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This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…July ‘26 Update:- AHRMM Academy: Still time to sign up for the live cohort- Supply Chain Week: Oct 4th - 10th (new theme for 2026)- AHA Announced New CEO: Rick Pollack will remain through the end of the year- AHRMM Conference Coming Up
Principal Growth Partner @ BluZoneBioTopic: Supply Chain Resiliency and VulnerabilityOutline:- Intro to Vic- Tell us about Operation Warp Speed- How does that relate to the work that you are doing today?- Risk Management - What should they be concerned about? * MedSurg * Pharmaceutical * Others- What are supply chain leaders not aware of behind the scenes that should concern them? * PE and Capital Involvement in our supply chain?- The Real Dilemma - cost reduction process are not congruent with the push for near sourcing- Practical Next Steps- Presenting at AHRMM ‘26
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…June ‘26 Update:- National/High Level Work (SCRC) * Situational Alert on expediting same day courier service (American expediting)- Conference Updates * Book Hotel Rooms * Exhibiter update and appreciation * Supply Chain awards- On The Fringe – Where can they learn more (upcoming SME podcast) * BD Spinal tray on recall
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…May ‘26 Update- Compensation Survey ‘26- Upcoming Events * Information Systems - Data Management Academy * Finance Academy * Spring Summit - On Demand- AHRMM Conference Awards - Welcome Reception * Patient First - Clinically Integrated Supply Chain * Supply Chain Advancement * Federal Sector Supply Chain Performance- On the Fringe * Neuro Sponge Shortage - extends through 2026 * Medline Angiographic Rotating adapter control syringes * Nitrile Gloves and Allocations
Background- Examples of Centralization that are commonplace today? * SPD * Pharmacy * Distribution- When is the right time?- Leveraging Scale/Do you have it?- Evaluating Maturity- Financial Viability- Other Considerations
Chief Supply Chain Officer at Legacy HealthTopic: Best Practices for Setting the Table Around Services SourcingOutline:- Services Sourcing - Overview * Why is it important to continuously engage your internal stakeholders? * Clinically integrated supply is fairly well-established, but generally focused on supplies * How services comes into focus with value analysis * What about non-clinical services?- Best practices for engaging those internal stakeholders around services sourcing * Developing Metrics * Setting cadence for evaluating performance * Establishing Supplier Requirements * Ownership- As you have done this in your own organization, how have department leaders responded to your engagement efforts?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: David Newton, Head of AI Orchestration @ Green SecurityTopic: AI and the Future of Vendor Strategy in HealthcareOutline:- Welcome David- Background in AI: What kinds of applications have you developed embracing AI?- What are some of the easiest and best use cases and application * Solving micro to medium problems * Reducing demand on your already strained IT resources and analytics teams- What are some examples that you have seen where Healthcare Supply Chain leaders have leaned significantly into the technology?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…March ‘26 Update:- Impact of Iran on our Supply Chain- SCRC Meeting with the Policy Team looking for feedback on the CMS proposed ruling on PPE and essential medicines- Early Bird Registration for the AHRMM conference ends 4/30- World Cup this year and Summer Olympics next year - What are hospitals doing to prepare for that?
Essential Medicine * 60-day comment period ending 3/30 * AHRMM policy team available March 9th- Annual Conference * Registration is Open 2/23 * Presentations have been selected * Spring Summit Registration Open- Upcoming World Cup - What are hospitals doing to prepare for that * Supply Chain and Emergency Preparedness * High volume of travelers to this country
CSCO Bon Secours Mercy HealthTopic: Proactive versus Reactive Supply ChainOutline:- Welcome Dan- We all talk about taking a proactive approach to their supply chain. How would you break that down into categories: * Demand Signals * Contract cycles * Talent Development (gig work)- Let’s dive deeper into talent development. How creative do you have to be these days?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…January ‘26 Update:- Domestic Manufacturers Directory- Annual AHRMM Conference - Save The Date!- December Report - Tariff Strategy Insights for Product Categories
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…December ‘25 Update:- Another Great Year!- AHRMM’s Advocacy Efforts in 2025- AHRMM 26 - Call for Presentations- Look ahead to 2026!
- Indirect Procurement is New; If we're starting our own indirect procurement department what advice would you give * Use RFPs as a strategic tool * Communication is Key- Where are untapped opportunities for savings and/or leveraging technology
LS) chapters into Physical Environment * DNV is more affected around separating consulting from assessments- When does this go into effect and what should the supply chain be doing now to prepare?
Background- Stat #1 - 40% of healthcare providers have canceled a surgery due to a lack of medical supplies * Product delays, backorders and shortages * The importance of transparency in mitigating this risk- Stat #2 - 27% of healthcare providers have either seen or heard about recalled or expired products being used on a patient * In addition, 8% of all disposables expire annually on hospital shelves * Impact of recalls and expiration dates- Stat #3 - Nearly 20% of a clinician's work week is consumed by supply chain management tasks * Improving resource allocation * Digital transformation/automation- How do we tell an effective story to our executives to support the investment needed to make appreciable change?
Process Overview- AHA’s 232 Tariff Public Response (PPE, Medical Consumables and Medical Equipment)- UDI Forum is running this week - will be on demand (success stories)
Welcome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Lobel Lurie, Manager Clinical Value Analysis at Cone HealthOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- If your career had a theme song, what would it be?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
Welcome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: David Szalko, Corporate Accounts Director @ AmbuOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- If you had to explain your job to a 5-year-old, what would you say?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…October ‘25 Update:- Heat Map Project Initiative- AHRMM Academy Updates- AHRMM 26 - Call for Presentations- Around the World: * Tariffs - Nov 10th truce ends with China (no indication where that is heading) * Peace Talks in Gaza
Welcome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Kevin Capatch, Director, Process Engineering - Enterprise Supply Chain Services @ GeisingerOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- If you could automate one annoying task in your daily work, what would it be?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Dr. Jimmy Chung, Chief Medical Officer at Advantus Health PartnersTopic: Sustainability in SurgeryOutline:- Welcome Dr. Chung- Why did you get involved in Supply Chain? * Patient Safety * Waste and Affordability- Tell me about your work in sustainability- Tying climate change into healthcare sourcing- What are some of the obvious areas for improvement specific to sustainability? * Anesthetic Gasses * Single Use Devices- How can people get started?
