Articles
Capital Equipment, Products and Services Contracting, Purchased Services
Cost Savings Through Spend Control: The General Contract Policy
Uncontrolled and unchanneled spend through purchase order requests, P-Card use, or petty cash pose a major problem. In this webinar, we show how to limit contractual authority for the procurement of goods, services, and capital within your organization through the development of a General Contract policy that controls and channels almost every purchase through the purchasing department.
Analytics & Research, Financial Management, Logistics
Cracking the Bullwhip - See How Demand Variation Affects the Supply Chain
Increased demand can lead to reactive replenishment but triggers be identified and assessed before rushing to order. Take control of your inventory through proactive demand pattern identification to address issues and changes before they arise. In this webinar, experts discuss the data needed to predict usage patterns and trends, as well as best practices to improve inventory for high value and commodity products.
Analytics & Research, Distribution, Financial Management, Strategic Planning
Managing Supply Chain in Health Care Reform
This webinar discusses the health care supply chain, its strengths and weaknesses. It reviews best practices around the industry, including what Intermountain Healthcare has done with building its own logistics/distribution functionality. It will also present the implications of the future of the industry with the changing horizon that comes with the Affordable Care Act, including preparing to serve non-acute operations.
Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Leveraging Technology
Optimizing your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Implementing a New Technology – Part 1
In this three-part series, Lisa Tonkinson and Chris Wiekert discuss how the Revenue Cycle can impact your supply chain when embarking on a new software implementation or integration and what you need to know to plan ahead and optimize your technology effectively. Part one discusses the ins and outs of implementing new technology.
Presented by: Lisa Tonkinson, Principle, Patient Craft and Chris Wiekert, Senior Product Manager, Infor
Capital Equipment, Procure to Pay, Suppliers, Value Analysis
Reduce Costs through Strategic Collaboration with Suppliers
Although suppliers and providers may hesitate at a partnership approach, it is possible to collaborate on total cost of ownership. Learn from the diverse experiences of expert providers and suppliers in the field as they identify the variables that make a successful partnership, where pitfalls can happen, and steps to overcome challenges.
Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, Leadership
Supplier Diversity: A Strategic Value Proposition
This webinar explains how supplier diversity can be a valuable investment toward sustainability. Presenters define supplier diversity and the associated specific designations and discuss the evolution of supplier diversity. Get a glimpse into how to build a business case for supplier diversity including the scope and benefits (CQO and Sustainability) for the supplier and purchaser, as well as the importance of executive support.
Distribution, Financial Management, Pharmacy, Suppliers, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement
Take Action to Manage Drug Shortages - Causes, Advocacy, and Tools
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.
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Procure to Pay, Procurement
The Process of Operationalizing Contracts to Support CQO
Price: Member: $98.00 | Non-Member: $198.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 2 hours
Technology, Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI)
UDI and Providers: What You Need to Do
Get the basics on what healthcare supply chain and manufacturers, together with clinical and IT departments, must do to implement the Unique Device Identifier and adverse event reporting, and the subsequent effects that will trickle-down to individual patients and the global health population.
Change Management, Career/Professional Development
Creating a Culture of Teamwork: Managing Up for Highly Reliable Team Players
The engagement and alignment of employees accelerates achievement of quality, safety, service and operational goals. These tasks are easily stated but challenging to execute. Discover what leaders must do to create true employee collaboration through "managing up".