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Reduce your Margins with RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
Robotic Process Automation or RPA is new to the health care field but can be solution to reduce margins at your hospital. Richard Mackey, Senior Vice President of IT at Intalere, explains what RPA is, how it can be utilized in health care, and how it is affordable for all hospitals.
Clinical Integration, Benchmarking, Products and Services Contracting, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Purchased Services
Clinician and Supply Chain Teams: Better Together
Achieve cost savings through methods to increase clinical buy-in and adherence to supply chain decision. while maintaining a focus on clinical outcomes.
Analytics & Research, Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP), Cost Management, Reimbursement, Financial Management, Asset Management, Capital Equipment, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Benchmarking
CMRP Finance and Health Care Supply Chain Course
Updated for 2020! Begin your studies of the Supply Chain Management and Finance relationship portion within the CMRP examination with a new interactive and engaging self-directed course.
Inventory Management, Cost Management, Distribution
Improving Supply Chain Reliability To Mitigate Demand Surges And Supply Shortages
Health care supply chain leaders discuss methods to reduce the impact of demand surges and supply shortages due to unexpected events. A three-part plan to stabilize, adapt, and evolve to improve supply resilience will be shared, with a deep dive on various ways to increase trust, transparency and predictability in the supply chain.
Supply chain management, FAHRMM
The Transformative Power of Supply Chain Management as a Shared Service: Building a Partnership with Nutrition and Food Services
Tremendous value can be achieved by investing Supply Chain Management (SCM) resources into shared services where optimizing the supply chain is not normally a top priority. This paper will discuss an example where SCM partnered with the Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) department within a medical center.
Leadership, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Change Management, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Inventory Management
Supply Chain and Enterprise Risk Management: Navigating the Unknown (Re-engineering the Health Care Supply Chain: A CQO Thought Leader Discussion Series) An AHRMM and ASHRM Joint Presentation
Senior leaders within the finance/supply chain and risk management disciplines share their thoughts on the organizational and patient risks related to current vulnerabilities and action planning that health care organizations can take to minimize their exposure to these risks.
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Data Standards, Performance Metrics
AHRMM Data Solutions: Driving Results with Data - Hospital PMI™ and AHRMM Keys
In the first half of the webinar, we will explore the Hospital PMI™, an ISM® Report On Business® vertical specific to hospitals, launched Friday, August 7, 2020. Developed in partnership with AHRMM, the Hospital PMI™ is the first report of its kind exploring data that delves into areas that specifically cover hospital supply chains. The U.S. hospital community can leverage the Hospital PMI™ data for actionable supply chain planning insights.
Clinical Integration, Value Analysis, Cost Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM)
Value Realization: Keys to Implementing Value Analysis Opportunities
Value Analysis programs are charged with evaluating products and services while balancing cost, quality, and outcomes in the decision. The quality of the products and the outcomes from using the products cannot be compromised, but today’s environment within healthcare dictates that cost is a significant factor influencing the decision. Unfortunately, the identified savings is not always realized in the anticipated time frame or to the full extent. Every week an initiative is delayed or not fully implemented results in lost dollars that cannot be recouped.
Getting in on the Elective Procedure Implementation Conversation
If you’re just starting to discuss elective procedures, supply chain must continuously communicate and develop relationships with key players to maintain the importance of supply chain input in their minds.
Leadership, Clinical Integration, Value Analysis
Clinical-Supply Integration: Accelerating Performance
Explore your organization’s clinical integration maturity and leverage leadership involvement to make data-driven decisions.