Articles
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Performance Metrics
Big Foot's CQO
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, Benchmarking, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Performance Metrics
A New Hospital Economic Index: Join on the Ground Level
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.
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
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®
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 Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Performance Metrics
How Cost Per Case Can Be Used to Measure Clinical Variation
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.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
UDI: Value Beyond Compliance
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.
Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Technology
Announcement of GUDID Release 2.2 Deployment and Document Updates
An announcement of GUDID Release 2.2 deployment and document updates.
Leadership
Leading through Culture Change: Establishing New Values, Assumptions, and Norms
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.
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
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
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.