Welcome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Matt Samples, Strategic Account Executive - Central Region at SteelCo BelimedOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- You get one wish from a healthcare genie—what are you fixing first?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Lee Ann McWhorter, VP of Business Development at MeperiaTopic: Functional Equivalents and Best PracticesOutline:- Welcome Lee Ann & Background- Functional Equivalents - what are they? Set the baseline for us…- Backorders and Stockouts are more common - how has this changed the industry from your perspective?- Best Practices * Identify critical items * Develop a formulary * Engage the clinicians with data (attribute breakdown)- The importance of having granular data to make decisions around functional equivalents- The power of recall histories - how does this shape strategy
ome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Ashlea Souffrou, Founder & CEO of SxanProOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- If there were a movie about healthcare logistics, what would the title be—and who would play you?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
Welcome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…GuestsTim Browne, VP of Global Supply Chain SolutionsAlysha Melnyk, Manager of Strategic Partnerships | Global Marketing @ ECRIOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- What’s your “hidden talent” that secretly helps you at work?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
Welcome to the AHRMM25 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Denver, CO. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Justin Cooper, Director of Strategic Consulting and Continuous Improvement at Uber FreightOutline:- Introduction- What have you enjoyed the most so far at AHRMM this year?- If you could magically fix one challenge in healthcare logistics overnight, what would it be?- If this conference had a secret supply chain speakeasy, what would be the password to get in?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…August ‘25 Update:- AHRMM Conference * Attendance * Immediate Impact (curated sessions) * Podcasts to be releasing throughout the rest of the year- On The Fringe * Hurricane Season/Watch (Tropical Storm Erin) * Trump’s Executive Order (SAPIR) * US/China tariff truce extended 90 days
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Scott Gee, Deputy Advisory for Cybersecurity & Risk @ AHATopic: From Ransomware to Geopolitics - Assessing Supply Chain RiskOutline:- Welcome Scott- Siloed 3rd Party Risk Management Structure (improvements needed)- Cyber Threats & Criminal Activity * Foreign hackers (primarily Russia) * Attack on 3rd party service provider * Tell us why they are the target?- What is the intent of these attacks * Data theft * Ransomware- Example of a few recent threats- National Threats to Security * China has been heavily integrated into our supply chain through commercial relationships and malware * What are the risks and considerations around the unique dynamics? * Disrupt mission/life critical supply chain to create chaos- The role of Geopolitics and supply chain risk
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Mark Litton, CEO of Howard MedicalTopic: Bringing AHRMM value to community-driven hospitals!Outline:- Welcome Mark & Background- Talk about how you got into Supply Chain- Talk about your involvement with your local AHRMM chapter- Discuss how you executed the regional plan from Tim Loftis from the Chapter Relations Committee- What are you doing at national AHRMM this year and your efforts to support community and critical access hospitals- Tell us about the scholarship program- What’s next after national AHRMM?Reach out to Mark Litton at mark@howardmedical.com
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…July ‘25 Update:- AHRMM Conference in a few weeks- Root Cause Analysis tool developed- Webinars coming up!- Delays in reciprocal Tariffs extended to 8/1- Expanded attacks in the red sea which is impacting traffic and could lead to delays and increased lead times
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…June ‘25 Update:- Executive Summary on Tariffs released * SCRC Risk Solutions Presentation & Resources- Updated Continuing Education Credits Website- AHRMM Conference Update
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…May ‘25 Update:- AHRMM25 - Tuesday’s General Session- Logistic Considerations with Tariffs- AHA Advocacy * Proposed MCD/MCR cuts * 340b * Pharmaceutical/Med Supply Exemptions- Unprecedented Times Require Exceptional Measures
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Joseph Carr, Vice President of Supply Chain at Akron Children’s HospitalTopic: Product requisition and value analysis processesOutline:- Intro to Joseph & Background- Tell us about Operational Excellence at Akron Children’s- Two Projects for Improvement * Product Requisition * Value Analysis- Product Requisition * Challenge: No hierarchy in the product req process * Kaison Event – full process mapping (OE conducted) * 80k specials per year * Significant opportunity for savings/avoidance addressing a small percentage (5-10%)- Value Analysis * No process in product req to review if VA needs to be involved * Big need for templating and were able to shift the work from SC & Clinician’s to suppliers * Next step is automation- What’s next – Inventory Logistics and Distribution
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…April ‘25 Update:- Spring Summit- Cohorts * Recent Cohort Completed (Inventory & Distribution Management) * Information Systems & Data Management - May * Finance in Healthcare Supply Chain * 3-part Supplier Cohort- CMRP Refresh- Chapter Relations Committee- YPAC- Tariffs Update (Modern Healthcare & Beckers)- AHRMM Advisory Board Email Outreach
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: George Godfrey, Chief Supply Chain Officer & Corporate Vice President, Financial Shared Services @ Baptist Health South FloridaTopic: AP and SC Synergies and Opportunities Leveraging AutomationOutline:- Welcome George & Outline Roles (SC and AP)- In your past Supply Chain Positions, what has been your experience relative to the relationship between SC and AP?- What did you learn about breakdowns in process and communication when you took on oversight of both departments?- How were you able to take advantage of early payment discounts and what was the value to the organization?- What improvements have you made recently relative to P2P leveraging automation?- What’s next? Asset Management?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…March ‘25 Update:- SCRC Tarif Report- Promote AHRMM Spring Summit- Nothing on the Fringe - Hooray! Baxter IF Fluids & BD Bactec Updates
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Tracy Nasarenko, VP of Community Engagement – Healthcare at GS1 USTopic: Drug Supply Chain Security Act Update- Provide a brief overview of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act- Talk about the AHRMM webinar on March 19th – and accompanying resource- Can you describe the phasing and milestones for us and where we sit today? * Progress has been made with respect to Pharmacy at the unit level- Serialized item level traceability * What is expected of the healthcare supply chain? Where is the gray area? (“confirm” not well defined) * What steps should we have taken by now and what should we doing to prepare for the next phase?- Where do we stand with med device? * Standards would be the same * Would have a positive impact on interoperability in healthcare
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Brian Zuck, VP of Supply Chain @ Essentia HealthTopic: Supply chain resiliency and stability initiatives.Outline:- Resiliency means different things to different people, what does that mean to you?- You use resiliency and stability in combination – why is that?- Unique Challenges for Essentia * Rural Health System * Staffing Challenges- 3 Keys to Success * Robust clinician led committee structure * Integrated ERP, Warehouse Management, Supply and Demand Planning systems * Leadership support for Supply Chain – New Highly Automated Distribution System- The importance of centralized distribution and considerations for rural health systems to implement * Essentia had a centralized reporting structure to begin with which helped- Where do you go from here?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…February ‘25 Update:- Launched a new cohort, in March will be launching the Procurement and Value Analysis cohort- Updated requirements - All 5 cohorts should take about a year and can fast track you to the CMRP exam- New Supply Chain Fundamentals (SCF) eLearning Series- IV Fluids resolved. Everything is back up and running and order fulfillment should be improving!- Eyes on the Tarifs - where do we stand?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Jason Isherwood, CEO LinSights health & ClearVu-IQ as well as Chair of the AHRMM National Chapter Relations Committee and healthcare linen and laundry optimization expert.Topic: Exploring insights from linen delivery systems, broader applicability to supply chain operations, and the vital role of AHRMM chapters.Outline:- Boots on the Ground: Passion for Improvement * Personal Insight: Jason shares his passion for identifying operational inefficiencies in linen delivery mechanisms. * Real-World Example: A brief anecdote or impactful story about uncovering an inefficiency during an on-site evaluation. * Transferable Lessons: How these insights apply to other healthcare supply chain product delivery systems.- Uncovering Truths in Delivery Mechanisms (6 minutes) * The Hidden Gaps: Common inefficiencies in linen and laundry delivery models. * The Bigger Picture: How data-driven insights and AI tools are transforming visibility and decision-making. * Scalability: Why these truths aren’t just about linen—they’re relevant across the healthcare supply chain.- The Heartbeat of AHRMM: Chapters and Engagement (4 minutes) * Passion for AHRMM: Jason shares why AHRMM’s mission resonates with him. * The Role of Chapters: Chapters as the ‘heartbeat’ of AHRMM—community, shared knowledge, localized impact. * Vision as Committee Chair: Goals for chapter relations, including enhanced resources, activation teams, and member engagement.
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…January ‘25 Update:- Acknowledge the Impact of Fires in LA- Amplifying AHRMM- Port Strike Appear to be Averted- Eyes on the Tarifs - Trade War Mentality- Baxter Duo-Vent Spikes Early Alert- Engage with AHRMM - Inventory and Distribution Management Cohort has kicked off!
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…December ‘25 Update:- Effective Leadership Series: Free-mium Promotion- Tariffs & Port Strikes- Year End Recap - Looking Ahead to 2025!
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Tim Martin, Director of Purchasing at UT Southwestern Medical CenterOutline:- Congrats on your Heartbeat of Healthcare award!- What are you most passionate about? - Professional Development- What's the most unusual item you've had to source for a healthcare facility?- If you could time travel to any period in history, when and where would you go?
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Karen Morlan, VP of Supply Chain Operations at VUMCOutline:- What topic in Healthcare Supply Chain are you most passionate about?- What's the best piece of advice you've received in your career?- What’s the most memorable trip or vacation you’ve ever taken?
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Tim Bugg, President & CEO of Capstone Health AllianceOutline:- What topic in Healthcare Supply Chain are you most passionate about?- What's your go-to strategy for convincing stakeholders of the importance of investing in supply chain improvements?- What’s your favorite way to spend a lazy weekend?
