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A panel of provider thought leaders as discusses the ISO 80369-3 (ENFit) small bore connector conversion successes, lessons learned and implementation processes.
Tariq Kahn, Materials Manager, Peri-operative Services, Montefiore Medical Center, discusses his “ah ha” moment of “I need your help”. In these three short podcasts Tariq considers how educating staff about the importance of each key player’s role improves their understanding of the final goal and helps projects to be accomplished with efficiency and success.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to report shortages of GE Healthcare’s Omnipaque™ (iohexol) and iodixanol intravenous contrast media products for computed tomography imaging. In an April 19, 2022, letter to customers, GE Healthcare said it was rationing orders for its iohexol products after a COVID-19 lockdown temporarily shut down its production facility for iodinated contrast media in Shanghai, China.
Matt Burns, Director eCommerce Solutions at Premier discusses the $200B explosion of health care supply chain e-commerce usage during the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and the variety of ways organizations are using it to increase revenue and improve transparency and operations management.      
Consider the historical path of the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) currently hovering at its real-time usage and the resulting in cost savings and patient safety improvements. Dick Perrin of AHRMM’s Learning UDI Community (LUC) discusses the atomization and use of the same UDI across the continuum allowing for quick identification of recalled products and the patients they may have affected, as well as the potential update of the device or modification of care instructions. Speaker: Dick Perrin, CEO, Active Innovations
Listen as Dennis Orthman of Access Strategy Partners explains how innovation is hindered by the barriers of competition and how to actively seek it. This webcast is also available as a podcast.
Listen as Dennis Orthman of Access Strategy Partners explains how innovation is hindered by the barriers of competition and how to actively seek it.   This podcast is also available as a webcast.
Listen as Vicky Lyle, Vice President, Industry Association, Owens & Minor, discusses reducing recall communication difficulties through UDI use and standards development.   This podcast is also available as a webcast.      
Listen as Susan Morris, Director, Supply Chain, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, emphasizes the benefits of a strong relationship between clinical staff and supply chain in a hospital or health system. This podcast is also available as a webcast here.
The AHRMM LUC members submitted comments and recommendations to the FDA's Draft Guidance for Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices. They recommend that information related to all Class I Medical Devices be included in the GUDID without exception.
Writing a strong conference abstract can be challenging. You need to be relevant, compelling and concise in your description and ensure the learning outcomes are descriptive in a few words. Learn the submission requirements for the AHRMM22 Call for Presentations and best practices for writing an abstract by viewing the Tips for Writing an Effective Abstract webinar recording, where you will hear directly from the Annual Conference Education Committee members on what they look for in an abstract.
The CQO Leadership Summit provides a forum for stakeholders representing various aspects of the health care supply chain to meet and discuss complex and challenging issues impacting health care delivery and address supply chain’s role in meeting those challenges.
In this case study, learn how Kaleida Health drove system-wide clinical-supply integration using three key strategies to build a clinically integrated supply chain.
BJ McCluskey, Director of Resource Optimization at McLeod Health, discusses how supply chain and surgical teams at McLeod Health improved data points to generate meaningful, relevant and actionable information through collaboration with all stakeholders including Finance and other departments. This podcast is also available as a webcast. Watch Webcast  
Vicky Lyle, Vice President, Industry Association at Owens & Minor, discusses how to ensure clinicians have the right patient care products by connecting them with supply chain to decrease risk and improve documentation work flow. This podcast is also available as a webcast. Watch Webcast  
Explore opportunities for improving the procure-to-pay cycle to generate better outcomes for both health care organizations and their supplier partners.
Hear from Myla Maloney, Vice President, Strategy and Commercial Operations at Premier as she teaches the four value-based contracting methods suppliers can use with provider partners such as evidence-based care, product guarantees, risk share by product and risk share by alternative payment model.   This podcast is also available as a webcast here.      
Improve clinical and financial outcomes for hip fracture care using a standardized, collaborative service line approach.