How has the pandemic and frequent backorders impacted your ability to provide necessary supplies to the clinicians on the front lines? How much time and effort was required of your health system to find available items already in stock so that they could be redistributed to other areas in need? How flexible and sophisticated are…
Read MoreHave you squeezed all the juice out of line items savings? Do you find yourself spending more and more time on RFPs and proposals that represent smaller and smaller savings? Do you struggle to develop and coordinate value analysis committees that can work efficiently and deliver the results that make a true impact on the…
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How compliant is your hospital with managing product recalls? What if that one you miss causes a sentinel event? Everyone agrees the use of email and paper mailings to send notifications is vastly outdated, but what is the real opportunity to utilize technology and bring our recall potential into the 21st century? On this episode…
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In healthcare, small changes in regulations and disruptions in supply chain can have a ripple effect on an industry. On this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight, we talk with Christian Berling, VP of Sales and Marketing at Heine, about going back to the drawing board to manufacture the industry’s only reusable LED laryngoscope handle that can…
Read MoreValue analysis committees have begun to focus on form and function for the front lines versus taking a traditional supplier-oriented approach with their strategic sourcing initiatives. Having clinical representation has been a key component to the success of these initiatives and the industry has seen more and more nurses becoming involved in supply chain. On…
Read MoreMissing items and the associated reimbursements are an enormous challenge to controlling costs related to Vendor managed inventory. Transparency and quality data is integral to finding areas for improvement related to chargebacks. Keerthi Kanubaddi, CEO at ReadySet Surgical joins us for this episode of Power Supply to talk about the opportunity to align Suppliers and…
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Supply Chain initiatives have a direct impact on the healthcare institution’s ability to generate revenue, but in many cases the collaboration is nearly non-existent. How do we bridge the gap between revenue cycle and supply chain to ensure a successful and coordinated effort? Kelli McRory from Jefferson Health in Philadelphia provides a roadmap for engaging…
Read MoreMost often, change is met with some level of resistance. Large projects touch so many end users that the pressure mounts and it can be difficult to successfully engage many internal stakeholders. Dan Pfister has proven success with change management and joins us for this episode of Power Supply to share his secrets for aligning…
Read MoreConsolidation has been occurring through healthcare, no matter what side of the table you have been sitting on for the past decade. GPOs have been no exception and sourcing strategies have been forced to change as well. Jeff Stevens shares his extensive experience and perspective on how to get the best value from your Group…
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These days everyone is in love with big data and the insights that can be gleaned from them thanks to the computing power we now have available. However, managing large data sets comes with its own challenges, such as establishing and maintaining the integrity of the information that is being collected. On this week’s episode…
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