Support Services
AHRMM's Policies and Procedures Manual for the Health Care Supply Chain, 2nd Edition contains over 160 new and revised health care supply chain policies and procedures to reflect current leading practices needed to run a successful supply chain department in any health care organization.
- Capital Equipment
- Clinical Integration
- Clinical Resource Management (CRM)
- Cost Management
- Data
- Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness
- Distribution
- Finance & Budgeting
- Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)
- Inventory Management
- Logistics
- Pharmacy
- Physician Preference Items (PPI)
- Planning, Design, and Construction
- Procurement
- Products and Services Contracting
- Purchased Services
- Shipping and Receiving
- Suppliers
- Support Services
- Technology
Explore common indirect spend risk considerations and prepare to take steps to introduce resiliency within indirect spend categories.
Consider how the four emerging themes on purchased services and their leading practices can deliver improved margins.
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…
Learn about how the significant number of clinical alarms have a numbing effect on nursing staff, to the point that patient safety is in jeopardy.
In light of the closure of some facilities that use gas ethylene oxide (EtO) to sterilize medical devices prior to their distribution and use, the FDA is looking at the future availability of medical devices and the possibility of medical device shortages. This webinar highlights potential…
Stuart Layhe shares his method for measuring supply chain department success with quarterly support card surveys used to make improvements.
Stewart Layhe, director of supply chain, Denver Health, shares his method for measuring supply chain department success with quarterly support card surveys used to make improvements.
An update on current FDA and Congressional activity on independent service for reusable medical devices and the potential impact on your costs and level of service. Learn what you can do to get ready for potential changes that could affect your organization.
This article is from the March/April 2017 issue of the AHRMM member-only magazine, Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions. At St. Francis Hospital, HealthTrust advisors and the cardiovascular team implemented successful processes producing consistent door-to-balloon times of less than 35…