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Clinical Supply Utilization: Making the Savings Come to You!
Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // Are your clinical teams utilizing the right product at the right cost, or are they using products that may have extra, but unnecessary features? With the constant challenges of supply disruptions, is it possible that the healthcare care supply chain teams may have actually over standardized products, resulting in additional costs to the organization? How can healthcare organizations look at data to identify trends and work to ensure they are aligned on proper supply utilization? In this episode Bob Yokl, senior VP of supply chain and value analysis at SVAH Solutions, joins Justin, Hays and Garry to discuss the importance of building clinical supply utilization into supply chain operations. With over 30 years of industry experience, Bob Yokl provides awesome examples of ways you can dig into the data and analysis of your supply utilization to further reduce costs and create efficiencies. For anyone tasked with saving money while also being more productive – you do NOT want to miss out on this insightful and information packed episode! Tune in and start making data driven decisions today!
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Fighting Dirty with Supply Chain and Social Media!
Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // What happens when “Fighting Dirty” meets supply chain? Can data from Sterile Processing Departments (SPD) be used to help supply chain be more effective and help reduce risks AND costs? What role does social media and digital networking play in the healthcare supply chain? Join this week’s conversation with Hank Balch, founder and president of Beyond Clean, as he discusses the opportunities and benefits of social media for the healthcare supply chain with Justin, Hayes and Garry. Social media presents immense opportunities for supply chain professionals to enhance their skills and build their network in an increasingly interconnected world. There is a large opportunity for those in supply chain to bring their experience and skills to others through the power of social medial and digital networking, are you up to the challenge? Take this opportunity to find your closest “Clean Freak” in SPD and tune in to this episode and join in the digital conversations today!
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AHRMM Updates Podcast – Episode 1
This is the first in a series of AHRMM Updates Podcasts with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin, featured on the Power Supply podcast network. In this first episode we discussed:
• High level Strategy – SCRC • Member Engagement – YPAC • On The Fringe Category – Vacutainer Tubes
Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the health care supply chain.
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Power Supply is proud to announce a new partnership with AHRMM, the leading professional membership group for the health care supply chain. Through this collaboration, Power Supply will offer Continuing Education Credit (CEC) approved podcast episodes to the health care supply chain audience.
Passing the Sniff Test: How to Validate Supply Costs
Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // What if 60-80 percent of items on your surgical preference cards were not actually needed? How much time does staff waste pulling supplies for cases that aren’t used, let alone the time it takes to return all these items back to the shelf? Can preference card optimization help reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve revenue capture – and if so what are the steps to begin this process? By reviewing and updating preference cards, healthcare organizations can ensure that they are using the most cost-effective supplies, while still meeting the needs of the surgical team and the patient. On this week’s episode join Hays, Garry, and Justin as they meet with Drew Preslar, Assistant VP of insight Advisory Solutions at HealthTrust Performance Group, to discuss how optimizing surgical preference cards can help healthcare organizations identify and reduce supply costs associated with surgical procedures. With the challenges faced in staffing, supply shortages and decreasing revenues it is increasingly important to ensure that supply chain partners with clinical teams to identify and reduce costs in surgical procedures. Preference card optimization can help decrease these costs while also improving overall efficiency and patient outcomes. Reach out to your clinical colleagues and tune in together, you don’t want to miss this episode!
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Adopting New Technology: The Healing Powers of Supply Chain
Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // How many emails do you get daily? How many meetings do you attend on a weekly basis? With all this “noise”, how can healthcare organizations and vendors work to collectively partner to be more effective in discussing, trialing, and implementing new technologies? With shortages of existing supplies and the introduction of new technologies, healthcare supply chain management has become more complex and challenging in today’s quickly evolving environment. Join the conversation today as Jim McManus, Principal at JPM3 Financial and Advisory Services, joins Hays, Garry and Justin to discuss how evaluating new technologies can offer opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance patient outcomes. By empowering supply chain professionals, healthcare organizations can create a more agile and responsive supply chain, which is critical for meeting the evolving needs of patients and healthcare providers. So, whether you are a valued vendor partner with some exciting new technology or a healthcare supply chain professional working to increase value, don’t miss out on this exciting episode!
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The Psychology of Sales: How Sellers Sell and Why Buyers Buy
Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // How do successful sellers sell, and why do buyers buy? What is the psychology behind the selling and buying process? Is healthcare different from other industries when it comes to purchasing? Every hospital thinks that they are unique, but is the buying process the same from facility to facility and organization to organization? Tune in today as Justin and Hays meet with Martyn Lewis, Founder & CEO at Market Partners as he explains the buying and selling process of how sellers sell and why buyers buy. Martyn is the author of the book, How Customers Buy…& Why They Don’t and in this episode he shares his experience, research and insight into the sales and buying process with over 40 years of experience in sales in marketing. So, whether you’re trying to close that next sale, or work through that next big purchase – don’t miss out on this excellent episode and listen today!
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