- Supply Chain
- Clinical
Future Hospital or Hospital of the Future? Incorporating Inclusion and Diversity for Greater Health Equity
Whether incorporating non-Western modalities or championing equitable access to facilities and treatments, the future of healthcare isn’t about retrofitting hospitals — it’s about reimagining their capabilities.
- Supply Chain
Disasters Are Striking at Increasingly Odd Times: Do You Have What You Need to Weather the Storm?
Natural disasters are more common and affect a larger geography than ever before — and with manmade disasters like acts of terrorism, cybersecurity threats and utility shutdowns also on the rise, “that time of year” could be any time of year.
- Clinical
- Supply Chain
- Operations & Quality
Care at Home Programs Bolster Everything from Cost Savings to Health Equity to Supplier Innovation — All While Boosting Patient Satisfaction
Health systems must consider increased investment in care-at-home initiatives to safely speed discharge out of the hospital setting and to limit avoidable admissions.
- Supply Chain
- Clinical
Physician Preference Cards: How a Small Card Can Lead to Big Savings in The Operating Room
It is critical that health systems drive new efficiencies to increase revenue and cost savings and that’s especially true for the OR, which represents both the largest revenue driver for health systems and the biggest cost center.
- Supply Chain
Smart Technologies are Changing the Future of Healthcare — Even at Patients’ Bedsides
One such technology that has the potential to revolutionize patient care, particularly at the point of treatment and convalescence, is smart wireless medical beds, which can improve everything from patient comfort and safety to staff availability.
- Supply Chain
- Data & Analytics
The Top 8 Must-Haves for More Effective Analytical Reporting Within Category Management
Though analytical reporting is becoming more automated over time, Excel reporting is nowhere near its sunset. With that in mind, here is a list of necessities to provide clear, concise and consistent results to support effective decision making.
- Supply Chain
- Clinical
Evaluating the Benefits, Drawbacks of Reusable vs. Single-use Endoscopes
It can be tricky for clinicians and supply chain leaders to determine whether (and in what cases) to select reusable or single-use endoscopes – but looking at the clinical, environmental, financial and operational impacts of each can help.
- Supply Chain
The Five Major Benefits of Domestic Sourcing
Discussions around domestic manufacturing of medical supplies have picked up steam in recent years as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the risks and challenges of the global supply chain.
- Supply Chain
Purchased Services Represents Ideal Opportunity to Control Costs, Improve Efficiencies
Is your organization sourcing products and services independently or relying on years-old noncompetitive relationships? It might be high time to take a deeper look at your non-labor spend.
- Clinical
- Supply Chain
Registered Dietitians Boost Patient Outcomes — and Providers’ Financial Health
An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of treatment — and that’s exactly why RDs play an important role in the continuum of care.
- Supply Chain
Considerations and Best Practices for Building a Successful Hospital Item Master
The hospital item master is the source of truth for supply chain and finance to assist in managing inventory — meaning it is crucial to understand some of the problems that can occur and how to combat them.
- Supply Chain
- Clinical
Addressing the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis with Integrated Behavioral Health
There is work underway that will begin to mitigate inpatient demand for pediatric behavioral health services later in the decade and drive steady outpatient growth across multiple sites. This includes the continued integration of behavioral health services...
- Supply Chain
The Big Picture: How Artwork Positively Impacts the Healthcare Environment
Through meticulous selection, art consultants develop collections that can heal, encourage, uplift, calm and inspire. A positive patient, family, staff and visitor experience helps to reduce stress on healthcare leadership and promotes meaningful and impro...
- Supply Chain
Top Trends, Technology and Themes from the Radiology Society of North America’s Radiology Conference & Annual Meeting
For more than 100 years, diagnostic imaging professionals from around the globe have reserved the week following Thanksgiving to attend the world's largest medical imaging convention in Chicago hosted by the Radiologic Society of North America.
- Supply Chain
Best Practices for Implementing a Sustainable Decision-Making Process in Value Analysis and Contracting
You’ve made the effort to align your strategic sourcing and value analysis teams — but are you able to ensure continued success through the sustainability of these changes? Essential components of a sustainable program are strong value analysis and contrac...
- Supply Chain
Three Factors for Developing a Comprehensive Medical Equipment Strategy
Effective management and preventative maintenance of diagnostic imaging and biomedical equipment can improve patient access to accurate diagnoses and effective treatment while increasing reliability and performance of medical assets within and across healt...
- Supply Chain
Third-party Logistics (3PL) Programs Can Drive Supply Assurance, Redundancy for Healthcare Providers
3PL vendors can leverage their expertise to create flexibility and offer enhanced sourcing strategies for providers. Whether a provider is supplementing their shared inventory strategy by stockpiling key products (like PPE) or seeking to engage in a turnke...
- Supply Chain
Beware – You Are Not Down Yet: Margin Pressures Will Remain Challenging in 2023
A look at the financial forces at work — and a few core strategies for health systems and life science and industry partners that may mitigate the negative economic environment’s impact.
- Supply Chain
A Category Management Approach to Spine Care Can Help Healthcare Organizations Develop Increased Value, Deeper Partnerships
Managing supply variation in spine warrants increased attention, as spinal procedures are expected to see accelerated growth over the next decade.
- Supply Chain
How Healthcare Will Benefit from Artificial Intelligence
AI can potentially provide solutions that help address some of the simmering problems in the U.S. healthcare system, including inequitable access to care, high costs, workforce shortages, capacity constraints, workflow inefficiencies and medical errors.
- Supply Chain
How Physician-Led Sourcing Models Build Trust While Boosting Resiliency
By ascertaining clinically relevant product attributes from clinicians prior to sourcing, you build greater trust with your patient-facing stakeholders. In the current climate of increasing margin pressures and supply constraints, that’s a benefit that can...
- Supply Chain
Six Methods to Reduce Construction Supply Chain Lead Times
Since large electrical and mechanical equipment requires components from other suppliers and are oftentimes shipped from overseas, lead times have increased tremendously amid an already constrained supply chain. But there are ways for health systems to han...
- Supply Chain
The Art of Conversation Lies in Listening
When we listen to others during assessments, projects and other engagements, we are building trust by understanding what really matters to them. Before we prescribe solutions as consultants, we must listen to understand what is needed, then recommend, pres...
- Supply Chain
Headaches, Aspirin and a Welcome Economic Tsunami
In the wake of the health care supply chain’s disruption during the pandemic, virtually every industry is re-examining having so little of what they depend upon produced here at home. Domestic production of mission-critical products has an immediate and vi...