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AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper entitled CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration.

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

Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes and capitalization.

On-site supply storage is one of the core competencies of effective supply chain management, and adhering to standards and regulations is an ongoing practice. Whether products are stored in bins or in cardboard boxes, supply chain must ensure all employees follow guidelines for patient safety. In this webinar, a panel of veteran supply chain professionals discuss The Joint Commission Standards and the necessity for risk assessment.

A value analysis process to verify the achievement of the outcomes desired will result in making decisions based on the data, celebrating achievement of outcomes, and identify the need for further review when outcomes are not achieved.

Brent Petty, executive industry consultant, Healthcare Lexmark International, discusses what forces are currently affecting health care and the platform hospitals use for decision-making criteria.

AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.

Panelists in Part 4 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series focus on what providers should expect from their GPO partners. In a Part 5 bonus section, included only in the podcast version, we listen to the panelists answer questions of those who attended this session during the AHRMM16 Annual Conference.

AHRMM strives to provide the education, information, and resources necessary for its members to remain at the top of their field. Tune into this podcast episode and hear from two AHRMM members as they discuss the opportunities to actively participate with the Association, and how your involvement will benefit you and the supply chain community.

Although suppliers and providers may hesitate at a partnership approach, it is possible to collaborate on total cost of ownership. Learn from the diverse experiences of expert providers and suppliers in the field as they identify the variables that make a successful partnership, where pitfalls can happen, and steps to overcome challenges.

Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes, and capitalization.

A short introduction to the CMS Meaningful Use 3 Rule and how implementing UDI within the healthcare setting and moving toward the full GS1 will reduce costs and improve inventory management while providing accurate data reporting and complete patient EHR information. Ultimately, these changes will lead to knowledge-based decision making and improved quality of patient care.

Lean thinking continues to emerge and embed its ideas into our traditional ways of thinking about Value Analysis and Healthcare. In lean thinking, the thought is to ask “why” five times to get to the root cause of an issue.

AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.

Nexera has incorporated Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) throughout their own organ

Learn how to drive organizational and cultural improvements by utilizing cost, quality, and outcome data in the decision making process. This webinar explains how the use of trustworthy clinicians and industry partners in support role with physicians and decision makers leads to success.

This AHRMM webinar will help engage physicians to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes.

Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality, and quite a bit of uncontrolled variation exists in the medical device industry today. Using dis-intermediation, or a rep-less model, for medical device purchases helps reduce this variation. In this webinar, we review the current industry model for medical device sales and the opportunity for innovation in this space.

Learn about the strategies that have been successful at Dignity Health in developing a purchased services product line. In this webinar we explain how to develop a purchased services contracting product line, discuss the unique challenges in this area, and show you how to estimate the potential opportunity.

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.