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Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Suppliers, Strategic Planning
Supply Chain Services Integration in High Supply Cost Clinical Services Business Units
By AHRMM
Jim Smoker, CMRP, MPA, CS, York, Pennsylvania
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
AHRMM Supports Healthcare Industry in Addressing Costs, Quality, and Outcomes through Release of New Guidance Document
By AHRMM
CHICAGO (December 19, 2013) – The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) of the American Hospital Association posted a guidance document today for healthcare supply chain executives looking for a more holistic approach to measuring their organization’s performance. AHRMM launched its Cost, Quality, Outcomes (CQO) Movement in January 2013, to address the major impacts of healthcare reform – including implications for supply chain and recommendations for adapting to a new healthcare delivery model.
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination in Hospital Acquired NPU - Terrebonne General Medical Center
By AHRMM
AHRMM is developing a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Hospital Acquired Nosocomial Pressure Ulcers (NPU) leading practice was submitted by:
Benchmarking, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - Blue.Point Supply Chain Solutions
AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) leading practice was submitted by:
Blue.Point Supply Chain Solutions, Andover, MA
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Suppliers, Procurement
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - Nexera, Inc.
By AHRMM
AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) leading practice was submitted by:
Nexera, Inc., New York, NY
Central Sterile, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - NorthCrest Medical Center
By AHRMM
AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) leading practice was submitted by:
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - Saint Clare's Health System
By AHRMM
AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) leading practice was submitted by:
Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - University of Virginia Health System
By AHRMM
AHRMM is developing a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following CAUTI leading practice was submitted by:
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Problem Statement: CAUTI rates exceeding national benchmark (NHSN).
Method:
Asset Management, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Procurement
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of HAPU - Nexera
By AHRMM
The following leading practice describes methods used to reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU).