AHRMM

Financial Management, Strategic Sourcing, Distribution, Lean/Six Sigma, Suppliers, Logistics

Self Distribution Model in Health Care: A Case Study

The Intermountain Healthcare Supply Chain Organization has embarked on strategy to drive costs out of the healthcare supply chain. As a part of that strategy, a consolidated distribution center was built for distribution of medical-surgical supplies, pharmacy products, and other ancillary services. The webinar focuses on the key lessons learned on the journey to self-distribution.

Data Standards, Financial Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Procurement

Medical Products of Human Origin, UDI and ICCBBA: Supply Chain’s Role

Supply chain is in the unique position, working with so many different disciplines within the hospital, that it is natural that they initiate conversations on the proper management of these products.

Presented by: Karen Conway, Executive Director, Industry Relations, GHX and Mike Schiller, Senior Supply Chain Director, AHRMM

Change Management, Financial Management, Strategic Sourcing, Sustainability, Support Services

Revenue Cycle Basics: Challenges with Charge Capture 101 – Part 4

Part 4: Challenges with Charge Capture 101

This series of short education sessions documents various aspects of the Revenue Cycle and how it impacts Supply Chain. The series details how disconnects between the charge master and item master can negatively affect charge services and revenue capture.

Techniques on how to support and maintain best practices and revenue optimization are outlined through the successful demonstration of standardization and synchronization in supply chain and revenue cycle practices.

Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, Leadership

Supplier Diversity: A Strategic Value Proposition

This webinar explains how supplier diversity can be a valuable investment toward sustainability. Presenters define supplier diversity and the associated specific designations and discuss the evolution of supplier diversity. Get a glimpse into how to build a business case for supplier diversity including the scope and benefits (CQO and Sustainability) for the supplier and purchaser, as well as the importance of executive support.

Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Leveraging Technology, Technology

UDI 101: Just the Facts

As UDI capture and exchange becomes more prevalent across the healthcare ecosystem and as implantable device information is linked to patient outcomes there are a number of expected benefits to look at. Find out how UDI will improve patients safety and supply chain purchasing for years to come.

Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis Series Part 3

In this three-part webcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part three discusses how accurate value analysis and product choice can affect VBP outcomes.

Products and Services Contracting, Procure to Pay, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement

A Question of Ownership Aligning Processes Between Accounts Payable and Supply Chain

In many organizations, the relationship between supply chain and accounts payable is strained due to lack of clarity and ownership. This webinar discusses ways to form a collaborative, streamlined, and process-driven approach to reconciling purchase order errors, facilitating purchase order matching, and creating positive outcomes for departments and vendors.

Change Management, Career/Professional Development

Creating a Culture of Teamwork: Managing Up for Highly Reliable Team Players

The engagement and alignment of employees accelerates achievement of quality, safety, service and operational goals. These tasks are easily stated but challenging to execute. Discover what leaders must do to create true employee collaboration through "managing up".

Value Analysis, Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Physician Preference Items (PPI), Strategic Sourcing, Analytics & Research

From Invisibility to Transparency: Cultivating OR Cost Awareness

The perioperative services administration at Massachusetts General created a rigorous and rapid approach to raising the level of cost awareness among its nursing, surgical technician, and surgical staff. In this webinar, the leadership team shares how they used data capture to assess supply use and how they changed the culture in their hospital to be more cost aware.

Data Standards, Inventory Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Procurement

Medical Products of Human Origin, UDI and ICCBBA: Supply Chain’s Role

AHRMM Podcast on how supply chain should be interdepartmentally conversing to determine the handling of human-origin medical products and their UDIs.