AHRMM

Analytics & Research, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Leadership

Organizing and Executing Supply Chain Costs through Clinical Variation and Reduction

Reducing variability in products, supplies, pharmaceuticals, and other cost drivers is key to achieving margins in Medicare payment. This webinar tails the process used by Vidant Health (an eight-hospital system with a 900-bed academic medical center) to engage physicians in standardization resulting in substantial savings. We cover the process from beginning to end, pitfalls, discovery, and outcomes.

Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Financial Management, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning

Product Disruptions Are Impacting My Business Continuity

Business continuity ensures that an organization can continue to operate in the event of a serious incident or disaster and encompasses strategic planning and preparation. In this webinar, a provider, a supplier, and a distributor discuss their roles and how they work together to develop and implement product continuity plans for a disaster or emergency.

Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning

Supply Chain: Owning the Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Outcomes

Price: Member: $49.00 | Non-Member: $99.00

Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 1 hour

Tubing Misconnections: A Preventable Error and Avoidable Fatality– Part 1

Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis Series Part 2: What is Value Analysis

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 two reviews the importance of Value Analysis and supply chain involvement.

Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Performance Metrics

Benchmarking Metrics That Make Sense

Every organization has a variety of internal and external benchmarks at their disposal. Metrics need to be practical for each individual provider, and the supply chain must choose its measurements and comparisons carefully. In this webinar, we discuss meaningful benchmarking and explore several scenarios, useful metrics, and variation considerations to help make appropriate decisions that can improve supply chain performance.

Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP), Career/Professional Development

CMRP Examination Review Guide

Products and Services Contracting, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Planning

Contract Negotiations & Implementation Strategies for Purchased Services within a Single Facility or IDN's

Contracting strategies, negotiation, and centralized contract management processes can generate significant savings in one of the largest areas of spend. A team of Hospital Executives shares the lessons learned, implementation experiences, and savings they brought their facilities, focusing on the non-traditional areas of spend.

Change Management, Strategic Planning

From First Curve to Second: Hospital and Care Systems of the Future

Through its Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence (HPOE) strategic platform, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has studied the role of the hospital of the future. As the health care segment of the economy transforms from a volume-based to a value-based market, HPOE has worked to detail actionable strategies and core competencies for hospitals to pursue to make this transition.

Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Procurement

Tubing Misconnections: An Update on the Latest on ISO Standards and EnFit Development– Part 2

Continuing from Part 1, this short session updates supply chain professionals on the design and timing of the new small bore tubing connectors making their way into hospitals. Supply chain professionals across the country must be aware and take the necessary steps to begin transitioning universal connectors to the new unique enteral, and then unique neuraxial small bore connectors.

Presenter: Thomas Hancock, Executive Director, GEDSA