the entire health care field is increasing its focus on value-based care, supply chain and physicians are working more closely together. Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors at HealthTrust discusses the top five areas that supply chain should consider when collaborating with physicians to reduce cost and clinical variations as they continue to improve outcomes.
Presented by: Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors, HealthTrust Purchasing Group
Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Value Analysis
Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis 101 – Part 2
In this three-part webcast and podcast series, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics of value analysis and value based purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. In part two, review the importance of value analysis and supply chain's involvement.
Presented by: Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Cardiovascular Care Group
Analytics & Research, Asset Management, Capital Equipment, Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Planning
Developing and Sustaining a Standardized Capital Replacement Plan Series
Capital equipment replacement planning is an activity many organizations engage in year after year. In this two-part series, we will outline a process of evaluating current equipment utilizing specific data elements and identifying where that data can be obtained and discuss how to use data and planning results to prioritize and follow established guidelines to replace only the equipment that needs replacing.