Cybersecurity: Best Practices & Partnerships

How can providers and suppliers partner effectively to tackle the rising concerns around Cybersecurity as Healthcare Organizations get “smarter”?  The contracting process can be cumbersome for suppliers, and the contraction process and negotiations represent challenges for the healthcare supply chain.  On this episode of the Power Supply podcast, Marc Sammons and Matthew Webb from IT Security and Sourcing at HealthTrust Purchasing Group join Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin to talk about cybersecurity best practices for the supply chain regarding contracting, evaluation and implementation. They also introduce the concept of “Security by Design,” share some recommendations for suppliers, and talk about how they make things easier on themselves when partnering with healthcare organizations.  This is the second of two consecutive episodes on the topic of Cybersecurity that you won’t want to miss (with some 80’s pop culture references for good measure)!

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Circle of Confluence Strategy Reduces Clinicians’ Fear of Change

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl explains how the circle of confluence strategy can positively impact your hospital’s Supply Chain: “Regular communication is fundamental. It gives clinicians the opportunity to share and digest diverse ideas. It can also generate new ideas by putting old ones into context. Publish newsletters to keep clinicians fully informed about your philosophies and actions and aware of your sensitivity to their needs. Ask for the opportunity to present new programs and initiatives at medical staff meetings and luncheons. Most of all, truly listen when clinicians tell you about their concerns and problems. Then, act to resolve them…” Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

Hospital Hacked?: Emerging Threats In Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity has become one of the top concerns of healthcare organizations and the general public in recent years.  What should you and your organization be considering as we consistently strive to keep up with the pace of change within information services?  Tahjar Roamartinez is an “ethical hacker” with a broad experience in Cybersecurity and having chaired multiple boards and bringing deep governance, risk, and compliance perspective to companies in highly regulated industries.  On this week’s episode of Power Supply, she joins Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin as the first of two consecutive episodes on the topic.  Tune in this week as we discuss what you can do to prevent cyberattacks, as well as what you can do to mitigate the impact once you or your organization has been targeted successfully. Grab your favorite IT guru and enjoy!

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4 Tips from Motorsports You Too Can Use in Your Own Pursuit of Supply Chain Excellence

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl takes a unique look at healthcare supply chain through the lens of a completely different industry filled with competition and a drive for excellence: “It is amazing what your healthcare supply chain organization can learn from another totally different yet high-tech industry. In this case, it was an article from BBC Sports about the Mercedes Formula 1 racing team who won seven consecutive championships on their “relentless pursuit of excellence.” More specifically, how Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes’s motorsport program, never stops pushing for even higher performance from his award-winning team. Here are four tips from Wolff that you too can use in your own pursuit of supply chain excellence…”

Release the Back(en): Slaying the Backorder Monster in Supply Chain

Backorders have been wreaking havoc on supply chain for nearly two years and it appears that they are here to stay!  On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast, Suzi Collins joins Hays Waldrop, Gary Skinner and Justin Poulin to talk about how her organization has developed processes to better manage backorders and give her team the confidence to work autonomously.  One secret: Never take a simple “No” without gathering more information.  Don’t forget to download the smart phone app for Apple or Android to access bonus content for select episodes including the workflow diagram developed by Suzi as we discussed on this show.

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The Speed of Savings: Interoperability in Supply Chain through Data Visualization

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are driving innovation and creating the tools that will take Supply Chain to the next level. In this week’s episode of Power Supply, Vincent Matozzo CEO & Managing Partner at Paradigm Venture Group LLC joins the rest of the team to share his vision for the future of Supply Chain and what can be done today to view aggregated data from disparate platforms and make that information work for you! With the proper guardrails and governance in place, we can then begin to put these tools to work so that we learn faster, drive outcomes and become more resilient.  But first, we need to connect each of these tools so that they can work together with sophisticated dashboards that are targeting the right metrics. Tune in for more!

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