Articles
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis, FAHRMM
Grady Health System's Transformation from Traditional Value Analysis to Value Based Product Selection
By Lora L. Johnson, FAHRMM, AHRMM
This case study provides a review of Grady Health System’s transformation from traditional Value Analysis Joint Product Review Team structure to Value Based Selection Committees which promote shared governance including system wide physicians and executives focusing on full integration of cost, quality, outcomes analysis to ensure selection of products offering the greatest overall value for cost reduction and improvement of outcomes.
Distribution, Financial Management, Shipping and Receiving, Logistics
KanBan for Inventory Management in the GI Lab
A review of inventory distribution methods utilized throughout health care including advantages, disadvantages, and considerations of best practice to assist with the selection of the correct method to be used in managing variable need supplies for a busy remote GI Lab.