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Kenny Scher, Vice President, End-To-End Supply Chain @ Nexera, Inc. Outline:- What topic in Healthcare Supply Chain are you most passionate about?- If you could swap roles with someone else in the healthcare industry for a day, who would it be and why?- Do you have any hidden talents?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…November ‘24 Update- High Level Updates * UDI Forum was Delayed to December (Due to IV Solution challenges) * Baxter IV Solution Update * Radiopharmaceutical shortages- Membership survey is going out- On The Fringe * Baxter B/P Cuffs - raw material constraint and manufactured in Mexico * Mexico Manufacturing Regulations Impact
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Richard Bagley, VP of Supply Chain at UCHealthTopic: Preference Cards and Reducing Waste – A Case Study - Introduction to Richard- Supply Expense is more than Price * Utilization * Waste * Price- Types of Waste * Round Trip Items * Discarded Items- Case Study * How big was the opportunity for savings from the efficiency efforts? * Who did you involve? * Describe the phases of the project - Phase 1 – Call to Action - Phase 2 – Procedure and Card Optimization * Tell me about the Procedure Summary Report and how you feel this influenced behavior change effectively * What were the benefits for all stakeholders involved?- What’s next for you as you build on this success?- What would be a good first step for others listening to this episode?
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Kai Peters, Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Manager at Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterOutline:- Introduction- What are you most passionate about? * The intersection of social equity and environmental sustainability through sourcing products and services locally from diverse owned organizations in the communities you serve.- Can you share a funny or memorable mistake you've made in your career, and what you learned from it?- What is your favorite book or movie?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guests: Jason Moulding, Chief Supply Chain Officer/President & Dr. Paul Degenfelder, Medical Director of Supply Chain at MultiCare Health System and Myriadd NetworkTopic: Supply Chain Medical Director – A Success Story in Physician EngagementOutline:- How did you two meet and begin to work together at your organization?- Dr. Degenfelder – how did you become passionate about supply chain?- Success Story: First System Wide Total Joint Agreement What were you trying to accomplish? What were some keys to success? *How did physician involvement help to ensure it’s success?- How have you taken this and launched other system-wide agreements?- What are some of the keys to a successful system-wide agreement versus facility agreements?- Created the first Medical Director position in Supply Chain- If other organizations wanted to create a similar position within their organizations, what should they be looking for in a physician partner?
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Pete Bennett, SVP, Global Supply Chain at Cardinal HealthOutline:- Introduction and brief background.- Discussion on a topic you're passionate about within the healthcare supply chain.- Insight into interesting and lesser-known aspects of your career.- A brief wrap-up with any final thoughts or advice for our listeners.
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…October ‘25 Update:- AHRMM24 Recap - Positive Feedback!- AHRMM Updates - Leadership, Fundamentals of Leadership Launch, Board Election for 2 Provider Seats- Baxter IV Plant - Not in the fringe, this is front and center!
Welcome to the AHRMM24 Podcast, recording live throughout the conference in Columbus, OH. I am your host Justin Poulin, and joining me today is…Guest: Kara Brooks, Senior Associate Director, Sustainability @ American Hospital Association (AHA) Outline:- What are you most passionate about?- Healthcare Sustainability and decarbonization- What's the most heartwarming story you've experienced in your career related to Health Care Sustainability and Decarbonization?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Experts…Guests: Mike Schiller (AHRMM Executive Director) & Deric Gallagher (Centura Health)
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Suzi Collins, Director Supply Chain Analytics at Banner Health & Jon Sobel, Senior Manager, Portfolio Lifecycle Operations at IntuitiveTopic: Leveraging Technology to have a Positive Impact on the Environment Introduction to Suzi & Jon- What are some of the limitations of recycling paper that leads to added waste and impact on the environment?- Are there any statistics that you can share with us?- What is the potential that remains on the table?- Suzi – what are some of the challenges for wide scale adoption for provider and supplier?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…September ‘25 Update:- SCRC - BD BacTec Blood Culture Media Bottles Webinar Link: https://youtu.be/Soar_ZglYzo?feature=shared Webinar Overview:AHRMM is pleased to share that BD has addressed member questions about access to the plastic protectors for BD BACTEC™ media in glass vials. As shared by BD during the AHRMM webinar, BD BACTEC™ Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F media in glass vials is being reintroduced to complement plastic vial production which is experiencing a supply shortage. BD requests you contact your BD representative or visit the BD BACTEC™ update website to “opt in” for both glass vials for verification support and no cost protector sleeves.Please note that the on-demand webinar will be available through 4pm CST Tuesday, September 17, 2024.- AHRMM Academy Has Launched & FAHRMM Requirements Updated- On The Fringe – Red Sea Attacks
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Joseph Jang, Partner @ Pathstone PartnersTopic: How to drive and scale change & impact (cost savings & margin improvement) to your organization- Intro- Driving Change - Key Formula - (1) Addressable Spend x (2) Yield x (3) Speed to Value * 1 – Increase Addressable Spend - 30% of spend is represented by traditional supply chain areas of influence (clinical supplies, implants, distribution) - We need to leverage power of informal networks to scale change; supply chain teams are brokers of networks - Benefit of increasing addressable spend? Diversification effect; every category represents a different risk vs. reward ratio; stock market vs. mutual fund approach * 2 – Increase Yield & Results - Definition: How effective are we in driving results with what’s given? - We need to pursue a multi-value lever approach beyond price to drive results - Benefit: Leverage resides with you as the organization + optionality * 3 - Speed to Value - Definition: How quickly can we drive results with what’s given in an annual time period? - Fuel vs. Friction Concept - Benefit: Increase your speed by up to 2x by removing psychological barriers (friction) to adopt and scale change - Scaling Change – Two key concepts * Every successful change effort takes the form of the S- Curve; we need to find the early adopters and mavens to let your change effort spread like wildfire * Forgetting Curve – supply chain leaders need to give themselves more credit! Constantly communicate progress and wins or change efforts will be forgotten
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…August ‘24 Update :- UDI Forum in October- AHRMM/SMI Collaboration on quick start guide development- Conference Highlight - Networking Opportunities & Round Tables- On The Fringe – One Blood Cyber Security
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guests: - Amy Conway, CQVA Recall Analyst - Supply Chain Management at the Mayo Clinic- Cherie Bragg, Performance Improvement Coordinator & Recall Administrator, SixSigma Black Belt at Yale New Haven HealthTopic: Best Practices in Recall ManagementOutline:- What is the Recall Management Interest Group? * Mayo/Yale/Froedtert * Speed to Safety Motto * A resource to hospitals who are newly addressing this opportunity- What do you see as the challenges with recall management? * Lack of collaboration * Usually put on the backburner and reactive * OEMs followed FDA, but didn’t know what providers needed to execute. * Accurate and concise messaging – recall is a broad definition and context is important (voluntary recalls) * Complexity and volume of recalls * Paper/Snail Mail alerts- What should be included? * Recalls * FDA Warning Letters * Updates to IFUs * Generally any updates to a medical device- What are some best practices? * Digital communications * SBAR communications * Knowing/reaching the appropriate audience * Ensuring complete information is provided- How can the listeners take part, both suppliers and providers?- What is the biggest next step you are working on as a group? * Developed a template – what info is needed to ensure a standardized communication process * Increasing adoption of the template
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…July ‘25 Update - AHRMM Preview:- Three Great General Sessions - Highlight Joe Walsh Session (Talent Triumph)- Community Event at National AHRMM partnering with the OH Chapter of AHRMM- Reminder - August 19th Deadline for Booking Hotel- BD BacTec Blood culture Media Bottles
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Chris Anderson, Director, Technical Program Management at VUEMEDTopic: Challenges in UDI - Multiple DIs Causing ConfusionOutline: - What are the benefits and strengths of a UDI system? - What kinds of compliance issues arise? * Multiple DIs * Non-Compliant Barcodes * Manufacturing defects (improperly coded) * Incomplete or incorrect product info in the database - Let’s dive into multiple DIs * How does that happen? - Changes made by the Manufacturer on the backend. - Product is sold to a new manufacturer. * Are there processes in place to prevent this? * What is the impact on the healthcare organization?- What can healthcare supply chain professionals be doing to manage this? * Be talking to your suppliers * Be talking to the FDA or reporting issues
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…June ‘24 Update:- Heartbeat of Healthcare- Supply Chain Fundamentals Series (free for all), New Sessions for the Conference, Partnership with the Greater OH Chapter of AHRMM, Upcoming Webinars (July - Unlocked Purchased Services Savings), Added Chapter Calendars to the AHRMM website- Chinese Syringes, CSF Drains, Tariffs and Getinge Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Devin Sumaoang, Director of Supply Chain Transformation & Design at the University of WashingtonTopic: Design Thinking – Achieve Employee Engagement- What is design thinking? - How did you adapt the model for healthcare supply chain to achieve employee engagement? * David Goldsmith and background- What is the process? * Starts with an Idea Funnel * Organize the ideas * Choose- Keys to success * Attach measurements * Report on the results * Give credit to the individual(s) with the idea- Why is this important? * Some teams become too dependent on their leaders * Promotes professional growth - Operational execution experience - Project management experience * Important for succession planning- How are you planning to measure this and what feedback have you received to date?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…May ‘24 Update:- HHS Proposal for Drug Shortages includes penalties * Review of AHA’s position and AHRMM’s released statement- Supply Chain Fundamentals Series * Another 30-minute e-learning course on the FAHRMM * FAHRMM guidelines have changed- Panama Canal is Opening Back Up!
