Articles
Distribution, Financial Management, Pharmacy, Suppliers, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement
Take Action to Manage Drug Shortages - Causes, Advocacy, and Tools
By AHRMM
This webinar provides an overview of the reasons for drug shortages, recent advocacy efforts to ameliorate the situation, and action steps organizations can take to minimize the impact of drug shortages on patient care. Specific drug shortage examples such as the IV fluids shortage are discussed.
Change Management, Leadership
The Top Ten Leadership Traits to Lead the Way
By AHRMM
We all question whether some health care supply chains outperform others, which competencies separate those supply chain professionals from the rest, if customers and financial markets appreciate the differences, and what business lessons are there for the health care industry.
Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Value Analysis, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis Series Part 3
By AHRMM
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.
Best Practices for Operating at the Intersection of Cost, Quality and Outcomes
By AHRMM
In this four part webinar series, AHRMM explores how supply chain leaders can transform CQO from a concept into a strategy. Each 30 minute webinar will dive into a different best practice including capturing and applying alternative data sets, establishing a clinically integrated supply chain, and creating an outcomes-based contracting strategy.
Career/Professional Development
CMRP: What I’ve Gained. What You Can Gain – Part 3
By AHRMM
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.
Data Standards, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Leveraging Technology, Technology
Cyber Security: What You Need to Know
By AHRMM
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Become aware of what you can do to prevent cyber security in your facility.
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
By AHRMM
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.
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
By AHRMM
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
Change Management, Career/Professional Development
Take Your Talk From Boring to SOARING
By AHRMM
Take a close look at what can be done to improve speeches made in front of a large audience. In this webinar, we explain the construction of a talk, what information will your audience be most receptive to, and how should you get it across.
Analytics & Research, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leadership
The UDI Rule: Are You Ready?
By AHRMM
Hospitals need a tool to leverage the use of UDI within their health care organizations to empower the Cost, Quality, Outcomes Movement. This webinar explains the many benefits the UDI system can bring both to a hospital’s bottom line and to patients. With proper tools implemented by healthcare providers, UDI will help to lower cost and increase quality, thereby improving patient outcomes.