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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.

AHRMM is building a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective.

AHRMM is building a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following leading practice was submitted by:

CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Lawrence Gossman, AVP, Supply Chain, Fran Sercer, MSN RN, Associate Director of Interventional Services, Anita Sears, Director of Supply Chain, Eskenazi Health

WORK GROUP TITLE:UDI Capture Work GroupCASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS:Sandi Michel, MPMP, ITIL, CLSSBB, Director of Supply Chain Systems and Quality, the Office of Data Standards & Interoperability for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS)CASE STUDY ORGANIZATION:

Organization Overview Centura Health connects individuals, families, and neighborhoods across Colorado and western Kansas with more than 6,000 physicians and 21,000 of the best hearts and minds in healthcare. Through its 17 hospitals, two senior living communities, health neighborhoods, physician practices/clinics, home care and hospice services, and Flight For Life® Colorado, Centura Health is making the region’s best healthcare accessible and affordable in every community it serves. Population Health Initiative

Organization Overview Intermountain Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with 22 hospitals, a broad range of clinics and services, about 1,400 employed primary care and secondary care physicians at more than 185 clinics in the Intermountain Medical Group, and health insurance plans from SelectHealth. Population Health Initiative

Organization Overview Founded in 1942 by five physicians, Ochsner Health System is one of the largest independent academic health systems in the United States and Louisiana’s largest not-for-profit health system, with 29 hospitals owned, managed, and affiliated, more than 60 health centers, more than 17,000 employees, over 2,500 affiliated physicians in more than 90 medical specialties, and subspecialties. Population Health Initiative

Organization Overview

Organization Overview Founded in 1942 by five physicians, Ochsner Health System is one of the largest independent academic health systems in the United States and Louisiana’s largest not-for-profit health system, with 29 hospitals owned, managed, and affiliated, more than 60 health centers, more than 17,000 employees, over 2,500 affiliated physicians in more than 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. Population Health Initiative

Organization Overview

A UDI Capture Work Group Case Study at the Baptist Health.

WORK GROUP TITLE: UDI Capture Work Group CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Wendy Watson, OR Supply Chain Manager at University Health Network CASE STUDY ORGANIZATION: University Health Network (UHN) serves the residents of Toronto, Ontario, Canada’s largest city, and the surrounding communities. UHN is comprised of 10 program areas spread across four hospitals and eight sites. It has $2B in revenues, 1,200 patient beds and its surgeons perform 24,000 surgical procedures each year.

WORK GROUP TITLE: UDI Capture Work Group CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Becky Ashin, Vice President, Advanced Orthopaedic Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center Beth Kaylor, RN Clinical Director, Innovation, DeRoyal Industries CASE STUDY ORGANIZATION:

WORK GROUP TITLE: UDI Capture Work Group CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS: James Phillips, Consulting Manager, DSI, the Office of Data Standards and Interoperability, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) CASE STUDY ORGANIZATION:

A UDI Capture Work Group Case Study at the Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, Inc.

WORK GROUP TITLE: UDI Capture Work Group CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Jim Booker, Manager of Master Data Management, Supply Chain, Stanford Health Care CASE STUDY ORGANIZATION:

This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.

This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.

This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.