Articles
Clinical Integration
6 Ways to Excel at Building Clinical Relationships
By AHRMM
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
By AHRMM
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
By AHRMM
This book was written to enhance the strategic contributions of the healthcare supply chain in a way that is most meaningful to hospitals’ and health-systems’ value-based goals.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper | CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration
By AHRMM
AHRMM19 CQO Summit White Paper entitled CQO: The Power of Clinical Integration.
Leadership
An Executive Decision: Understanding What Is Required to Reach the C-Suite
By AHRMM
AHRMM created this book for engaged and motivated supply chain leaders in the making. Within is information on where to begin and what to do while you're on the path to achieving your goal, how to take advantage of changes in the industry, as well as the skills you'll need to develop along the way. The purpose of this book is to help make the seemingly long journey to the C-Suite much less intimidating and ambiguous. And who better to give advice on earning an executive position than those who've already made the journey?
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Value Analysis
Engage to Achieve: CQO Outside of Supply Chain
By AHRMM
Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) is a type of analysis that can bridge organizational gaps to help improve coverage decisions for new products or procedures. Because a BIA can be adjusted to meet the goals of a particular population with particular needs, it can also improve the value and the quality of healthcare. This type of analysis can help Supply Chain leaders and their collaborative value analysis teams to make local adoption decisions in a timely manner.
Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Contracting Option Choices – Part 2
By AHRMM
In part 2 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series, the panel considers the multiple product categories and the process of choosing the most appropriate contracting option.
Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Procure to Pay, Leveraging Technology
Optimizing Your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Vendor Solutions and Training – Part 3
By AHRMM
In this three-part series, Lisa Tonkinson and Chris Wiekert discuss how the Revenue Cycle can impact your supply chain when embarking on a new software implementation or integration and what you need to know to plan ahead and optimize your technology effectively. Part three concentrates on vendor solutions and training.
Presented by: Lisa Tonkinson, Principle, Patient Craft and Chris Wiekert, Senior Product Manager, Infor
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Lean/Six Sigma, Strategic Planning
Reduction of Surgical Site Infections Using Lean: An Ochsner Health Case Study
By AHRMM
Nattie Leger, Director of Nursing Pursuit of Value, discusses how Ochsner significantly reduced their 2015 surgical site infections rate and a substantial cost avoidance using an interdisciplinary and methodical Lean approach.
Presented by: Nattie Leger, Director of Nursing Pursuit of Value, Ochsner Health System
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology, Technology
UDI: A Story of Implementation
By AHRMM
Hear one provider’s ongoing process of UDI implementation, from deciphering acronyms and educating interdepartmental staff, to working with vendors to redesign ERP software to meet FDA data capture and reporting regulations, all while creating procedures for others to follow.