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Supply Chain Integration of Merged and Acquired Entities

This paper shares the experience of a true and complete integration of supply chain in a mid-sized IDN under an accelerated timeline. The study is structured to provide a basic framework for i

Using Business Analytics to Drive Efficiencies – A Rural Hospital’s Approach

Healthcare expenses continue to rise and yet hospitals are realizing consistently shrinking margins.

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.

Comparison of Ways to Replenish Storage Areas

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This paper explores nine different methods of replenishing a hospital storage area and compares and contrasts the steps nursing must progress through to retrieve the supplies they need for their

Painful Product Conversions

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This paper describes the development of a multidisciplinary and innovative product conversion process at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts, when the existing process

Leveraging Millennials and Technology to Weather the Perfect Storm

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Increasing federal regulation compliance costs and declining reimbursements have compressed hospital profitability.

Grady Health System's Transformation from Traditional Value Analysis to Value Based Product Selection

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This case study provides a review of Grady Health System’s transformation from traditional Value Analysis Joint Product Review Team structure to Value Based Selection Committees which promote share

Preparing Supply Chain to Meet Meaningful Use

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This paper will define the regulation and explore how a supply chain department can support their organization in meeting this aspect of the regulations.

Implementing RFID in the Medical Device Supply Chain: The Journey at BJC HealthCare

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The lack of end-to-end supply chain visibility in the medical device channel contributes to an estimated five billion dollars ($5B) of inventory waste for the U.S.

Supply Chain: Collaborating with Clinicians to Support Safe Patient Care

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Today hospitals and health care organizations are looking to health care supply chain professionals to help support patient care activities.