I Can See Clearly Now: Gain Instant Visibility into Expiration Dates Using the UDI

How can hospitals reduce waste, recover dollars, and find sustainable solutions? How long does your manual physical inventory count process take?

Do you require clinical staff to help count inventory, which takes them away from patient care activities during these constant workforce shortages? Does your manual inventory count give you visibility into expiration dates, lot numbers, and reference numbers?

It’s time to discard those stacks of paper inventory sheets, use the JUDI tool and start instantly scanning your inventory into a cloud-based database that provides immediate insights into your inventory!

In this episode, we meet with Ashlea Souffrou, CEO and Founder of SxanPro. Tune in as we learn about the amazing SxanPro technology that makes the process of obtaining accurate inventory data quick, change out date information to expiration date information, change to inventory through a mobile app with no IT integration needed!

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Suzi Does Supply Chain: Can Supply Chain Impact HCAHPS Scores?

Supply chain interacts with basically every area of healthcare, but can these teams also help improve HCAHPS scores? Suzi Collins joins Justin Poulin, Garry Skinner and Hays Waldrop to discuss how she’s using social media to reach and develop her team into valuable drivers of staff and patient satisfaction. Suzi outlines the importance of effective communication and teaching her team to have a proactive mindset to address problems quickly and help minimize challenges moving forward. Supply chain is uniquely positioned to help drive change that let clinical teams focus on delivering patient care instead of other tasks like inventory and order management, which take time away from bedside care. Tune in as Suzi promotes positivity and staff development through her role in supply chain delivering what she aptly calls “Pure Friggin’ Magic”!

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The Criticality of Critical Access Hospitals

Did you know Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are responsible for providing care to 20% of the population who reside in vast expanses of rural America that comprise 80% of the landmass in the US? These facilities are an essential part of the communities they serve but face unique challenges with limited resources compared to their larger counterparts in more populous areas. Shane McGuire, CEO of Columbia County Health System in Dayton Washington talks with Justin, Hays and Garry about innovative ways to stay viable and how they are working to ensure their patients have access to the first class care they need. Tune it to hear how Shane and his team are working to be proactive and push healthcare outside of the four walls of the hospital to meet patients where they are!

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Reducing Repetitive Supply Chain Tasks: Moving us to Automation

“What’s better than a 50% improvement? 100% automation!” – Reuben Mathew Philips spends some time discussing the benefits of automation with Justin Poulin and Hays Waldrop.  Running the same report manually every day, week or month? Clicking through the same fields day in and day out to complete routine tasks? Automation can eliminate these arduous functions and give valuable time back to employees so they can focus on where they shine – delivering on high quality strategic activities rather than monotonous and insistent work. The healthcare supply chain has a lot to learn from other industries and Reuben brings his years of experience to show how we can use automation to make our teams more efficient and effective! So whether you still like driving a stick shift like Justin or an automatic, tune in and don’t let this episode pass you by!

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Counting the Clinical Costs: A Roadmap to Reduce Your Implant Spend

Who really has the power in implant cost negotiations in your hospital? How do you get the strategic insights you need to gain better pricing and cost controls across your health system when every dollar counts? Richard Palarea, CEO of Kermit, joins us for this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight™ to talk about how their team created a software that prevents supplier overcharging through business and clinical rules applied to every implant supplier bill.  Rich dives into how their hospital partners can boast of a 20-30% cost reduction from previous implant spends, as Kermit takes full ownership of the implant RFP process, working together with internal supply chain resources to obtain fair market costs for implants used. Hospital supply chain needs a dedicated resource who not only knows the products being procured but has intimate knowledge of the contracting strategies of these manufacturers. And they need purpose-built technology that can automate the paper-based process and accurately manage costs. Tune in to hear how Kermit is making this a reality in facilities across the US today!

BONUS: Receive a complimentary PO analysis for the first 5 supply chain leaders who message Rich on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpalarea/). This PO analysis will show savings opportunities in leading service lines by product and manufacturer.

Learn more by visiting Kermit at https://www.kermitppi.com/

Follow them on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/company/pa-&-associates-healthcare/

Check out the “Healing the Hospital” podcast here https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/healing-the-hospital-podcast/

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One and Done? Building a Secure Supply Chain

The last couple of years have brought significant challenges in procurement of routine medical supplies with ongoing backorders, allocations and product substitutions – how can the healthcare supply chain work to build resiliency and security with strategic initiatives? After years of the healthcare industry transitioning to single-use products, many healthcare supply chains are now evaluating and moving back to reusable products as a long term solution. For instance, reusable gowns can be a reliable option to replace disposable items with more robust and better quality products that users feel more comfortable wearing. Patti Hoch discusses the benefits of these reusable products with Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin on this episode of Power Supply, highlighting a way to build supply chain security that also provides some significant cost savings AND reduces excess waste from healthcare operations. With a Win, Win, Win, you don’t want to miss this episode!

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