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The Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) is a consortium of healthcare supply chain executives united to re-engineer and advance the future of the healthcare supply chain. SMI has provided AHRMM with free supply chain industry resources. To access the resources, visit www.smisupplychain.com or click on the topic below. You will be prompted to register with SMI in order to access the free tools.

Supply chain must play an integral role in the care delivery process through cross-departmental partnerships that support evidence-based value analysis. Michael Louviere, System VP of Supply Chain at OHS shares his insights on what he calls a 'new adventureattempting to support best practices by collecting clinical evidence and synthesizing it to ensure that clinical practice is based on integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available relevant external clinical evidence from systematic research.

A sample of wholesale pharmacy distributor request for proposal. Sample RFP for Wholesale Pharmacy Distributor  

A sample of a general contractor RFP.

This white paper explores the realities facing healthcare delivery, some of the new models being developed and what they could mean for the supply chain.

An announcement of the Final Rule issued by the IRS.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) UDI system is being phased in over several years. The first sunrise date (certain Class III devices) occurred 09/24/14. Recognizing UDI implementation will take time, healthcare supply chain and risk management professionals should be aware of already-implemented changes in the FDA’s adverse event reporting methodology. One of the changes required immediately is the use of the UDI in adverse event reporting.

A sample of generic reference lab request for proposal.

How-to guide to managing IV disruptions. Download Tool

This page provides information about submitting data to the database for device Labelers, entities responsible for providing the data to the GUDID.

An overview of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program.

To provide administrative support to the TCH IDS contracts process.

Read examples of Green Light Projects illustrating how the performance improvement measures on the Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals website can help your organization achieve sustainable design and operations.

In the fall of 2014, the University of Houston conducted a national study on hospital supply chain. With the support and participation from the AHRMM community, the University of Houston collected data from 266 hospitals and at least 60 percent of the respondents have an official designation of supply chain director or higher. Thank you to those who participated in the study. Your contribution is invaluable in helping academic institutions, AHRMM, and collaborating organizations better understand supply chain perspectives and best practices.  

On November 21, 2013, AHRMM submitted electronically

Please see a sample of a Architect RFP below - you will find this short document covers all the basics, and you can tailor it to your needs.

Read how UPMC Health System is improving lives through redefined models of health care delivery, technological innovation and cutting-edge medical research.

In this page, AHRMM recommends these 3 proactive activities in the event of economic downturn.

A sample of request for proposal for contractors to provide uniformed healthcare security services.

Review Supply Chain Analyst job description and tasks.