Articles
Sustainability, Procurement
Sustainabilty and the Health Care Supply Chain
By AHRMM
Sustainability and procurement are terms that may often be at odds, but as keepers of the health and wellness of our patients and communities, we must lead the charge toward more sustainable practices.
By Laura Kowalczyk, vice president of supply chain & support services, UAB Medicine
Sustainability, Procurement
The Power of Procurement to Improve Population Health
By AHRMM
Value-based health care and population health are two of the most common terms used in health care today, and yet still confusing for many. Let’s explore each one and how they are elevating the role of the supply chain and the importance of sustainability.
By Karen Conway, vice president, healthcare value, GHX
Financial Management, Purchased Services, Sustainability, Procurement
Create a Win-Win with CPT Purchasing
By AHRMM
Custom Procedure Trays (CPTs) create efficiencies in hospital work flow and inventory management.
By Joseph A. Jackson, managing director, Strategic Healthcare Services LLC
Analytics & Research, Financial Management, Sustainability, Medical Device Technology
Discovering Health System Savings Opportunities in Data and Analytics
By AHRMM
Having a platform that allows for accurate data capture and analytics enables savings opportunities for health systems.
By Jack Simmons, NVP commercial services, Cardinal Health and Wavemark
Benchmarking, Change Management, Strategic Planning
Supply Chain Evaluation Tool
By AHRMM
This AHRMM tool has two practical supply chain evaluation templates featured in the Customer Service in Health Care Supply Chain: Certificate Course, released in January 2019.
About the Tool:
The tool has two sample evaluation templates to gather information on the performance of the supply chain department in a hospital or health system. The first evaluation template, Supply Chain Service Survey, should be completed by departments working with the supply chain in a hospital or health system.
Logistics
Practices for Effective Asset Disposition
By AHRMM
These webcast shares methodologies that can create secure, sustainable and cost-effective outcomes through disposing of your organization’s assets.
Presenter: Daniel Duersch, senior manager, program development at Intermountain Healthcare
Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology, Learning UDI Community
Multiple Device Identifier Work Group Report
By AHRMM
This downloadable report reviews the recommended practices related to the allocation of multiple unique device indicators (UDI-DI).
Strategic Sourcing, Sustainability, Leadership
The Science Behind Sustainable Products
By AHRMM
Annie Weisbrod, principal scientist at Procter and Gamble, discusses the science behind sustainable hygiene products in this free AHRMM webcast.
Change Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Leadership
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration: Part 1
By AHRMM
AHRMM presents a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers. In part one, Mike Schiller, director of supply chain at AHRMM, discusses AHRMM’s CQO Movement and IHI’s Triple Aim and how they are affecting the health care supply chain today. As primary care shifts its focus to prevention, suppliers need to partner with providers to provide best practices and tools for prevention and health promotion.
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration series
Change Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Leadership
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration: Part 2
By AHRMM
In part two of a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers, Mike Schiller, former director of supply chain at AHRMM, discusses relationship building, utilizing trust and transparency.
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration series