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Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology

UDI: Value Beyond Compliance

In this AHRMM webcast, Karen Conway, executive director of industry relations and value at GHX discusses her research with the FDA on the value of UDI adoption in health care organizations.

AHRMM’s Mike Schiller, senior director of supply chain, joins the conversation by describing the actions AHRMM is taking with the Learning UDI Community (LUC) to identify adoption practices and move beyond compliance. 

Data Standards, Financial Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology

UDI and MU3: What Data Goes in the Item Master?

Susan Morris, CMRP, FAHRMM, health care executive, Cerner Corporation, explains the different parts of the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) and which part should go into the Item Master. 

This webcast walks through the three FDA-accredited issuing agencies that assign UDIs and explains what information is in the different barcodes and how to read them both electronically and by human sight.

Analytics & Research, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Value Analysis

Understanding CQO through Data Visualization

Data visualization can help translate dashboards, benchmarking and metrics lines, and lines of supply chain data into actionable insight. Visualizing CQO with data allows the supply chain leader to make the complex simple, the abstract tangible.

Darcy Aafedt discusses how to understand your data and audience, write the story you need to tell and share how to best visualize that story.