You may already know about the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management’s (AHRMM) CQO movement, but have you heard about the YPAC (Young Professionals Advisory council)? Perhaps you’ve earned your Certified Material & Resource Professional (CMRP) and attended AHRMM’s annual conference and exhibition to get CECs, but you’ll be surprised to hear all…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl makes the case for looking at the big picture and big wins available to your hospital Supply Chain team: “Don’t get bogged down researching special requests, or as I like to call it “trivia”, when there are dozens of high value savings targets that…
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When it comes to adding space, a hospital has two options: move to a new building and renovate, which can completely disrupt staff operation, or use the current space and invest in a more space-efficient storage system. On this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight, we sat down with Ian Loper from DSI to chat about an…
Read MoreHow do you incorporate operational measurements into the larger context of managing expenses and delivering care to the community? Is your health system able to effectively connect those measures to the most important KPI, patient outcomes? On this episode of Power Supply Lana Makhanik, CEO from VueMed joins Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl describes the importance of diagnosing your healthcare Supply Chain challenges before trying to implement a solution: “The simple truth is that we, as an industry, are treating symptoms of a problem more often than the actual cause of the behavior with so-so results. To…
Read MoreHow can providers and suppliers partner effectively to tackle the rising concerns around Cybersecurity as Healthcare Organizations get “smarter”? The contracting process can be cumbersome for suppliers, and the contraction process and negotiations represent challenges for the healthcare supply chain. On this episode of the Power Supply podcast, Marc Sammons and Matthew Webb from IT…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl explains how the circle of confluence strategy can positively impact your hospital’s Supply Chain: “Regular communication is fundamental. It gives clinicians the opportunity to share and digest diverse ideas. It can also generate new ideas by putting old ones into context. Publish newsletters to…
Read MoreCybersecurity has become one of the top concerns of healthcare organizations and the general public in recent years. What should you and your organization be considering as we consistently strive to keep up with the pace of change within information services? Tahjar Roamartinez is an “ethical hacker” with a broad experience in Cybersecurity and having…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl takes a unique look at healthcare supply chain through the lens of a completely different industry filled with competition and a drive for excellence: “It is amazing what your healthcare supply chain organization can learn from another totally different yet high-tech industry. In this…
Read MoreBackorders have been wreaking havoc on supply chain for nearly two years and it appears that they are here to stay! On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast, Suzi Collins joins Hays Waldrop, Gary Skinner and Justin Poulin to talk about how her organization has developed processes to better manage backorders and give…
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