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Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis Series Part 3

In this three-part webcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part three discusses how accurate value analysis and product choice can affect VBP outcomes.

Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Performance Metrics

Benchmarking Metrics That Make Sense

Every organization has a variety of internal and external benchmarks at their disposal. Metrics need to be practical for each individual provider, and the supply chain must choose its measurements and comparisons carefully. In this webinar, we discuss meaningful benchmarking and explore several scenarios, useful metrics, and variation considerations to help make appropriate decisions that can improve supply chain performance.

Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Financial Management, Reimbursement, Suppliers, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology

Help! I Can’t Find My OR Supplies!

Tracking surgical supplies is a challenge. Average returns for picked supplies is low, O.R. in-and-out traffic to retrieve items is high, and significant staff hours are spent checking consumption, restocking, and locating supplies. UTMC and DeRoyal have developed a "smart" radio frequency identification trash bin that tracks inventory used during a case, charges for that inventory, and shows where items are located in the room in real time.

Cost Management, Lean/Six Sigma, Suppliers, Logistics

Lean Six Sigma Process for Inventory Management

At Hershey Penn State Medical Center, the supply chain and ED nursing team came together in a Kaizen process to reinvent the way supplies were being managed in the ED. As a result of their efforts, a new business process and system was implemented, which increased nursing satisfaction from 10% to 90%, reduced costs and stock-outs, and created a continual improvement process that supports the team’s ongoing needs.

Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Procurement

Tubing Misconnections: An Update on the Latest on ISO Standards and EnFit Development– Part 2

Continuing from Part 1, this short session updates supply chain professionals on the design and timing of the new small bore tubing connectors making their way into hospitals. Supply chain professionals across the country must be aware and take the necessary steps to begin transitioning universal connectors to the new unique enteral, and then unique neuraxial small bore connectors.

Presenter: Thomas Hancock, Executive Director, GEDSA