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Change Management, Leadership, Suppliers, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Sourcing

The Secrets of Successful Collaboration: Part 4

AHRMM presents a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers. In part four, Brent Petty, executive industry consultant at Lexmark International, discusses supply chain leaders’ top concerns and how suppliers can be a helpful partner.

The Secrets of Successful Collaboration series

Clinical Integration

6 Ways to Excel at Building Clinical Relationships

Much of health care supply chain is now working to connect with clinicians to reduce of unnecessary variations and waste to achieve CQO and the Triple Aim. When working to build a relationship with clinicians, your success factor will improve when you come to the conversation with an understanding of their personalities and needs. Below are six areas to consider before you engage them.

Clinical Integration

4 Things Physician Champions Can do to Ensure Clinical Integration Success

Clinical integration starts with physician champions. Supply chain executives can’t be experts in all areas, and successful clinical discussions tend to occur when physician leaders are the ones initiating those meetings with their physician peers. The physician leader should be able to challenge their colleagues to answer the question, “how does this really benefit the patient?” and “does it benefit beyond just improving a process? In addition, as part of the contract negotiations team, a physician can push back on the supplier to ask clinical questions about the product or device.

Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

The Healthcare Supply Chain: Best Practices for Operating at the Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Outcomes

Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper | CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration

AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper entitled CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration.

Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Benchmarking, Value Analysis

Decoding Supply Chain Analytics for Improved Cost, Quality, and Outcomes

As hospitals restructure to gain sustainability in an era of reform, it is crucial for supply chain leaders to work collaboratively within health systems and identify new opportunities for cost reduction in areas that generate savings and improve outcomes. This webinar focuses on key lessons and best practices using case studies from leading hospitals and health care systems that have successfully aligned their supply chain and strategic vision.

Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning

GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Compliance and Alignment – Part 3

Part 3 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series examines whether compliance can be achieved without alignment, and vice versa.

Capital Equipment, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Suppliers, Procurement

Master of Negotiations Certificate Course

Price: Member: $196.00 | Non-Member: $396.00

Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 3 hours

Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Leveraging Technology

Optimizing Your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Integrating New Technology – Part 2

In this 3-part series, learn how the revenue cycle can impact your supply chain when embarking on a new software implementation or integration.

Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Physician Preference Items (PPI), Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Planning

Reduce Costs with Rep-less Model Strategic Purchasing

Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality, and quite a bit of uncontrolled variation exists in the medical device industry today. Using dis-intermediation, or a rep-less model, for medical device purchases helps reduce this variation. In this webinar, we review the current industry model for medical device sales and the opportunity for innovation in this space.