Articles
Change Management, Leadership
Managing the C-Suite to Attain Supply Chain Goals
Supply chain leaders are being charged with mission-critical tasks that require C-suite level engagement and buy-in. In this webinar, we discuss how supply chain can gain and maintain regular access to the C-suite, leverage relationships with senior-level executives, along with how to create and communicate value at the executive level.
Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Leveraging Technology
Optimizing your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Implementing a New Technology – Part 1
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 one discusses the ins and outs of implementing new technology.
Presented by: Lisa Tonkinson, Principle, Patient Craft and Chris Wiekert, Senior Product Manager, Infor
Capital Equipment, Procure to Pay, Suppliers, Value Analysis
Reduce Costs through Strategic Collaboration with Suppliers
Although suppliers and providers may hesitate at a partnership approach, it is possible to collaborate on total cost of ownership. Learn from the diverse experiences of expert providers and suppliers in the field as they identify the variables that make a successful partnership, where pitfalls can happen, and steps to overcome challenges.
Career/Professional Development
Ten Lessons for Writing – Part 1
Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes, and capitalization.
Change Management, Leadership
The Top Ten Leadership Traits to Lead the Way
We all question whether some health care supply chains outperform others, which competencies separate those supply chain professionals from the rest, if customers and financial markets appreciate the differences, and what business lessons are there for the health care industry.
Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis
Value Analysis Best Practices: A Panel Discussion
A panel of three leading experts in the value analysis field candidly share information regarding the state of value analysis when they entered the field, their experiences during the evolution of value analysis to its current state in their respective organizations, and their thoughts on the future state of value analysis as well as lessons learned along the way.
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Benchmarking, Value Analysis
Decoding Supply Chain Analytics for Improved Cost, Quality, and Outcomes
As hospitals restructure to gain sustainability in an era of reform, it is crucial for supply chain leaders to work collaboratively within health systems and identify new opportunities for cost reduction in areas that generate savings and improve outcomes. This webinar focuses on key lessons and best practices using case studies from leading hospitals and health care systems that have successfully aligned their supply chain and strategic vision.
Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Compliance and Alignment – Part 3
Part 3 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series examines whether compliance can be achieved without alignment, and vice versa.
Capital Equipment, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Suppliers, Procurement
Master of Negotiations Certificate Course
Price: Member: $196.00 | Non-Member: $396.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 3 hours
Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Leveraging Technology
Optimizing Your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Integrating New Technology – Part 2
In this 3-part series, learn how the revenue cycle can impact your supply chain when embarking on a new software implementation or integration.