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Now that the entire health care field is increasing its focus on value-based care, supply chain and physicians are working more closely together. Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors at HealthTrust discusses the top five areas that supply chain should consider when collaborating with physicians to reduce cost and clinical variations as they continue to improve outcomes. Presented by: Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors, HealthTrust Purchasing Group

In this three-part webcast and podcast series, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics of value analysis and value based purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. In part two, review the importance of value analysis and supply chain's involvement. Presented by: Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Cardiovascular Care Group

Learn about how the significant number of clinical alarms have a numbing effect on nursing staff, to the point that patient safety is in jeopardy.

Health care costs continue to rise at an alarming rate, growing well ahead of inflation. In this webinar, we compare and contrast the education and training practices for supply chain professionals in each sector, the use of Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR), and the use of actual usage data at the last leg of the supply chain as a means to enhance automated inventory control strategies.

Through its Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence (HPOE) strategic platform, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has studied the role of the hospital of the future. As the health care segment of the economy transforms from a volume-based to a value-based market, HPOE has worked to detail actionable strategies and core competencies for hospitals to pursue to make this transition.

Integrating Physician Leadership in Supply Chain Management

This webinar discusses the health care supply chain, its strengths and weaknesses. It reviews best practices around the industry, including what Intermountain Healthcare has done with building its own logistics/distribution functionality. It will also present the implications of the future of the industry with the changing horizon that comes with the Affordable Care Act, including preparing to serve non-acute operations.

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

Business continuity ensures that an organization can continue to operate in the event of a serious incident or disaster and encompasses strategic planning and preparation. In this webinar, a provider, a supplier, and a distributor discuss their roles and how they work together to develop and implement product continuity plans for a disaster or emergency.

Continuing from Part 1, this short session updates supply chain professionals on the design and timing of the new small bore tubing connectors making their way into hospitals. Supply chain professionals across the country must be aware and take the necessary steps to begin transitioning universal connectors to the new unique enteral, and then unique neuraxial small bore connectors. Presenter: Thomas Hancock, Executive Director, GEDSA

Take a close look at what can be done to improve speeches made in front of a large audience. In this webinar, we explain the construction of a talk, what information will your audience be most receptive to, and how should you get it across.

in this short video webcast, Mike Schiller, Senior Director, AHRMM and Dennis Othman, Senior Director, SMI discuss the four key pillars of knowledge and traits based on findings and feedback from various conference and work group meetings with supply chain leaders, individual interviews and literature research.

Now that the entire healthcare field is increasing its focus on value-based care, supply chain and physicians are working more closely together. Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors, HealthTrust discusses the top five areas that supply chain should consider when collaborating with physicians to reduce cost and clinical variations as they continue to improve outcomes. Presented by: Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors, HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Howard Mann, vice president, supply chain management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics of value analysis and value based purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. Part three discusses how accurate value analysis and product choice can affect value based purchasing outcomes.

The CMRP Examination Review Guide provides an overview of the content tested based on the exam curriculum outline, including:Procurement and Product Value AnalysisInventory and Distribution ManagementInformation Systems and Data ManagementFinanceStrategic Planning, Leadership and ComplianceThe CMRP Examination Review Guide is available in print and eBook formats.

Uncontrolled and unchanneled spend through purchase order requests, P-Card use, or petty cash pose a major problem. In this webinar, we show how to limit contractual authority for the procurement of goods, services, and capital within your organization through the development of a General Contract policy that controls and channels almost every purchase through the purchasing department.

The perioperative services administration at Massachusetts General created a rigorous and rapid approach to raising the level of cost awareness among its nursing, surgical technician, and surgical staff. In this webinar, the leadership team shares how they used data capture to assess supply use and how they changed the culture in their hospital to be more cost aware.

Supply chain leaders are being charged with mission-critical tasks that require C-suite level engagement and buy-in. In this webinar, we discuss how supply chain can gain and maintain regular access to the C-suite, leverage relationships with senior-level executives, along with how to create and communicate value at the executive level.

Lana Makhanik and Peter Fiorentino discuss discus why Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is breathing easier after they overhauled their inventory management system using Ultra high frequency (UHF) radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. Peter explains why they chose RFID, the success and benefits they have achieved, and lessons learned.Presenters: Peter Fiorentino, Materials Management Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lana Makhanik, COO, VUEMED, Inc.

We all question whether some health care supply chains outperform others, which competencies separate those supply chain professionals from the rest, if customers and financial markets appreciate the differences, and what business lessons are there for the health care industry.