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Clinical Integration

4 Things Physician Champions Can do to Ensure Clinical Integration Success

By AHRMM

Clinical integration starts with physician champions. Supply chain executives can’t be experts in all areas, and successful clinical discussions tend to occur when physician leaders are the ones initiating those meetings with their physician peers. The physician leader should be able to challenge their colleagues to answer the question, “how does this really benefit the patient?” and “does it benefit beyond just improving a process? In addition, as part of the contract negotiations team, a physician can push back on the supplier to ask clinical questions about the product or device.

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, Sustainability, 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.

Financial Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Inventory Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI)

The Impact of Supply Chain Processes on O.R. Time, Efficiency, & Overall Cost

By AHRMM

Resiliency in the operating room is imperative in today’s health care climate. A well-functioning OR has the potential to increase the number of patients served and further enhance its contribution to the hospital's bottom line. This presentation discusses how supply chain process improvements help achieve CQO in the OR.

Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Reimbursement, Sustainability

The Value Cycle

By AHRMM

In order to compare baseline costs to savings and determine areas of compliance risk, supply chain professionals need to work closely with their revenue cycle colleagues maintaining the chargemaster. This webinar explores how supply data elements in your item master and chargemaster play a role in negotiating payments, in disbursing across the continuum of care, and in assessing variations in clinical practice.

Cost Management, Reimbursement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis

Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis 101 – Part 1

By AHRMM

In this three-part webcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part one explains Value Based Purchasing and its effects on hospital reimbursement.

Presented by: Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Cardiovascular Care Group