Articles
Career/Professional Development, Change Management, Logistics, Planning, Design, and Construction, Strategic Planning, Leadership
Developing a Master of Health Administration with a Concentration in Medical Logistics
A detailed example of a new Master of Health Administration (MHA) program with a medical logistics concentration.
FAHRMM, Data, Analytics & Research, Inventory Management, Distribution, Technology, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Cost Management, Change Management
Using Business Analytics to Drive Efficiencies – A Rural Hospital’s Approach
Healthcare expenses continue to rise and yet hospitals are realizing consistently shrinking margins. Healthcare supply costs are typically the second largest expense to a hospital and must be managed in a manner that ensures providers have access to quality products but also with an emphasis on cost awareness and expense reduction strategies. Healthcare supply chains must leverage their data in order to make better business decisions to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies through the use of business analytics.
Supply chain management, FAHRMM
The Transformative Power of Supply Chain Management as a Shared Service: Building a Partnership with Nutrition and Food Services
Tremendous value can be achieved by investing Supply Chain Management (SCM) resources into shared services where optimizing the supply chain is not normally a top priority. This paper will discuss an example where SCM partnered with the Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) department within a medical center.