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Joe Dudas, Division Chair at Mayo ClinicTopic: Collaborative Planning Forecast Replenishment (CPFR)Outline:-Tell us about your background in non-healthcare industries- Define CPFR and its core purpose * Avoid out-of-stocks * Involves sharing data, but ties it to the use case for the data- How does it work?- Why do we need this now?- What foundational tools/strategies need to be in place for CPFR? * Legitimate and accurate information as to the cost of backorders * The ability to create an “accurate” forecast- Leveraging effective forecasting to obtain a commitment to supply – what does this look like? * Contracting Agreements needs/changes * Incentives/disincentives/rebates * Publishing the forecast monthly- Do you think others will adopt?- How does this connect to patient safety?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…April ‘24 Update:- Human Trafficking Article Published in AMA Journal of Ethics- AHRMM ‘24 Registration is Open * One Member Pricing * Military Partner Benefits * Communication is Coming - be on the lookout- Spring Summit is In The Books - Content is available On Demand- Chinese Manufactured Syringes and FDA Warning Letters
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Matt Mentel, Founder and Strategic Partner at Strategic Optimization and Innovation Partners, LLCTopic: Retooling and focusing our sight on logistics and core supply chain functions- What are some trends you have been seeing since you began in supply chain?- A wide range of technology and software adoption * Some are implementing large scale ERPs and others are processing with paper * Some have the large solution, but still use paper * Our dependence on technology has results in a loss of focus on core supply chain discipline- Leadership perspective has shifted to a one dimensional financial assessment to measure the success of supply chain * A/P moved into VP of Supply Chain * Contracting person moves into VP - How has our shift post-pandemic made these situations more painful?- Consequences * Often the savings are not realized * The lack of supply chain discipline limits the impact of the ERP * Small to mid-sized hospitals suffer the most- What should we be doing? * Supply chain should be collaborating with clinical, financial and IT teams to ensure all parties fully understand the goal of the project and the logistics implications * Most non-supply chain stakeholders are reaching out for procurement assistance, not for what happens after the contract has been signed * Supply chain is uniquely positioned to see things end-to-end
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…March ‘24 Update:- Mike Schiller announced as Executive Director - What’s next?!- Supply Chain Fundamentals (CMRP, UDI, 2 more in development)- On The Fringe – BD Insyte Autoguard 20 Gauge Needle (adverse events)
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Guest: Cody FisherTopic: Powering Partnerships & Visibility Through AI- What are your thoughts on AI in Supply Chain?- What are some obvious wins for AI in the healthcare supply chain * Simple wins * Complex wins * Actionable insights are achievable- The transparency/negotiating leverage dynamic and its impact on partnerships- How should we reimagine successful partnerships now and into the future?- Back to AI, how that help us create a thriving ecosystem
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…February ‘24 Update:- Roadmap Report - Meeting with the board to discuss the results- The Spring Summit is April 9-11- Government is considering the Federal Helium Reserve
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Bill Brewer, Vice President Procurement and Supply Chain Optimization @ Advocate HealthTopic: Indirect Emissions - How to be Successful with Environmental Sustainability InitiativesOutline:- How do you view Environmental Sustainability?- Define indirect emissions and Scope 3- Supply chain professionals as a climate change agent- Measuring the positive impact our initiatives- How has your approach matured as you have placed more emphasis on ESG?- Highlight some supplier collaborations
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Preston Hall, Director of MM at Pennsylvania Mountains Care NetworkTopic: AHRMM Fellow Program OverviewOutline:- Intro to Preston & Background 40 years in healthcare and construction supply chain Teaching the CMRP prep course at National AHRMM- When did you become an AHRMM fellow?- What is the AHRMM Fellow program? How many are there? How many CMRPs are there?- How can becoming an AHRMM fellow help you set yourself apart?- What are the requirements for applying to become a fellow?- What is the process for becoming a fellow?- How can they get more info?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…January ‘24 Update:- Mike Schiller announced as Interim Executive Director of AHRMM- New Chair of the Advisory Board, Dennis Mullins and new board members coming- Reimagining AHRMM report will be out next week and will be the roadmap for AHRMM- Call for Abstracts - the deadline has been extended
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain.
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Pooja Solanki, Senior VP Spend Management in IT, Digital Health and Financial Services with VizientTopic: “Your Technology Strategy is a C-suite Imperative"- Experience in IT Spend Management- Overview and state of the industry * IT Sourcing is often separated from Supply Chain (think Rx and Lab) * Industry is more subscription based now * Smart devices * Could be considered “invisible spend”- Why is this a C-Suite Imperative?- What role does Supply Chain play? * The importance of being proactive * Common blind spots * Two best practices that you would recommend- What resources are available – mention the Vizient Blog: https://newsroom.vizientinc.com/en-US/releases/blogs-your-technology-strategy-is-a-c-suite-imperative
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Latifah Jackson, Supplier Diversity Manager at University HealthTopic: The importance of supplier diversity for supply chain, community involvement and economic impact- Intro to Latifah (local government experience)- Smaller businesses can be a big part of your resiliency planning * During the pandemic they were able to pivot quickly- Community Involvement * Feeling a responsibility to the community, not simply by providing care but helping to support the businesses to ensure the community can afford good health insurance * Using the funding that is coming from our community and putting it back into the community- Economic Impact * Lessons from local government * It may make sense to take a 2% increase to keep it local for all of the reasons above- Branding/Marketing Impact * Investing in the community helps increase brand value and build positive perception from your consumers * This can help with fund raising efforts and the perception of tax increases to support higher quality care- Success Stories * Women’s/Children’s Towers with 2 concessions stands – met with suppliers in the community and walked them through the process and now the business is thriving (Latifah invested her time and experience/knowledge into the local business) * Saved $500k with a local reseller that represents innovative clinical products (myth busting – you are not always going to spend more with a local supplier)
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain.This is Justin Poulin from Power Supply, live at AHRMM23 in Orlando speaking with…Nataschia Roberts, Strategic Sourcing Manager at Saint Luke's Health SystemTopic: Managed Services ProviderOutline:- Had experience in HR- Meeting 2-3 times per day- New contract for Managed services- Rates out the window- Expedite response and managing rates- That structure is still in place so that they can keep a pulse o it- Lessoned learned to build that structure out and maintaining the relationships * HR * Central Staffing * Strategic Sourcing * Managed Service Provider * CNOs monthly so they are engaged
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…November ‘23 Update:- UDI Forum Update- Reimagining AHRMM- Israel Hamas War and Panama Canal Draft Reduction
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. This is Justin Poulin from Power Supply, live at AHRMM23 in Orlando speaking with…Dylan Hansen, Manager of Materials Management at Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center.Topic: Quality Project Success StoryOutline:- What is it like being a director at a small critical access hospital?- Tell us about your QAPI Committee- What are some of the projects you have tackled?- What is a Kamishibai board?- What led you to use this tool to track department performance?- What benefits have you seen since implementing the board?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. This is Justin Poulin from Power Supply, live at AHRMM23 in Orlando speaking with…Guest: Lee Ayers, Sr. Director, Supply Chain Operations @ Sutter HealthTopic: Supply Chain doing Supply Chain Work - Maximizing Supply Chain Staff Managing ReplenishmentOutline:- Labor Costs – Employing Clinical Staff to order Supplies is Pricey- Standard Work – Systemic Processes reduce Excess & Stockouts- Technology – Leveraging HHTs, PARs & ERP amplifies Resources
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Susan Morris, Director, Supply Chain Management at MedStar Montgomery Medical CenterTopic: A Success Story on the journey to Magnet Status- Welcome Susan- The journey to magnet status, what does that involve?- The 2 Bin process – what is it?- What was the scope if the implementation? Where and Why?- Overview of the supply chain benefits * Reduced costs * Reduced expiry products * Improved efficiencies- Benefits to clinicians and how this relates to obtaining magnet status
