Articles
Leadership
Cultivating Change through Collaboration
The robust supply chain department of today is clinically integrated. Now, clinicians and supply chain professionals are actively working together to execute key cost, quality, and outcomes initiatives.In this webinar, an elite group of expert clinicians and supply chain professionals share best practices on clinical integration in the health care supply chain.
Unique Device Identifier (UDI)
Unlocking the Benefits of UDI
In this short video, explore what UDI is, why you should capture UDI through barcode scanning, and how to unlock the many benefits of UDI.
Logistics, Shipping and Receiving
Intra-Company Logistics: The Backbone of Your Successful Supply Chain
Jake Crampton, chief executive officer, Medspeed discusses intra-company logistics, which is a relatively new concept that is all about leveraging your health system’s logistical framework so it supports your organization’s broader goals.
Clinical Integration, Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Analytics & Research
Evolve Your Supply Chain with Clinical Integration
Roy Henry, strategic analyst from University of Miami, explores how clinical integration can evolve your supply chain while discussing the value of clinical integration and how it can be measured.
Value Analysis, Analytics & Research, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
Evolving Supply Chain to Focus on Patient Outcomes
In today’s value based health care market, reimbursement is tied to patient outcomes. But the duty of improving patient outcomes does not solely reside with the clinical teams.
Supply chain has an important role to play in driving outcomes while being mindful of cost. Robin Czajka, vice president of cost management at Premier, describes three ways your organization can align your supply chain and clinical teams to drive toward improved patient outcomes.
Population/Community Health
Population Health: The Supply Chain Perspective
Karen Conway, vice president, healthcare value, GHX and Mike Schiller, AHRMM's Director of Supply Chair, discuss population health and the role of supply chain.
Leadership, Physician Preference Items (PPI)
Physician Perceptions & Alignment Models: Results from a Physician Survey
Dr. John Cherf, chief medical officer at Lumere, explores the findings from a physician survey regarding how physicians make decisions as it relates to costs, quality, and variations.
Leadership
Bridging the Gap in Health Care Supply Chain Leadership
Dave Reed, vice president, healthcare solutions, Cook Medical, discusses the generational gap in health care supply chain leadership as the field faces new challenges.
Leadership, Change Management
Basic Supply Chain Education for Nurses
Colleen Cusick, director of materials management at Johns Hopkins Health System, discusses how she created a basic supply chain education program for nurses in her health system.
Change Management
Five Steps of a Supply Chain Marketing Plan
John Barnes, supply chain director of systems and analytics at St. Luke’s Health System, discusses a five step marketing plan to drive supply chain change management.