Articles
Career/Professional Development
Collaboration: The Next New Thing or The Final Straw
By Darcy Aafedt
In reality, collaboration has always been here and will continue to be here. Collaboration is a part of life. In the changing dynamics of healthcare, supply chain is a way of thinking that needs to expand beyond the supply chain team. It is a movement that needs to collaborate across the healthcare facility and even across organizations.
Analytics & Research, Medical Device Technology
Putting the Pieces of Technology and Healthcare Data Together
By Darcy Aafedt
This article is from the November/December 2016 issue of the AHRMM member-only magazine, Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions. How is technology contributing to better data, which means better outcomes and lower costs? What is technology? What is healthcare supply chain technology? It’s all a giant jigsaw puzzle of questions. What does the finished puzzle look like?
Benchmarking, Cost Management, Financial Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning
Supply Utilization: Expanding Supply Savings Efforts
By Darcy Aafedt
This paper provides a case-study on what Banner has done to implement and continuously improve this initiative. Three key components to successful supply utilization savings are reviewed.