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Andrei Armanca, System Procurement Manager at Ochsner Health Topic: Procurement Road Map – How to transform and elevate the role of the buyer- Learning Lab – Procurement Road Map (less focus on purchasing and more on sourcing these days)- Procurement – Current State- How do you asses the health of your organization’s procurement (baseline)- Procurement governance (framework) * Policies * Staffing * Technology - Optimization (identifying opportunities) * Data and Reporting etc- Digitalization * Automation * Transform roles * Role model- Changing the buyer prototype * Less transactional and more exception management * Change management (getting buy in) * Skillset requirements (developing them and what do we really need in the future)- Closing – Learning Lab available after AHRMM on the website
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the health care supply chain. And now, Mike and Justin…October ‘23 Update- UDI Forum Later This Month!- Healthcare learning community focused on sustainability - launching next month!- On The Fringe – The office of science and technology policy (OSTP) Discussing development of a digital supply chain looking at non-healthcare companies getting into healthcare
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Alyssa Kangas, MBA, CMRP | Senior Director, Contracting & Procurement at CentraCareTopic: Clinical Integration & Achieving Greater Contract Adherence- Clinical Integration – Engaging Providers for Success- No margin = no mission Rural HCOs may feel a greater responsibility to generate a margin to ensure that they can deliver more advanced care options locallyExpansion of services can only happen if the funding is there- Evidence Based Decisions take into account:Patient ExperiencePatient OutcomesFiscal Viability- These areas of focus do not need to be mutually exclusive – evidence takes us there- Success Story Overview of how you got started Building business acumen for providers Gaining engagement* A couple keys to the success of initiative * Establish the “Why” and educate/build the necessary skills * Diad leadership structure * Physician leader * Operational leader * Engage both leaders in VA steering committees
Power of Partnerships: Part 3Jeremy Strong, System Vice President, Supply Chain & Hospital Operations at Rush University System for Health joins Justin, Mike and Vicky to discuss Rush Health’s innovative JumpHire program, the concept, success and subsequent second cohort that just started and their continued focus on community engagement and investment in local businesses and alignment with those business to meet Rush Health’s operational priorities.
Power of Partnerships: Part 2Eric Tritch, Vice President Supply Chain & Support Services at the University of Chicago Medicine joins Justin, Mike and Vicky to discuss how UChicago Medicine has engaged with their local community in the areas of construction, business development and purchase services, and how they are modeling community engagement as the begin the development of their facility in NW Indiana.
Power of Partnerships: Part 1Justin, Mike and Vicky applaud supply chain professionals and discuss this year’s theme of The Power of Partnerships and what those partnerships look like now and how they may look in the near future.
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Alan K. Edwards, CMRP Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions Group at Mary Washington HealthcareTopic: Recruiting SC Talent From Outside HealthcareOutline:- Overview of the staffing crisisLayoffs and hiring shortages – how does this coexist?Competitive landscape (IT positions, pay scale and impact on retention)*Baseline skill set needs to be higher level than before- Turnover planning – the reality is that there will be turnover- Where do we find talent?- If outside healthcare, how long does it take to learn the nuances in healthcare?- What are some best practices for identifying and hiring SC experience without healthcare experience?
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Rueben Mathew, one of our YPAC members and the Product Lead at Clarium Health.Topic: Technology Enabling Supply Resiliency- Define a key concept to set the table for the discussion – what is “Dark Data”?- In what ways can technology address dark data challengesVisibility to the supply chainHumans cannot monitor and track large data setsImplications for standardizationEnables HCO to respond to SC disruptionAdjust strategy related to actionable insightsTechnology can track and create actionable insights that humans cannot- Give us a real world example of an actionable insight that can be gained only through technology- How can listeners put this into practice?
This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain.September ‘23 Update:- Healthcare Supply Chain Week Oct 1-7th - The Power of Partnerships- SCRC Updates - Abbott Adult Nutrition- On The Fringe - Panama Canal (Restrictions related to Drought)
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Corey Schmidt, an AHRMM YPAC member and the Assistant Director SHS Operations & Supply Chain Integration at The University of Kansas Health SystemTopic: The challenges of rural health through a supply chain lensHighlights include:Concerning Trends- Falling behind in regards to the advances that are being made at a fast pace- Lagging in technology adoption and fit (does not always work in rural settings)Economic pressure for rural health- This is becoming a big concern for rural communities.- Becker’s Healthcare recently reported that 23% of KS and 4% of MO hospitals are at risk of immediate closure.What happens to the community when these hospitals close?- Rural communities have to travel farther for care- Population health decreasesHow can supply chain be a voice for these small hospitals- Governor asked UKHS what we are doing to create sustainable healthcare- Strategic Healthcare Solutions (SHS) – Network of Hospitals (can’t buy them all) -Extend contract pricing to help create parity for the rural community hospitals -Telehealth -Networking collaboration among members -Create new solutions to solve challenges
In this interview with Justin Poulin,Dawn Watkins Director, Strategic Sourcing at UF Health Shands discusses The Anatomy of a Credit Hold: Why is this more important now than ever; Strategies for Partnering with Suppliers; Strategies for Partnering with Finance Internally; and how there are many challenges to obtaining the right supplies at the right time – don’t let a credit hold be one of them!
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Ed Hisscock, SVP, Supply Chain Management & Trinity HealthOur industry supports some of the most wasteful trading partner relationships * A suppliers SG&A is the cost to get product from where it is made to the consumer Average SG&A for suppliers in the healthcare sector runs ~35% Consumer goods (which actually has similar SKU characteristics and demand) the SG&A is ~20% This suggests that we have ~15% we can take out E.g. the most costly and invasive products (implants) typically come out of a sales reps trunkWe conducted a lean event with a large supplier of implants focused on identifying waste and removing it We agreed at the outset to split the savings from the effort Trinity Health was sending, on average, 47 orders/day to the suppliers DC Each order was picked, packed and shipped separately, which created separate receipts and invoices We now send 1 order every 2-3 weeks * Reduced labor and trans cost, net of inventory investment, by 16%* Reduced cardboard and other packing materials by 65%
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the health care supply chain.And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Josh Andrade, Director of SC Management at HonorHealthHighlights include: Cross Functional Organization & Pillars of Service; Partnerships w/ Local Schools & Military (ASU: Capstone Projects w/ different process improvement projects, Scottsdale Community College, Work for credit opp oOsborne Medical Center – Military Training Program•Recruitment EffortoSkillBridgeoSC Program w/ SCCoInternships•Closing
This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the health care supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert…Mr. Harper is the current Chief of Logistics at Fort Gregg-Adams and was the former Chief of Logistics at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), and Lt Col Matthew Gross, USAF, MSC, Chief, Medical Operations & Plans.This episode will focus on:- What is the DoD Skillbridge Program?- Key Considerations for DoD Skillbridge Industry Partners: * Skillbridge is a Training Program * Service member remains on Active Duty (status, pay and entitlements) * How to Become a DoD Skillbridge Industry Partner: https://skillbridge.osd.mil/industry-employers.htmTo learn more about the Skillbridge Program, join the DoD on Tuesday, August 8, at the AHRMM23 Conference for session 4.1 Leveraging the DoD SkillBridge Program to Build Human Resource Gateways and to Maximize Industry, from 8:00 AM-9:00 AM.
In the July 2023 AHRMM Updates Podcast, Mike Schiller and Justin Poulin highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the health care supply chain._________AHRMM is proud to announce a new partnership with Power Supply Media, one of the leading podcasts in health care supply chain. Through this collaboration, Power Supply will offer Continuing Education Credit (CEC) approved podcast episodes to the health care supply chain audience.
