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Keynote Session Summary Dr. Paul Keckley recommended focusing attention on the next three-to-five-year period to prepare for what he believes are fundamental shifts coming to the U.S. health care system over the next decade. Dr. Keckley asked, “What could a new health system look like if the 1,200 non-urban, rural, or sole community providers were no longer providing an in-patient product? What would happen if the system focused more attention on self-care in the home?

Hospitals continue to face challenges with their supply chains and are spending more time than ever trying to manage those supply chains. Hospitals, however, can mitigate these challenges by adopting proven solutions. Read this article to discover four solutions that hospitals can use to build not only a better supply chain but a more resilient one.

Effectively managing a hospital’s inventory has always been important. However, it has become even more important over the past several years. Read this article to learn the most pressing challenges hospitals face in managing their inventory then discover how hospitals are working to solve them.

Learn how Rush University Medical Center took an innovative approach to cost reduction and achieved a 21% reduction in the hospital’s shoulder replacement spend, delivering $800,000 in savings in less than one year.

This white paper explores the importance of balancing health care supply sourcing through both domestic and international suppliers, the benefits and challenges of building new, domestic health care supply chains, and why community sourcing and warehousing can benefit hospitals, their staff and communities, and the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Read this article and discover three issues hospitals are focusing on to overcome supply chain challenges in 2023.

AHRMM AHA releases 2023 Environmental Scan  The AHA Environmental Scan provides key data and insights on the current health care landscape and can help organizations explore the pandemic’s ramifications on the health care field for the upcoming year and beyond. Topics include: •    The state of hospital and health system financial stability; •    Workforce shortages, resiliency, and technology solutions; •    The behavioral health crisis and the use of telehealth; and

In this two-part webinar, professors from top supply chain management degree programs share perspectives on the current landscape, trends and future expectations of the global supply chain and its impacts on the health care supply chain.

Read a sponsored blog from Owens & Minor to learn how strategic partnerships can help hospitals lower costs, improve supply chain resilience, and improve operational efficiency.

Explore common indirect spend risk considerations and prepare to take steps to introduce resiliency within indirect spend categories.

An introduction to environmental sustainability walking learners through strategizing on simple projects while outlining commitment to sustainability, and moving on to larger, multi-layered strategies highlighting long-term investment in global health.

Read a sponsored blog from Owens & Minor to learn how strategic partnerships can help hospitals lower costs, improve supply chain resilience, and improve operational efficiency.

Read a sponsored blog from Owens & Minor to learn how staff can spend less time on manual tasks and more time on patient care.

A detailed example of a new Master of Health Administration (MHA) program with a medical logistics concentration.

These past two years have taken a toll on the health care supply chain field, stretching resources, and demanding fast, innovative thinking to ensure that America’s health care systems had the supplies needed for patient care. Today, as we take small, careful steps to recovery and adjustment, many of us are looking to concrete data to inform best practices and to gain insight on how we might better prepare our organizations, as well as ourselves, for the future.

Supply chain teams across the U.S. continue to face supply shortages. One of the lessons learned during COVID-19 was the need to diversify and shorten the end-to-end supply chain.

Learn how Baptist Health forged its traditional AP cost center into a cost savings driver.

During this webinar you will take a look at the drivers of burnout and share organizational steps for addressing well-being in your organization.

Join manufacturers, distributors and providers as we consider what demand planning looks like in an uncertain world.