Articles
Cost Management, Distribution, Financial Management, Procure to Pay, Logistics
Par Optimization – It’s Time to Review, Revise, and Redesign the PAR
By AHRMM
In this AHRMM webcast, Karen Morlan, administrative director of supply chain operations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), explains the process of PAR optimization to reduce supply chain and nursing staff time, how to maximize the value of a purchase order, and effective strategies to eliminate the need to stock pile. This webcast is also available as an AHRMM podcast.
Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
Business Case for the UDI Presentation
By AHRMM
With significant pressures on hospitals and healthcare systems, it is incumbent upon those who recognize the benefits of UDI to build the business case for UDI adoption in the healthcare delivery environment. As the one discipline that works with operational, clinical, financial and technical leaders, supply chain professionals can help build the business case that documents value for multiple stakeholders.
Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
Business Case for the UDI Work Group Report
By AHRMM
Overview:
The Business Case for the UDI work group, a formal work group of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management’s (AHRMM) Learning UDI Community (LUC) is comprised of more than 75 members representing the association, manufacturing/supplier, hospital, regulatory, consulting, group purchasing organizations (GPOs), and solution provider communities. Within this group are five sub groups that are addressing one of five process flows that could potentially change following healthcare organizations’ adoption of the UDI.
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Performance Metrics
How Cost Per Case Can Be Used to Measure Clinical Variation
By AHRMM
Cost per case is a valuable measure because it captures multiple data points. As reports are developed and used, CPC can prove a powerful tool for finding cost reduction and process improvement opportunities—and that can impact your hospital’s bottom line.
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Performance Metrics
Big Foot's CQO
By AHRMM
The CQO movement is the health care supply chain’s fitness tracker. It engages supply chain with leaders across the healthcare environment to apply a new approach. To start with your own CQO KPI, look for your Bigfoot within your organization to identify top priorities. After looking at those top priorities, apply the CQO perspective.
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Performance Metrics
Viewing CQO KPIs Through a Clinical Lens Leads to Organizational Success
By AHRMM
Successful CQO initiatives must start with data that is reliable and accurate, but it takes physician leadership to make sure it is also meaningful. With the complex array of data sources available today, special skillsets are needed to drive a clinically oriented data strategy and build an architecture of analytics that can be drilled down to physician level and individual cost drivers.
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning
Introducing a New Resource for Healthcare Supply Chain Professionals: The ISM® Hospital Report On Business®
By AHRMM
The ISM® Hospital Report On Business® is the first ISM® report to focus on the healthcare sector. It is being established in partnership with AHRMM, and with the assistance of the Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI).
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Performance Metrics
Webcast: A New Hospital Economic Index: Join on the Ground Level
By AHRMM
This short webcast will give you a brief overview of the current ISM® Report On Business, share details surrounding the development of the new ISM® Hospital Report on Business—the hospital-specific report—why it is important, and how you can be involved.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
UDI: Value Beyond Compliance
By AHRMM
In this AHRMM webcast, Karen Conway, executive director of industry relations and value at GHX discusses her research with the FDA on the value of UDI adoption in health care organizations.
AHRMM’s Mike Schiller, senior director of supply chain, joins the conversation by describing the actions AHRMM is taking with the Learning UDI Community (LUC) to identify adoption practices and move beyond compliance.