Articles
Change Management, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
Building Trust and Collaboration Between Providers and Suppliers
In this session, Dennis Black and Dennis Orthman share their experiences and best practices to improve and expand the provider-supplier relationship.
Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)
GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series BONUS Part 5: AHRMM16 Audience Q&A
A thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. In a Part 5 bonus section, included only in the podcast version, we listen to the panelists answer questions of those who attended this session during the AHRMM16 Annual Conference.
Change Management, Cost Management, Purchased Services, Suppliers, Support Services
Knowing When to Outsource: Making Purchased Services Work for You
Outsourcing of hospital functions is a common and growing practice in the U.S. and comprises on average 25% of total non-labor spend in hospitals. Many hospitals are finding that the outsourcing of some functions is a double-edged sword. This webinar will help you determine how to make decisions about which services to keep in house and which to outsource in the post-reform era of higher quality and cost savings.
Career/Professional Development
Participating with AHRMM: What it Means to You, Me and the Healthcare Supply Chain Field
AHRMM strives to provide the education, information, and resources necessary for its members to remain at the top of their field. Tune into this podcast episode and hear from two AHRMM members as they discuss the opportunities to actively participate with the Association, and how your involvement will benefit you and the supply chain community.
Capital Equipment, Financial Management, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
Rethink Processes, Regain Control
The supply chain ecosystem has contributed to the 25% waste in the health care system. We can accept that reality while at the same time learning to incorporate spend reduction and cost recovery efforts as standard practice. Through technology, we can broaden communication across the health care community to become more efficient, free funds for other initiatives, and add greater value to health care.
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Procurement
The Art of Purchased Services Contracting
Learn about the strategies that have been successful at Dignity Health in developing a purchased services product line. In this webinar we explain how to develop a purchased services contracting product line, discuss the unique challenges in this area, and show you how to estimate the potential opportunity.
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Value Analysis
Value Analysis 201: Clinical Criteria of Products and Equipment
For product and equipment selection to meet the need for the best value for our patients, clinical criteria need to be determined during the initial phase of selection.
Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Career/Professional Development
Who's Keeping Score? Using CQO Scorecards for Service Line Success
Wellmont Health System in Tennessee has developed a scorecard to help supply chain executives convince even the toughest clinicians and hospital administrators to collaborate and drive down overall costs (while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety) by speaking their language: evidence. This webinar provides detail on how to use the DRG scorecard. An excel file of the scorecard is provided upon completion.
Change Management, Suppliers, Career/Professional Development
Webcast: Building Trust: 10 Commandments of a Trusting Relationship
The intersection of CQO is patient care, Deborah Rey presents ten commandments you should adopt if they're not already part of your values both professionally and personally.
Career/Professional Development, Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP)
CMRP: What I Gained. What You Can Gain. - Part 1
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.