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Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Procure to Pay, Leveraging Technology

Optimizing Your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Vendor Solutions and Training – Part 3

By AHRMM

In this three-part series, Lisa Tonkinson and Chris Wiekert discuss how the Revenue Cycle can impact your supply chain when embarking on a new software implementation or integration and what you need to know to plan ahead and optimize your technology effectively. Part three concentrates on vendor solutions and training.

Presented by: Lisa Tonkinson, Principle, Patient Craft and Chris Wiekert, Senior Product Manager, Infor

Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement

Reducing Costs and Environmental Impacts to Health Care through a Total Cost of Ownership Calculator

By AHRMM

Tremendous cost pressures within the U.S. health care system are forcing providers to explore alternative ways to save money. To address this need, a TCO calculator has been developed to provide purchasers with a standardized and systematic way to consider the various use and waste costs of products that are procured. This webinar demonstrates the tool’s basic functions and shares resources available to support its use.

Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Career/Professional Development

Who's Keeping Score? Using CQO Scorecards for Service Line Success

By AHRMM

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.

Leadership

An Executive Decision: Understanding What Is Required to Reach the C-Suite

By AHRMM

AHRMM created this book for engaged and motivated supply chain leaders in the making. Within is information on where to begin and what to do while you're on the path to achieving your goal, how to take advantage of changes in the industry, as well as the skills you'll need to develop along the way. The purpose of this book is to help make the seemingly long journey to the C-Suite much less intimidating and ambiguous. And who better to give advice on earning an executive position than those who've already made the journey?

Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)

GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series BONUS Part 5: AHRMM16 Audience Q&A

By AHRMM

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

By AHRMM

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.