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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.

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. 

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 

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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.