In the June 2023 AHRMM Updates Podcast, Mike Schiller and Justin Poulin highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the health care supply chain._________AHRMM is proud to announce a new partnership with Power Supply Media, one of the leading podcasts in health care supply chain. Through this collaboration, Power Supply will offer Continuing Education Credit (CEC) approved podcast episodes to the health care supply chain audience.
In this interview with Justin Poulin, Ryan Burke, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing with Pandion Optimization Alliance, discusses his background in health care supply chain and and involvement with Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC), including the YPAC's history, the value to YPAC members and why senior leadership should be aware of the group, success stories and how to learn more and get involved.
Economic activity in the hospital subsector contracted in May after 35 consecutive months of growth, say the nation’s hospital supply executives in the latest Hospital ISM® Report On Business®.
This is the first in a series of AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. In this first episode we discussed:•High level Strategy - SCRC•Member Engagement - YPAC•On The Fringe Category - Vacutainer TubesTune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the health care supply chain._________AHRMM is proud to announce a new partnership with Power Supply Media, one of the leading podcasts in health care supply chain. Through this collaboration, Power Supply will offer Continuing Education Credit (CEC) approved podcast episodes to the health care supply chain audience.
Listen as Tariq Kahn discusses his “ah ha” moment of “I need your help”. In these three short webcasts Tariq considers how educating staff about the importance of each key player’s role improves their understanding of the final goal and helps projects to be accomplished with efficiency and success.
Webcast 1: Reduce Waste through Human Engagement and Investment Webcast 2: Business and Clinical Side of Health Care Webcast 3: Service Line Meetings for Successful Clinical Integration and Cost Reduction
Speaker: Tariq Kahn, Materials Manager, Peri-operative Services Montefiore Medical Center
Listen as Tariq Kahn discusses his “ah ha” moment of “I need your help”. In these three short webcasts Tariq considers how educating staff about the importance of each key player’s role improves their understanding of the final goal and helps projects to be accomplished with efficiency and success.
Webcast 1: Reduce Waste through Human Engagement and Investment Webcast 2: Business and Clinical Side of Health Care Webcast 3: Service Line Meetings for Successful Clinical Integration and Cost Reduction
Speaker: Tariq Kahn, Materials Manager, Peri-operative Services Montefiore Medical Center
Listen as Tariq Kahn discusses his “ah ha” moment of “I need your help”. In these three short webcasts Tariq considers how educating staff about the importance of each key player’s role improves their understanding of the final goal and helps projects to be accomplished with efficiency and success.
Webcast 1: Reduce Waste through Human Engagement and Investment Webcast 2: Business and Clinical Side of Health Care Webcast 3: Service Line Meetings for Successful Clinical Integration and Cost Reduction
Speaker: Tariq Kahn, Materials Manager, Peri-operative Services Montefiore Medical Center
AHRMM presents a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers. In part four, Brent Petty, executive industry consultant at Lexmark International, discusses supply chain leaders’ top concerns and how suppliers can be a helpful partner.
AHRMM presents a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers. In part three, Brent Petty, executive industry consultant at Lexmark International, discusses finding common ground between providers and suppliers and working towards the total cost of ownership.
In part two of a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers, Mike Schiller, Director of supply chain at AHRMM, discusses relationship building, utilizing trust and transparency.
AHRMM presents a four-part series on successful collaboration with suppliers. In part one, Mike Schiller, director of supply chain at AHRMM, discusses AHRMM’s CQO Movement and IHI’s Triple Aim and how they are affecting the health care supply chain today. As primary care shifts its focus to prevention, suppliers need to partner with providers to provide best practices and tools for prevention and health promotion.
Matt Burns, Director eCommerce Solutions at Premier discusses the $200B explosion of health care supply chain e-commerce usage during the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and the variety of ways organizations are using it to increase revenue and improve transparency and operations management.
Consider the historical path of the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) currently hovering at its real-time usage and the resulting in cost savings and patient safety improvements. Dick Perrin of AHRMM’s Learning UDI Community (LUC) discusses the atomization and use of the same UDI across the continuum allowing for quick identification of recalled products and the patients they may have affected, as well as the potential update of the device or modification of care instructions.
Speaker: Dick Perrin, CEO, Active Innovations
Understand how innovation is hindered by the barriers of competition and how to actively seek it.
Speaker: Dennis Orthmann, Access Strategy Partners
Reducing recall communication difficulties through UDI use and standards development.
Vicky Lyle, Vice President, Industry Association Owens & Minor
Listen as Susan Morris emphasizes the benefits of a strong relationship between clinical staff and supply chain in a hospital or health system.
Ensure clinicians have the right patient care products by connecting them with supply chain to decrease risk and improve documentation work flow.
Speaker: Vicky Lyle, Vice President Industry Association, Owens & Minor
Learn how supply chain and surgical teams improved data points to generate meaningful, relevant and actionable information through collaboration with all stakeholders including Finance and other departments.
Speaker: BJ McCluskey, Director of Resource Optimization, McLeod Health
Measure your organization against 15 key supply chain indexes for actionable insights related to health care supply chain and change thinking through the Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISM) Hospital Report on Business (HRoB).
Speaker: Nancy LeMaster, CEO, Nancy J LeMaster Consulting
Learn four value-based contracting methods suppliers can use with provider partners such as evidence-based care, product guarantees, risk share by product and risk share by alternative payment model.
Speaker: Myla Maloney, Vice President, Strategy and Commercial Operations Premier, Inc.
In this podcast, Russel Royer, Loma Linda University Health, and Lana Makhanik, VUEMED, discuss the optimization of clinical supply chain, the alignment of inventory with clinical needs, and the prevention of unnecessary spending using expiration and stagnation-type KPIs together with RFID UDI data capture and procedure-based forecasting.
Consider 10 leading practices to incorporating supplier diversity, inclusion, and equity.
Substantial opportunities exist to enhance vendor relationships to create partnerships that support more reliable supply chain operations. Achievement of improved end-to-end performance must include the elements of value and quality as compliments to cost-focused considerations. Historical wisdom often represented such elements as mutually exclusive, especially when viewed through vendor optics, but developing paradigms offer the opportunity to incorporate many, if not all desired contractual components – with active vendor partnerships.
Yolanda Redmond, VUMC and Terrie Reed, Symmetric Health Solutions describe the challenges of matching data sources and public information. Learn how VUMC’s database cleanse and implementation of both GTIN and other key elements allowed for close alignment and the ability to provide clinical teams with a deeper level of insight, leading to improved value analysis outcomes.
Trisha Smith discusses various checks and balances to minimize risk in working with a new vendor.
Colonel Vic Suarez discusses COVID insights that can help you successfully realize project goals in a short timeframe.
Decision making by studying where our data is coming from and the outcome of its source.
Discover how to identify and reduce the 30% of charge capture that is missed in OR suites
Listen as Elizabeth Hilla, senior vice president at HIDA, discusses the most successful strategic sourcing strategies during the pandemic and health care supply chain resiliency leading practices, including stockpiling considerations and established supplier relationships.
Dr. Jimmy Chung discusses how physician leadership was critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, development of defined physician leader roles and creating a permanent physician leader position in supply chain organizations.
Learn the best practices of setting PAR levels and what you need to know to ensure you have the proper stock.
Jessica Campbell, Senior Data Analyst at BJC HealthCare, shares her three steps or questions she uses when rolling out planning projects, building tools, and rolling out metrics that lead to actionable metrics.
Hear from the Stanford Medicine supply chain team, led by Amanda Chawla, vice president of supply chain, on how they have maintained and enhanced their team culture while in a distributed workforce with inventive communication and collaboration techniques.
Crises can stress even the strongest leaders. Listen as Dee Donatelli discusses the need to focus on skills that we may not have considered critical a year ago as we continue to virtually lead our teams to improved health care supply chain and patient care.
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.
John Bass, Founder and CEO of Hashed Health explains how Blockchain works, some of the current Blockchain initiatives and how health care organizations can use it to share data.
