Articles
Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Distribution, Lean/Six Sigma, Logistics
Application of Lean/Six Sigma to Inventory Management
This session is a comprehensive approach to understanding Lean Management System concepts, processes, tools, and their application to improving inventory management in the health care supply chain.
Change Management, Career/Professional Development
Creating a Culture of Teamwork: Managing Up for Highly Reliable Team Players
The engagement and alignment of employees accelerates achievement of quality, safety, service and operational goals. These tasks are easily stated but challenging to execute. Discover what leaders must do to create true employee collaboration through "managing up".
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Procurement
Essentials of Negotiations Certificate

Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours
Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning
Supply Chain: Owning the Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Outcomes

Price: Member: $49.00 | Non-Member: $99.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 1 hour
Career/Professional Development, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Reimbursement, Physician Preference Items (PPI)
Understanding Physicians: Five Things Supply Chain Needs to Know
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
Cost Management, Reimbursement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis Series Part 1: What is Value Based Purchasing?
In this three-part podcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part one explains VBP and its effects on hospital reimbursement.
Change Management, Cost Management, Financial Management, Strategic Planning
Creating an Agile Supply Chain Through HRO Inventory Management
NYU Langone Health adopted High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles and developed a transformational approach in order to support clinical needs and drive quality patient outcomes. In this webinar, supply chain leaders discuss NYU Langone's supply chain transformation. Presenters cover HRO education and concept training, action-oriented committees and project specific development, as well as planning and implementation.
Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Procure to Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement
Essentials of Purchasing Certificate

Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours
Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Strategic Planning, Clinical Integration, Inventory Management
PPI Strategies for Success

Price: Member: $49.00 | Non-Member: $99.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 1 hour
Procure to Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning, Community Connections, Population/Community Health
Supply Chain’s Role in Social Responsibility, Community Health, and Sustainability
Social responsibility is an emerging area of importance for all health care supply chain professionals to understand and participate in. This webinar examines the evolving needs of communities, the historic role of hospitals as a community enterprise, and why hospitals and health systems are viewed by the public as an anchor of local life.