Articles
Change Management, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning
CQO & The Triple Aim: Supply Chain's Strategic Connection
By AHRMM
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim is a framework developed to describe an approach to optimizing health system performance.
The Triple Aim calls for:
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - Saint Clare's Health System
By AHRMM
AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) leading practice was submitted by:
Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of CAUTI - University of Virginia Health System
By AHRMM
AHRMM is developing a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following CAUTI leading practice was submitted by:
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Problem Statement: CAUTI rates exceeding national benchmark (NHSN).
Method:
Asset Management, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Procurement
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of HAPU - Nexera
By AHRMM
The following leading practice describes methods used to reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU).
Analytics & Research, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Performance Metrics
Leading Practice: Reduction or Elimination of HAPU - University of Virginia Health System
By AHRMM
AHRMM is developing a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following CQO leading practice describes collaboration between Supply Chain, Value Analysis and Nursing Leads to reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU) and was submitted by:
Analytics & Research, Products and Services Contracting, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
Leading Practice: Reduction of Costs Related to Blood Products and Services - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
By AHRMM
AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following CQO leading practice describes methods used to reduce costs, enhance patient care quality, and drive greater financial outcomes through blood product and service optimization, and was submitted by:
Career/Professional Development
Contracts Assistant
To provide administrative support to the TCH IDS contracts process.
Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Procurement
Guidance for Writing Comments
By AHRMM
How to write a constructive, information-rich comment that clearly communicates and supports its claims to have an impact on regulatory decision making.
Cost Management, Financial Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Procurement
Medical Device Excise Tax - What You Should Know
By AHRMM
The Medical Device Excise Tax, a component of the Affordable Care Act, is approaching implementation at the beginning of 2013. The tax is intended to provide an estimated $20 billion in tax revenues to help pay for the expansion of health coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans. Healthcare supply chain leaders have until May 7, 2012, to comment on the way in which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to implement this new tax.
Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Financial Management, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) Resources for Supply Chain
The Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) is a consortium of healthcare supply chain executives united to re-engineer and advance the future of the healthcare supply chain. SMI has provided AHRMM with free supply chain industry resources. To access the resources, visit www.smisupplychain.com or click on the topic below. You will be prompted to register with SMI in order to access the free tools.