Podcast: Power Supply

Customized by Design: Exploring the Intersection of Safety and Efficiency in Sterile Storage

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…

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Competent Performers: How to align measurements and goals to develop effective KPIs

How 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…

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Healthcare Value Analysis: Diagnose Before You Prescribe A Solution

On 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…

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Cybersecurity: Best Practices & Partnerships

How 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…

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Circle of Confluence Strategy Reduces Clinicians’ Fear of Change

On 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…

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Hospital Hacked?: Emerging Threats In Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity 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…

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4 Tips from Motorsports You Too Can Use in Your Own Pursuit of Supply Chain Excellence

On 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…

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Release the Back(en): Slaying the Backorder Monster in Supply Chain

Backorders 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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The Speed of Savings: Interoperability in Supply Chain through Data Visualization

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are driving innovation and creating the tools that will take Supply Chain to the next level. In this week’s episode of Power Supply, Vincent Matozzo CEO & Managing Partner at Paradigm Venture Group LLC joins the rest of the team to share his vision for the future of Supply Chain…

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Maintain the Gains: Successfully Tackling the Preference Card Challenge

Preference cards can be time consuming to maintain but also an ongoing opportunity to remove waste from the system from both the clinical & supply side. Ensuring that your efforts are not in vain takes good data, a commitment from multiple departments, adoption from leadership, and a sustainable process. On this week’s episode of the…

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