Articles
Products and Services Contracting, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Suppliers, Procurement
Discussing Vendor Consolidation with Physicians
By AHRMM
Having conversations with clinicians can be difficult, Howard Mann, a 30 year supply chain professional, discusses how to prepare for physician conversations regarding vendor consolidations to reduce the number of suppliers for product or product categories.
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Strategic Planning
Why is Clinical Integration Important?
By AHRMM
Teresa Dail, chief supply chain officer, VUMC and 2018 AHRMM board chair, shares AHRMM’s definition of clinical integration and why a clinically integrated supply chain is important to her and her colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Career/Professional Development, Strategic Planning
Are You Ready to Imagine Your Future
By AHRMM
Though life-saving breakthroughs are occurring daily, the way health care is delivered continues to be more like a race between the hare and the tortoise.
By Bob Taylor, senior vice president, supply chain, RWJBarnabas Health
Strategic Planning
The Future is Coming
By AHRMM
Changes in population health, the advent of disruptive technologies and consumerism are forcing changes in the way the entire health care continuum is defined, including the supply chain.
By: Andria J. Davis
Strategic Planning
Health Care Innovation Today Encompasses Both Products and Processes
By AHRMM
Innovation in health care goes far beyond products and services. It encompasses the way patients perceive their health care experience.
By Dave Reed, vice president, healthcare solutions, Cook Medical
Strategic Planning
Supply Chain's Changing Role in the Expanding Care Continuum
By AHRMM
As health care organizations look for ways to meaningfully impact cost, quality and outcomes, they are expanding the care delivery continuum and increasingly transitioning services out of the hospital and into non-acute settings. Today, 95 percent of patient visits take place in non-acute care facilities, from the physician’s office to patients’ homes. This volume is likely to grow as health systems turn to new models designed to impact the health of target patient populations.
Suppliers, Career/Professional Development, Strategic Planning
Supplier Relationship Management Drives Greater Value
By AHRMM
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) redefines business expectations and brings a dynamic and strategic approach to the supply chain.
By Ed Hardin Jr.
Analytics & Research, Pharmacy, Strategic Planning
Supply Chain and Pharmacy Partnerships
By AHRMM
This short webcast reviews the strengths of pharmacy and supply chain to explore how they can partner to improve patient safety, patient health, and organizational finances.
Presenter: Stewart Layhe, supply chain project manager, Denver Health
Leadership, Career/Professional Development
Professional Strengths Finder Grid Template
By AHRMM
Free professional strengths finder grid template. This tool is mentioned in the AHRMM webcast, Taking Your Great Team to New Performance Levels.
Leadership
Taking Your Great Team to New Performance Levels
By AHRMM
Nicole Mazzei-Williams, region director, TRIOSE, discusses working at the most optimum level when your individual strengths are used. She also provides tips for supply chain leaders and managers on how to coach employees who may be under stress to get back to their strengths.