Knowledge Center

Consider the historical path of the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) currently hovering at its real-time usage and the resulting in cost savings and patient safety improvements. Dick Perrin of AHRMM’s Learning UDI Community (LUC) discusses the atomization and use of the same UDI across the continuum allowing for quick identification of recalled products and the patients they may have affected, as well as the potential update of the device or modification of care instructions.Speaker: Dick Perrin, CEO, Active Innovations

Listen as Dennis Orthman of Access Strategy Partners explains how innovation is hindered by the barriers of competition and how to actively seek it.This webcast is also available as a podcast.

Listen as Dennis Orthman of Access Strategy Partners explains how innovation is hindered by the barriers of competition and how to actively seek it. This podcast is also available as a webcast.

Listen as Vicky Lyle, Vice President, Industry Association, Owens & Minor, discusses reducing recall communication difficulties through UDI use and standards development.   This podcast is also available as a webcast.      

Listen as Susan Morris, Director, Supply Chain, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, emphasizes the benefits of a strong relationship between clinical staff and supply chain in a hospital or health system.This podcast is also available as a webcast here.

The AHRMM LUC members submitted comments and recommendations to the FDA's Draft Guidance for Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices. They recommend that information related to all Class I Medical Devices be included in the GUDID without exception.

The CQO Leadership Summit provides a forum for stakeholders representing various aspects of the health care supply chain to meet and discuss complex and challenging issues impacting health care delivery and address supply chain’s role in meeting those challenges.

In this case study, learn how Kaleida Health drove system-wide clinical-supply integration using three key strategies to build a clinically integrated supply chain.

BJ McCluskey, Director of Resource Optimization at McLeod Health, discusses how supply chain and surgical teams at McLeod Health improved data points to generate meaningful, relevant and actionable information through collaboration with all stakeholders including Finance and other departments. This podcast is also available as a webcast. Watch Webcast  

Vicky Lyle, Vice President, Industry Association at Owens & Minor, discusses how to ensure clinicians have the right patient care products by connecting them with supply chain to decrease risk and improve documentation work flow. This podcast is also available as a webcast. Watch Webcast  

Explore opportunities for improving the procure-to-pay cycle to generate better outcomes for both health care organizations and their supplier partners.

Hear from Myla Maloney, Vice President, Strategy and Commercial Operations at Premier as she teaches the four value-based contracting methods suppliers can use with provider partners such as evidence-based care, product guarantees, risk share by product and risk share by alternative payment model.   This podcast is also available as a webcast here.      

Improve clinical and financial outcomes for hip fracture care using a standardized, collaborative service line approach.

Listen as Bruce Radcliff, System VP of Supplier Diversity at Advocate Aurora Health discusses the tangible methods to build supplier diversity based on Advocate Aurora Health’s own results and best practices. This podcast is also available as a webcast.    

Colonel Victor Suarez, Commander, Sixth Medical Logistics Management Center discusses COVID insights that can help you successfully realize project goals in a short timeframe.

Trisha Smith, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, GHX VendorMate discusses various checks and balances to minimize risk in working with a new vendor.

The Introduction to Health Care Supply Chain eLearning courses provide grounded education for those new or seeking a refresher.

This advanced course leads learners through 10 areas of infrastructure surrounding the functions of health care supply chain management.

Decision making by studying where our data is coming from and the outcome of its source. Speaker: Catherine Williams, Director of Supply Chain, Baptist Memorial Healthcare Takeaways: Constantly be educating yourself on your supply chain, learning about the data and its source Consider better ways to bring in products in logistically Always having a growing relationship with clinicians.

  Price: Member: $98.00 | Non-Member: $198.00 Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 2 hours