AHRMM

Financial Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Inventory Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI)

The Impact of Supply Chain Processes on O.R. Time, Efficiency, & Overall Cost

Resiliency in the operating room is imperative in today’s health care climate. A well-functioning OR has the potential to increase the number of patients served and further enhance its contribution to the hospital's bottom line. This presentation discusses how supply chain process improvements help achieve CQO in the OR.

Technology, Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI)

UDI and Providers: What You Need to Do

Get the basics on what healthcare supply chain and manufacturers, together with clinical and IT departments, must do to implement the Unique Device Identifier and adverse event reporting, and the subsequent effects that will trickle-down to individual patients and the global health population.

Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

Value Analysis 201: Organizing Data to Analyze Product and Equipment Clinical Outcomes

A value analysis process to verify the achievement of the outcomes desired will result in making decisions based on the data, celebrating achievement of outcomes, and identify the need for further review when outcomes are not achieved.

Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Strategic Planning

Closing the Gap: What Can Health Care Learn from Retail

Health care costs continue to rise at an alarming rate, growing well ahead of inflation. In this webinar, we compare and contrast the education and training practices for supply chain professionals in each sector, the use of Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR), and the use of actual usage data at the last leg of the supply chain as a means to enhance automated inventory control strategies.

Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Financial Management, Lean/Six Sigma, Strategic Planning

Good to Great: Applying Lean Concepts to Healthcare

Lean Management is a strategy for modifying processes so that we reduce the burden on supply chain resources, while still providing the customer with the value they want and expect. This webinar provides an overview of supply chain management and the areas that could be modified to reduce waste.

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

Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement

Reducing Costs and Environmental Impacts to Health Care through a Total Cost of Ownership Calculator

Tremendous cost pressures within the U.S. health care system are forcing providers to explore alternative ways to save money. To address this need, a TCO calculator has been developed to provide purchasers with a standardized and systematic way to consider the various use and waste costs of products that are procured. This webinar demonstrates the tool’s basic functions and shares resources available to support its use.

Capital Equipment, Financial Management, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning

Rethink Processes, Regain Control

The supply chain ecosystem has contributed to the 25% waste in the health care system. We can accept that reality while at the same time learning to incorporate spend reduction and cost recovery efforts as standard practice. Through technology, we can broaden communication across the health care community to become more efficient, free funds for other initiatives, and add greater value to health care.

Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP), Career/Professional Development

The Importance of Continuing Education

Investing in yourself by taking continuing education courses, no matter what kind, is essential for personal and professional growth. Hear from two supply chain experts who explain the benefits of life-long learning and earning their Certified Resource Materials Professional (CMRP) Certificate, and how you can do the same.

Value Analysis

Value Analysis 201: The 5 Why's of Value Analysis – An Introduction

Lean thinking continues to emerge and embed its ideas into our traditional ways of thinking about Value Analysis and Healthcare. In lean thinking, the thought is to ask “why” five times to get to the root cause of an issue.