Learn how hospitals in dire need of PPE can be matched with supplies donated by other hospitals, organizations and individuals. Using an unbiased algorithm, the free HealthEquip DonorExchange is designed to ethically distribute PPE to organizations in critical need. Developed in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA), hospitals are encouraged to use the free HealthEquip DonorExchange application to request essential PPE, or donate supplies or funds to purchase PPE for those in need.
Jeff Berman, Principal and Healthcare Supply Chain Practice Leader at Grant Thornton, discusses emerging trends in the health care supply chain due to COVID-19 and steps health care organizations can take to build a stronger and more resilient supply chain.
Michael Brown, Director of Supply Chain Management and Eric Swaim, Manager of Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston share their unique approach to sourcing PPE supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they plan to continue sourcing in the future.
Tom Lubotsky discusses leading practices for sourcing leaders to maintain accountability for product categories and for operations to close the loop.
Tom Lubotsky discusses Allina Health’s supply chain command center transformation as they discovered how to best combat COVID-19.
Learn how UCHealth was able to rapidly change and improve their inventory methods throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and how you can apply these lessons learned in your organization to better manage your inventory.
Discover how a Medical Logistics Crisis Action Team could help your institution quickly organize efforts and resources in addition to your Incident Command System. Col. Victor Suarez, Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics at the US Army Regional Health Command-Atlantic explains their approach to the MedLog CAT during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brian Bartel, Director of Supply Chain and Support Services, and Crystal Lacey, Trauma Coordinator and Emergency Preparedness RN, at Willamette Valley Medical Center in Oregon share their preparation strategy and a few of the processes established to help combat COVID-19.
Mike Schiller, Senior Director of Supply Chain at AHRMM and Brent Petty, Executive Industry Consultant at Lexmark Healthcare discuss effective supplier reconnection as providers slowly emerge from the pandemic into a staggered implementation of elective procedures within the “new normal."
Listen as one small community hospital discusses how they used volunteers to locate critically needed PPE and medical supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Randy Bradley, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, discusses the attributes leaders must have in order to be effective when managing a multi-generational workforce.
Karen Conway, Vice President, Healthcare Value at GHX and Mike Schiller, Senior Director of Supply Chain at AHRMM discuss the value of UDI beyond regulations highlighting recall management and how manufacturers can help.
Dr. Cherf, Chief Medical Officer at Lumere, and Dr. Suk, Chief Physician Officer at Geisinger System Services, share eight best practices to engage physician leaders in your supply chain. Download the best practices here: Bit.ly/2RmkOnt
Explore how your value analysis committee may be prohibiting innovation and how to overcome roadblocks to drive innovation that affects population health, patient experiences, and costs.
John Kelty from W.L. Gore & Associates discusses how value analysis committees can determine a medical devices value when evaluating new products.
Join Ken Cyr, Director of Supply Chain Consulting at Intalere, as he discusses how supply chain should be a strategic resource as part of an integrated and improved health system.
John Barnes, supply chain director of systems and analytics at St. Luke’s Health System, discusses a five step marketing plan to drive supply chain change management.
Join Colleen Cusick, Director of Materials Management at Johns Hopkins Health System, as she discuss building a basic supply chain education program for nurses in her health system.
David Reed, Vice President Healthcare Solutions, Cook Medical, discusses the generational gap in health care supply chain leadership as health care faces new challenges.
In today’s value based health care market, reimbursement is tied to patient outcomes. But the duty of improving patient outcomes does not solely reside with the clinical teams. Supply Chain has an important role to play in driving outcomes while being mindful of cost. Robin Czajka, vice president of cost management at Premier, describes 3 ways that your organization can take today to begin aligning your supply chain and clinical teams to drive toward improved patient outcomes.
Join Karen Conway, Vice President of Healthcare Value at GHX and Mike Schiller, Vice President of Healthcare Engagement at SteriTrack for a conversation on population health and how supply chain can be involved.
Roy Henry, strategic analyst from University of Miami, explores how clinical integration can evolve your supply chain while discussing the value of clinical integration and how it can be measured.
Jake Crampton, chief executive officer, Medspeed discusses intra-company logistics, which is a relatively new concept that is all about leveraging your health system’s logistical framework so it supports your organization’s broader goals.
Annie Weisbrod, principal scientist at Procter and Gamble, discusses the science behind sustainable hygiene products and challenges companies and consumers face with sustainability information.
Stuart Layhe, Director of Supply Chain at Denver Health, shares his method for measuring supply chain department success with quarterly support card surveys used to make improvements.
It doesn’t take a deadly pandemic like Ebola to put your supply chain—and your staff and patients--at risk. Flu outbreaks cause sudden shortages of critical supplies and happen frequently. Jason Burnham shares three steps to be prepared for the next outbreak.
Having conversations with clinicians can be difficult, Howard Mann, a 30 year supply chain professional, discusses how to prepare for physician conversations regarding vendor consolidations to reduce number of suppliers for product or product categories.
Teresa Dail, AHRMM’s 2018 Chair, shares AHRMM’s definition of clinical integration and why a clinically integrated supply chain is important to her and her colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
This podcast reviews the strengths of pharmacy and supply chain to explore how supply chain and pharmacy can partner to improve patient safety, patient health, and the organization’s finances.
In this short webcast, Dena Jackson and Sophie Rutherford discuss supply chain as the hub of your organization as value analysis is transforming to clinical integration and changing the organization.
In this short webcast, Dena Jackson and Sophie Rutherford discuss connecting the organization to the supply chain department in order to build collaborative teams and align goals. Utilizing technology, supply chain can be the “hub” to connect the organization.
Explore the new delivery methods of health care, how community resources and organizations are now working together to reduce patient episodic care, and how it affects supply chain.
Due to the ever-changing health care field and continuing mergers and acquisitions, our supply chain networks can become increasingly disjointed. In this short webcast, Tom Redding, managing director of healthcare services at St. Onge Company, describes a general approach to network supply chain assessment to identify areas for improvement. Project scope and data collection will be discussed, along with an example assessment of a health care system and the potential savings outcomes.
Stop running out of supplies in your ORs, nursing and procedural areas and learn how to optimize your PAR levels. Karen Morlan, Administrative Director of Supply Chain Operations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, explains the process of PAR optimization to reduce supply chain and nursing staff time, maximize value of a purchase order and eliminate the need to stock pile.
Be a part of the comparison as supply chain leaders use a new economic index to help make decisions and positively affect their overall cost, quality, and outcomes.
The ISM® Hospital Report on Business will generate an economic index that measures monthly healthcare changes by comparing supply chain performance across the country.
This podcast will give you a brief over of the current ISM® Report On Business, share details surrounding the development of the new ISM® Hospital Report on Business – the hospital-specific report – why it is important, and how you can be involved. To join the survey committee, complete the form here: www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/healthcare
In this informational session, Karen Conway discusses her research with the FDA on value and the UDI. Mike Schiller joins the conversation by adding the actions AHRMM is taking with the Learning UDI Community to identify adoption practices and move beyond compliance.
In this short webcast, Chris Wiekert will take you through the steps he used to lead his department in a culture change from one with poor service levels, inefficient manual processes, and a general dissatisfaction towards the overall department, into a customer-focused, highly valued service to the organization.
Michael Neely introduces the topic of risk sharing as it is becoming more popular in healthcare and how it can improve patient care while lowering costs. To learn more about risk sharing and how providers and suppliers can work together to generate financial, operational and clinical value, join AHRMM for a webinar on March 14 at 12:00 PM CST. Register for the webinar here: http://www.ahrmm.org/knowledge-center/events/live-event/shared-risk-contracting-provider-and-supplier-perspectives-webinar-031418
Stewart Layhe, Supply Chain Program Manager at Denver Health, compares benefits and downsides of perpetual and periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) system inventory methods.
For decisions related to patient care, administrators and physicians often need data from outside of their department. Listen as Jill Cotchen discusses how data crosses over departments and is interpreted to address real-life scenarios, and the necessity to take into account different benchmarking and costing methodologies to accurately quantify cost and impact to your organization.
Discover tips that can separate a health system’s success or failure when creating a viable purchased services sourcing program in this short video webcast. Register and join us for a live webinar on February 20, 2018, to uncover additional pitfalls and best practices to tackling purchased services: http://www.ahrmm.org/knowledge-center/events/live-event/7-pitfalls-of-purchased-services-webinar-011118
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.
