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Analytics & Research, Value Analysis
Who’s Keeping Score: Using CQO Scorecards
This webcast discusses the team work involved in product value analysis and decision making using data-driven scorecards outlining Cost, Quality, and Outcomes.
Presented by: Brent Petty, executive industry consultant, Lexmark International
Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Distribution, Lean/Six Sigma, Logistics
Application of Lean/Six Sigma to Inventory Management
This session is a comprehensive approach to understanding Lean Management System concepts, processes, tools, and their application to improving inventory management in the health care supply chain.
Career/Professional Development
CMRP: What I’ve Gained. What You Can Gain – Part 3
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.
Analytics & Research, Change Management, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Value Analysis
Engage to Achieve: CQO Outside of Supply Chain
Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) is a type of analysis that can bridge organizational gaps to help improve coverage decisions for new products or procedures. Because a BIA can be adjusted to meet the goals of a particular population with particular needs, it can also improve the value and the quality of healthcare. This type of analysis can help Supply Chain leaders and their collaborative value analysis teams to make local adoption decisions in a timely manner.
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.
Career/Professional Development
Ten Lessons for Writing – Part 2
Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes and capitalization.
Leadership
The Supply Chain Executive of the Future
in this short video webcast, Mike Schiller, Senior Director, AHRMM and Dennis Othman, Senior Director, SMI discuss the four key pillars of knowledge and traits based on findings and feedback from various conference and work group meetings with supply chain leaders, individual interviews and literature research.
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology, Technology
UDI: A Story of Implementation
Hear one provider’s ongoing process of UDI implementation, from deciphering acronyms and educating interdepartmental staff, to working with vendors to redesign ERP software to meet FDA data capture and reporting regulations, all while creating procedures for others to follow.
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.
Career/Professional Development
CMRP: What I’ve Gained. What You Can Gain – Part 2
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.