Articles
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Strategic Planning
Farmers Relied On The Farmer's Almanac To Guide Their Decisions. What Do You Rely On?
Data is becoming as much of an asset to an organization as its people. Being able to reliably quantify value and deliver on the promise of high-quality healthcare at a lower cost using evidenced-based decision making will be what distinguishes those providers and suppliers from their competitors.
Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Products and Services Contracting, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Leadership
A Path to Physician Engagement - A Road That Must Be Traveled
When I started in supply chain, the position that was presented afforded me the opportunity to utilize my clinical and business skills with the goal to maximize relationships that I had cultivated over the years as a critical care nurse and leader. Healthcare was going through a transformative change with the introduction of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and managed care impacting the way hospitals and ultimately physicians would be paid. The job description was for a clinical resource manager—a novel concept at the time.