AHRMM members discuss why they chose to earn their Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification and the rewards they have gained personally and professionally.
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 2 focuses on integrating new technology and which databases are needed.
This series of short education sessions documents various aspects of the Revenue Cycle and how it impacts Supply Chain. The series details how disconnects between the charge master and item
Allen Archer, Director of Supply Chain Management, Houston Hospitals, Inc., describes five key terms and conditions that will assist you in writing a contract.
Allen Archer, Director of Supply Chain Management, Houston Hospitals, Inc., explains the basics of writing a contract including best practices and key tips.
Brent Petty discusses what forces are currently affecting healthcare and the platform hospitals use for decision making criteria.
Donna Gammarato discusses the importance of creating specialized Value Analysis teams to analyze resource utilization and reduce costs.
Professional Coach Mark Noon discusses the types of skills and actions that a leader needs to create a team-oriented culture.
A value analysis process to verify the achievement of the outcomes desired will result in making decisions based on the data, celebrating achievement of outcomes, and identify the need for further review when outcomes are not achieved.
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.
Lean thinking continues to emerge and embed its ideas into our traditional ways of thinking about Value Analysis and Healthcare. In lean thinking, the thought is to ask “why” five times to get to the root cause of an issue.
Lana Makhanik and Peter Fiorentino discuss discus why Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is breathing easier after they overhauled their inventory management system using UHF RFID technology. Peter explains why they chose RFID, the success and benefits they have achieved, and lessons learned.
Now that the entire healthcare field is increasing its focus on value-based care, supply chain and physicians are working more closely together. Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors, HealthTrust discusses the top five areas that supply chain should consider when collaborating with physicians to reduce cost and clinical variations as they continue to improve outcomes.
Presented by: Jarad Garshnick, AVP of Physician Advisors, HealthTrust Purchasing Group
Some Human Cellular Tissue Products (HCTP) are considered “devices” and will require their assigned Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) to be tracked within the patient’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) and shared across the healthcare spectrum. Supply chain should be having interdepartmental conversations to determine how they will handle these types of products and their UDIs.
Nexera has incorporated Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) throughout their own organizational culture, and embeds that philosophy into their partnerships with healthcare supply chain organizations. In this discussion, Alison Flynn Gaffney, Senior Vice President at GNYHA Services, Inc., Nexera, Inc., explains the specifics of Nexera's endeavors, and the impact CQO has on their organization and the healthcare field.
Congratulations, you earned your Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification! You may have just earned it, but experts say that you should think about how you will keep it – and soon. Allen Archer discusses the need to plan your way to renewal now and the documentation needed that you need to maintain.
Presented by: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain, Houston Healthcare Inc.
Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare, leads a thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. Part 1 centers on the GPO’s role in helping member facilities support their CQO efforts.
Moderator: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare
Panelists: Preston Hall, Director, Materials Management, Clarion Jay Kirkpatrick, CEO, MidAmerica Region, HealthTrust Michael Louviere, System VP Supply Chain, Ochsner Health System Joe Walsh, Executive Vice President of Operations, Pensiamo
A thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. In part 2 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series, the panel considers the multiple product categories and the process of choosing the most appropriate contracting option.
Moderator: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare
Panelists: Preston Hall, Director, Materials Management, Clarion Jay Kirkpatrick, CEO, MidAmerica Region, HealthTrust Michael Louviere, System VP Supply Chain, Ochsner Health System Joe Walsh, Executive Vice President of Operations, Pensiamo
A thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. Part 3 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series examines whether compliance can be achieved without alignment, and vice versa.
Moderator: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare
Panelists: Preston Hall, Director, Materials Management, Clarion Jay Kirkpatrick, CEO, MidAmerica Region, HealthTrust Michael Louviere, System VP Supply Chain, Ochsner Health System Joe Walsh, Executive Vice President of Operations, Pensiamo
A thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. Panelists in Part 4 focus on what providers should expect from their GPO partners.
Moderator: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare
Panelists: Preston Hall, Director, Materials Management, Clarion Jay Kirkpatrick, CEO, MidAmerica Region, HealthTrust Michael Louviere, System VP Supply Chain, Ochsner Health System Joe Walsh, Executive Vice President of Operations, Pensiamo
A thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. In a Part 5 bonus section, included only in the podcast version, we listen to the panelists answer questions of those who attended this session during the AHRMM16 Annual Conference.
Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare, leads a thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. In the Part 5 bonus podcast, listen as panelists answer attendee questions during this session at the AHRMM16 Conference in San Diego.
Moderator: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare
Panelists: Preston Hall, Director, Materials Management, Clarion Jay Kirkpatrick, CEO, MidAmerica Region, HealthTrust Michael Louviere, System VP Supply Chain, Ochsner Health System Joe Walsh, Executive Vice President of Operations, Pensiamo
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.
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 two reviews the importance of Value Analysis and supply chain involvement.
In this three-part podcast, 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 one explains VBP and its effects on hospital reimbursement.
As we redefine healthcare into a value-based service, it is critical to develop the type of partner relationship where trust and respect are at the forefront. Today, Deborah Rey discusses the behaviors you need to exhibit to build that bond.
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. Part 2 focuses on integrating new technology and which databases are needed. Part three concentrates on vendor solutions and training.
Nattie Leger, Director of Nursing Pursuit of Value, discusses how Ochsner significantly reduced their 2015 surgical site infections rate and a substantial cost avoidance using an interdisciplinary and methodical Lean approach.
Dr. Michael Schlosser discusses the reasons for, and resources needed to create a clinically integrated supply chain that utilizes evidence-based data to make procurement decisions that can improve patient outcomes.
Presented by: Dr. Michael Schlosser, Chief Medical Officer, HealthTrust
Research has shown that at least 2/3 of leaders in healthcare supply chain are having real issues locating candidates with the necessary competencies required to replace the supply chain leaders that will be retiring in the next five to ten years. In 2015, AHRMM and SMI partnered to envision the supply chain executive of the future in order to assist professionals in developing their skills to better lead the healthcare supply chain. In this short video webcast, Mike Schiller, Senior Director, AHRMM and Dennis Othman, Senior Director, SMI discuss the four key pillars of knowledge and traits based on findings and feedback from various conference and work group meetings with supply chain leaders, individual interviews and literature research. The ultimate goal of this project is to work together to prepare the supply chain professional of today to become the supply chain leader of the future.
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.
Public and private reimbursement models continue to shift from paying for volume to paying for value. Today, value analysis programs must continue to produce savings while also supporting the attainment of high quality care. Listen as Dennis Orthman, Senior Director of Strategic Marketplace Initiative shares with you the exciting and challenging work that SMI has accomplished in partnership with the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals.
Hear one provider’s ongoing process of UDI implementation, from deciphering acronyms and educating interdepartmental staff, to working with vendors to redesign ERP software to meet FDA data capture and reporting regulations, all while creating procedures for others to follow.
AHRMM strives to provide the education, information, and resources necessary for its members to remain at the top of their field. Tune into this podcast episode and hear from two AHRMM members as they discuss the opportunities to actively participate with the Association, and how your involvement will benefit you and the supply chain community.
As UDI capture and exchange becomes more prevalent across the healthcare ecosystem and as implantable device information is linked to patient outcomes there are a number of expected benefits to look at. Find out how UDI will improve patients safety and supply chain purchasing for years to come.
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.
Learn about how the significant number of clinical alarms have a numbing effect on nursing staff, to the point that patient safety is in jeopardy. As this is happening at most hospitals around the country, supply chain has the ability to help slow the number of unnecessary alarms and increase the quality of patient care.
A short introduction to the CMS Meaningful Use 3 Rule and how implementing UDI within the healthcare setting and moving toward the full GS1 will reduce costs and improve inventory management while providing accurate data reporting and complete patient EHR information. Ultimately, these changes will lead to knowledge-based decision making and improved quality of patient care.
Investing in yourself by taking continuing education courses, no matter what kind, is essential for personal and professional growth. Hear from two supply chain experts who explain the benefits of life-long learning and earing their Certified Resource Materials Professional (CMRP) Certificate, and how you can do the same.