AHRMM

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

CMRP: What I Gained. What You Can Gain. - Part 1

Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Products and Services Contracting, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Value Analysis

Hospital Collaboration Pays Off Even for Implants

Yankee Alliance facilitated an Orthopedic Total Joint Collaborative in order to identify opportunities for quality improvement and cost reduction, resulting in documented savings of over $8M. In this webinar, the collaborative approach is reviewed as well as the methods deployed to achieve savings, including implant and reimbursement benchmarking, contract strategies, and perioperative supplies utilizing data analysis.

Central Sterile, Distribution, Financial Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Sustainability, Strategic Planning

Supply Chain Cardboard and Storage Best Practices

On-site supply storage is one of the core competencies of effective supply chain management, and adhering to standards and regulations is an ongoing practice. Whether products are stored in bins or in cardboard boxes, supply chain must ensure all employees follow guidelines for patient safety. In this webinar, a panel of veteran supply chain professionals discuss The Joint Commission Standards and the necessity for risk assessment.

Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Value Analysis

Value Analysis 201: Clinical Criteria of Products and Equipment

For product and equipment selection to meet the need for the best value for our patients, clinical criteria need to be determined during the initial phase of selection.

Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Career/Professional Development

Who's Keeping Score? Using CQO Scorecards for Service Line Success

Wellmont Health System in Tennessee has developed a scorecard to help supply chain executives convince even the toughest clinicians and hospital administrators to collaborate and drive down overall costs (while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety) by speaking their language: evidence. This webinar provides detail on how to use the DRG scorecard. An excel file of the scorecard is provided upon completion.

Strategic Planning, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Strategic Sourcing

Improve Cost Reduction: A Multidisciplinary and Big Picture Approach

Health care organizations continue to look for new ways to reduce costs. Ultimately, data, clinical integration, and engaging multi-disciplinary stakeholders may be the major keys to success. In this webinar, we describe how a large health system sought to standardize endomechanical, suture, trocars, and surgical energy across multiple categories.

Technology, Asset Management, Capital Equipment, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Suppliers

Cybersecurity in the Age of Connected Medical Devices

Cybersecurity impacts all industry verticals including health care. Health care organizations need to address security in standard technology and medical devices. In this webinar, we discuss eight key practices straight from the Mayo Clinic’s cybersecurity strategy.

Support Services, Central Sterile, Purchased Services, Reprocessing Medical Devices, Sustainability

Ethylene Oxide Device Sterilization and the Alternatives

In light of the closure of some facilities that use gas ethylene oxide (EtO) to sterilize medical devices prior to their distribution and use, the FDA is looking at the future availability of medical devices and the possibility of medical device shortages. This webinar highlights potential alternatives to EtO, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to determine what kind of sterilization is best for your organization.

Value Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement

How Value Analysis Committees’ Lines of Questioning Can Directly Affect Value Equation Outputs

John Kelty from W.L. Gore & Associates discusses how value analysis committees can determine a medical devices value when evaluating new products. 

Technology, Cost Management, Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Inventory Management, Strategic Sourcing

Empowering Supply Chain Through Streamlined Technology

Today, health systems are being forced to leverage disparate data from internal and external sources to drive business intelligence solutions. In this webinar, we review some of the challenges of disparate technology systems and how data can be better synchronized to drive meaningful understandings that fuel decisions.