Articles
Technology, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Unique Device Identifier (UDI)
UDI Value in Recall Management
Karen Conway, Vice President, Healthcare Value at GHX and Mike Schiller, Senior Director of Supply Chain at AHRMM discuss the value of UDI beyond regulations highlighting recall management and how manufacturers can help.
Also available as a podcast.
Leadership, Analytics & Research, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Change Management
Engaging Clinical Leadership in Supply Chain
Dr. Cherf, Chief Medical Officer at Lumere, and Dr. Suk, Chief Physician Officer at Geisinger System Services, share eight steps to engage physician leaders in your supply chain.
Change Management, Leadership, Suppliers, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Sourcing
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration: Part 4
AHRMM presents a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers. In part four, Brent Petty, executive industry consultant at Lexmark International, discusses supply chain leaders’ top concerns and how suppliers can be a helpful partner.
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration series
Clinical Integration
6 Ways to Excel at Building Clinical Relationships
Much of health care supply chain is now working to connect with clinicians to reduce of unnecessary variations and waste to achieve CQO and the Triple Aim. When working to build a relationship with clinicians, your success factor will improve when you come to the conversation with an understanding of their personalities and needs. Below are six areas to consider before you engage them.
Clinical Integration
4 Things Physician Champions Can do to Ensure Clinical Integration Success
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.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
The Healthcare Supply Chain: Best Practices for Operating at the Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Outcomes
This book was written to enhance the strategic contributions of the healthcare supply chain in a way that is most meaningful to hospitals’ and health-systems’ value-based goals.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper | CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration
AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper entitled CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration.
Leadership
AHRMM and ISM—Shaping the Health Care Field through the Hospital Report on Business
This webinar gives a brief overview of the ISM Report On Business, one of the most reliable near-term economic barometers available, and explains why government agencies, economists, and business leaders follow it closely. Learn about the development of the hospital specific report (the Hospital Report On Business), why it is important, and how you can be involved.
Developing a Clinically Integrated Supply Chain
Dr. Michael Schlosser discusses the reasons for, and resources needed to create a clinically integrated supply chain that utilizes evidence-based data to make procurement decisions that can improve patient outcomes.
Change Management, Data Standards, Procure to Pay, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology
GS1 Standards at a Hospital—A Roadmap for Implementation
In order to become data-driven organizations, healthcare providers need to leverage data standards and information technology. In the past, lack of standards across healthcare has been a major roadblock. However, numerous governmental and industry initiatives pursuing the adoption and implementation of supply chain standards across health IT systems are giving providers the opportunity to do just that. Standards lay the foundation for supply chain operations to leverage information technology to help transform healthcare providers into data-driven organizations.