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Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Value Analysis
Value Analysis 201: Clinical Criteria of Products and Equipment
For product and equipment selection to meet the need for the best value for our patients, clinical criteria need to be determined during the initial phase of selection.
Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Career/Professional Development
Who's Keeping Score? Using CQO Scorecards for Service Line Success
Wellmont Health System in Tennessee has developed a scorecard to help supply chain executives convince even the toughest clinicians and hospital administrators to collaborate and drive down overall costs (while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety) by speaking their language: evidence. This webinar provides detail on how to use the DRG scorecard. An excel file of the scorecard is provided upon completion.
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning, AHRMM
CMS Bundled Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed ruling which introduces three new episode payment models for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts, and Surgical Hip/Femur Fracture Treatment. This webinar provides an overview of the proposed ruling and CJR changes and a discussion of how hospitals should be preparing for the go-live date of July 1, 2017.
Data Standards, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Leveraging Technology, Technology
Cyber Security: What You Need to Know
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Become aware of what you can do to prevent cyber security in your facility.
Financial Management, Shipping and Receiving, Distribution, Logistics
Essentials of Logistics Certificate
Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours
Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Introduction and the GPO Role – Part 1
Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare, leads a thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. Part 1 centers on the GPO’s role in helping member facilities support their CQO efforts.
Change Management, Products and Services Contracting, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning, Suppliers
Shared Risk Contracting: Provider and Supplier Perspectives
New risk sharing models align the economics of an agreement to product or service performance and outcomes. In this webinar, we discuss this relatively new concept in health care and how sharing responsibility can enhance both parties’ performance levels and improve patient outcomes through mutual investment.
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology
UDI: A How-To Guide for Implementation with Your Organization
This session explains the benefits of implementing the UDI such as immediate device status updates through collaboration with manufacturers and suppliers, increased patient care satisfaction, and how the data you collect can turn your analytics into strategic and critical business decisions. Learn the step by step process that FMOLHS used to implement UDI.
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
Value Analysis 201: Organizing Data to Analyze Product and Equipment Clinical Outcomes
A value analysis process to verify the achievement of the outcomes desired will result in making decisions based on the data, celebrating achievement of outcomes, and identify the need for further review when outcomes are not achieved.
Analytics & Research, Value Analysis
Who’s Keeping Score: Using CQO Scorecards
This webcast discusses the team work involved in product value analysis and decision making using data-driven scorecards outlining Cost, Quality, and Outcomes.
Presented by: Brent Petty, executive industry consultant, Lexmark International