Articles
Learning UDI Community, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Medical Device Safety, Supply chain management, Regulatory Compliance, Patient Safety Risk, Medical Device Regulation
AHRMM LUC Comments to the FDA’s Communications About the Safety of Medical Devices
By AHRMM
The AHRMM LUC members submitted public comments and recommendations at the FDA's November 2020 meeting related to the need to include the UDI in the recall process. They highlighted the prototype recall database and electronic submission form, as well as survey data supporting its creation.
Support Services, Cost Management, Purchased Services, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers
Optimizing Purchased Services Post-COVID
By AHRMM
Consider how the four emerging themes on purchased services and their leading practices can deliver improved margins.
COVID-19: CDC, FDA and CMS Guidance, COVID-19: Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
COVID-19 Vaccines Resources
By AHRMM
Important updates for health care supply chain on the progress and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
AHRMM Annual Conference and Exhibition, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Supply chain management
AHRMM20+ Cost, Quality and Outcomes Summit White Paper: CQO: Building a More Resilient Health Care Supply Chain
By AHRMM
AHRMM20+ Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Summit white paper describes lessons learned by health care supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic, best practices to address supply shortages and other challenges, and steps health care leaders are now taking to strengthen supply chain resiliency moving forward.
Value Analysis, Business Analytics, Products and Services Contracting, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)
Strategic Sourcing in Purchased Services: Leading Practices for Centralizing Purchased Services Contracting and Implementing Savings
By AHRMM
Are you winning the battle against rising purchased services costs and surviving financially in a post-COVID environment?
Technology
Reduce your Margins with RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
By AHRMM
Robotic Process Automation or RPA is new to the health care field but can be solution to reduce margins at your hospital. Richard Mackey, Senior Vice President of IT at Intalere, explains what RPA is, how it can be utilized in health care, and how it is affordable for all hospitals.
Clinical Integration, Benchmarking, Products and Services Contracting, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Purchased Services
Clinician and Supply Chain Teams: Better Together
By AHRMM
Achieve cost savings through methods to increase clinical buy-in and adherence to supply chain decision. while maintaining a focus on clinical outcomes.
Analytics & Research, Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP), Cost Management, Reimbursement, Financial Management, Asset Management, Capital Equipment, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Benchmarking
CMRP Finance and Health Care Supply Chain Course
By AHRMM
Updated for 2020! Begin your studies of the Supply Chain Management and Finance relationship portion within the CMRP examination with a new interactive and engaging self-directed course.
Inventory Management, Cost Management, Distribution, Sustainability
Improving Supply Chain Reliability To Mitigate Demand Surges And Supply Shortages
By AHRMM
Health care supply chain leaders discuss methods to reduce the impact of demand surges and supply shortages due to unexpected events. A three-part plan to stabilize, adapt, and evolve to improve supply resilience will be shared, with a deep dive on various ways to increase trust, transparency and predictability in the supply chain.
Supply chain management, FAHRMM
The Transformative Power of Supply Chain Management as a Shared Service: Building a Partnership with Nutrition and Food Services
Tremendous value can be achieved by investing Supply Chain Management (SCM) resources into shared services where optimizing the supply chain is not normally a top priority. This paper will discuss an example where SCM partnered with the Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) department within a medical center.