Articles
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Planning
Kaiser Permanente Improves Patient Care Experience While Saving $10M and Avoiding 4,522 Hospital Patient Days through Back Brace Program
By AHRMM
This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Planning
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Improves Quality and Efficiency of Lab Test Procedures for Lower Costs and Enhanced Patient Care Delivery
By AHRMM
This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Planning
Northwell Health Reduces C. difficile Rates by 41% Through Process and Product Standardization
By AHRMM
This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Planning
Ochsner Health System Reduces Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) by up to 82% Through Product and Process Standardization
By AHRMM
This is an executive summary of the case study published in the 2016 AHRMM CQO Report. Access to the full report is a member-only benefit. Not an AHRMM member? Join today.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Planning
CQO & The Triple Aim: Supply Chain's Strategic Connection Report
By AHRMM
As the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Triple Aim continues to be adopted by hospitals and health systems as a framework for implementing major improvements, AHRMM has established a clear and important connection between AHRMM’s Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement and the goals of the Triple Aim.
Analytics & Research, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Leadership
AHRMM16 CQO Summit White Paper
By AHRMM
In 2014, AHRMM hosted the first Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Summit to bring healthcare thought leaders together and discuss particular supply chain issues and concerns. The results of those conversations were used to develop the first task force and to shape the agenda for the second CQO Summit, held in 2015.
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Financial Management, FAHRMM
Leveraging Millennials and Technology to Weather the Perfect Storm
Increasing federal regulation compliance costs and declining reimbursements have compressed hospital profitability. This is leading hospitals to turn to Supply Chain to reduce direct costs for supplies, devices, drugs, and purchased services. Traditionally Supply Chain has aggressively pursued these cost reductions through price reduction tactics. These techniques, however, are yielding diminishing savings returns.
Analytics & Research, Value Analysis
MDIC Case for Quality Program - Product Quality Outcomes Analytics Working Group Report
By AHRMM
Introduction
Healthcare provider stakeholders, including physicians, clinicians and supply chain professionals utilize data to make procurement decisions for medical devices to ensure and improve patient access to high quality devices. The integrity of these decisions depends upon the accuracy and completeness of the underlying data. There are three (3) significant challenges to accurate and complete data on medical device quality: