Articles
Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
Announcement of GUDID Release 2.2 Deployment and Document Updates
By AHRMM
An announcement of GUDID Release 2.2 deployment and document updates.
Leadership
Leading through Culture Change: Establishing New Values, Assumptions, and Norms Webcast
By AHRMM
In this short webcast, Chris Wiekert, senior product manager at Infor, will take you through the steps he used to lead his department in a culture change from one with poor service levels, inefficient manual processes, and a general dissatisfaction towards the overall department, into a customer-focused, highly valued service to the organization.
Analytics & Research, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning
Linking Data Leads to Cost-Effective Supply Chain Decisions in Population Health Management
By AHRMM
Healthcare delivery systems in the U.S. have traditionally targeted health intervention strategies at individuals rather than populations. However, the transition to value-based care necessitates that healthcare providers develop population health management strategies to improve disease management. This article outlines the ways in which population health management can benefit both the healthcare system and the health of the communities it serves.
By: Michelle Kurta, Mary Beth Lang, Benjamin Collier, and Scott Mullins
Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Leadership
Collaboration and Data are Key Drivers for New Ways to Recover Costs and Reduce Spend for Hospitals
By AHRMM
Real-time supply chain costs serve as an indicator of how efficiently resources are being used by different parts of the organization. Armed with this information, healthcare providers are beginning to predict what their supply needs are instead of being reactive, which most of the time results in excess purchasing that inflates costs across the board.
By: Murray Walden
Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Leadership
Supply Chain's Expanding Role in the Social (Determinants) World
By AHRMM
Over the years, the concept of the Triple Aim has taken hold, with well over 100 participating organizations, including the AHA, among its champions. But along the way, there remains confusion about exactly what is meant by the health of populations. Clearing up this issue also provides important insights into the expanding relevance of the CQO movement and the supply chain profession in the broader healthcare landscape.
Data Standards, Financial Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
UDI and MU3: What Data Goes in the Item Master?
By AHRMM
Susan Morris, CMRP, FAHRMM, health care executive, Cerner Corporation, explains the different parts of the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) and which part should go into the Item Master.
This webcast walks through the three FDA-accredited issuing agencies that assign UDIs and explains what information is in the different barcodes and how to read them both electronically and by human sight.
Products and Services Contracting, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
Introduction: Shared Risk Contracting: Provider and Supplier Perspectives
By AHRMM
Get introduced to risk sharing in health care and learn how providers and suppliers can work together to generate financial, operational and clinical value by watching this AHRMM Webcast featuring Michael Neely.
Analytics & Research, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Value Analysis
Understanding CQO through Data Visualization
By AHRMM
Data visualization can help translate dashboards, benchmarking and metrics lines, and lines of supply chain data into actionable insight. Visualizing CQO with data allows the supply chain leader to make the complex simple, the abstract tangible.
Darcy Aafedt discusses how to understand your data and audience, write the story you need to tell and share how to best visualize that story.
Financial Management, Logistics
Perpetual vs. PAR Inventory - Webcast
By AHRMM
Stewart Layhe, supply chain program manager at Denver Health, compares the benefits and downsides of perpetual and periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) system inventory methods.