Articles
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Value Analysis
Engage to Achieve: CQO Outside of Supply Chain
Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) is a type of analysis that can bridge organizational gaps to help improve coverage decisions for new products or procedures. Because a BIA can be adjusted to meet the goals of a particular population with particular needs, it can also improve the value and the quality of healthcare. This type of analysis can help Supply Chain leaders and their collaborative value analysis teams to make local adoption decisions in a timely manner.
Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Financial Management, Lean/Six Sigma, Strategic Planning
Good to Great: Applying Lean Concepts to Healthcare
Lean Management is a strategy for modifying processes so that we reduce the burden on supply chain resources, while still providing the customer with the value they want and expect. This webinar provides an overview of supply chain management and the areas that could be modified to reduce waste.
Career/Professional Development
Ten Lessons for Writing – Part 2
Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes and capitalization.
Leadership
The Supply Chain Executive of the Future
in this short video webcast, Mike Schiller, Senior Director, AHRMM and Dennis Othman, Senior Director, SMI discuss the four key pillars of knowledge and traits based on findings and feedback from various conference and work group meetings with supply chain leaders, individual interviews and literature research.
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology, Technology
UDI: A Story of Implementation
Hear one provider’s ongoing process of UDI implementation, from deciphering acronyms and educating interdepartmental staff, to working with vendors to redesign ERP software to meet FDA data capture and reporting regulations, all while creating procedures for others to follow.
Value Analysis
Value Analysis 201: The 5 Why's of Value Analysis – An Introduction
Lean thinking continues to emerge and embed its ideas into our traditional ways of thinking about Value Analysis and Healthcare. In lean thinking, the thought is to ask “why” five times to get to the root cause of an issue.
Career/Professional Development
CMRP: What I’ve Gained. What You Can Gain – Part 2
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.
Change Management, Career/Professional Development
Customer Service in Health Care Supply Chain Certificate Course
Price: Member: $98.00 | Non-Member: $198.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 2 hours
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.
Analytics & Research, Distribution, Financial Management, Strategic Planning
Managing Supply Chain in Health Care Reform
This webinar discusses the health care supply chain, its strengths and weaknesses. It reviews best practices around the industry, including what Intermountain Healthcare has done with building its own logistics/distribution functionality. It will also present the implications of the future of the industry with the changing horizon that comes with the Affordable Care Act, including preparing to serve non-acute operations.