Articles
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Financial Management, FAHRMM
Leveraging Millennials and Technology to Weather the Perfect Storm
Increasing federal regulation compliance costs and declining reimbursements have compressed hospital profitability. This is leading hospitals to turn to Supply Chain to reduce direct costs for supplies, devices, drugs, and purchased services. Traditionally Supply Chain has aggressively pursued these cost reductions through price reduction tactics. These techniques, however, are yielding diminishing savings returns.
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Lean/Six Sigma, Value Analysis, FAHRMM
Painful Product Conversions
By Susan A. Wills, FAHRMM, AHRMM
This paper describes the development of a multidisciplinary and innovative product conversion process at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts, when the existing process for changing products was dysfunctional.
Distribution, Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Logistics, FAHRMM
Comparison of Ways to Replenish Storage Areas
This paper explores nine different methods of replenishing a hospital storage area and compares and contrasts the steps nursing must progress through to retrieve the supplies they need for their patients.
Benchmarking, Cost Management, Financial Management, Suppliers, Procurement
Transforming Healthcare Supply Chains into Healthcare Value Chains
By CMRP, Dale L. Locklair, FAHRMM
Dale L. Locklair, FAHRMM, CMRP
Vice President of Procurement and Construction
McLeod Health
Florence, SC