Power Supply

Without supplies there is no surgery. Without products there is no patient care. Welcome to Power Supply – the healthcare supply chain podcast focused on helping you navigate the intricacies of logistics, purchasing, contracting and supplier relationships. Each episode we speak with healthcare executives, supply chain leaders, and innovative entrepreneurs from across the country as they share their stories, experience and expertise on the industry we love. From the loading dock to strategic sourcing, for buyers to the C-Suite and across the enterprise — we tackle the real-life issues impacting the health care supply chain. Whether you’re tuning in for conversation or inspiration, we’re glad you’re here. You’re just in time to hear it from the source and stock up on insight, so sit back and plug into Power Supply…

Maintain the Gains: Successfully Tackling the Preference Card Challenge

August 23, 2021

Preference cards can be time consuming to maintain but also an ongoing opportunity to remove waste from the system from both the clinical & supply side. Ensuring that your efforts are not in vain takes good data, a commitment from multiple departments, adoption from leadership, and a sustainable process. On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast, Susan Pfeifer and Alison Sonstelie join us to discuss their recent success in tackling the preference card challenge in their facility. Tune in for common sense insights around cultivating collaboration between your supply chain & clinical leadership as they share their recipe for success!

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A Remedy for Hoarders? Centers of Consolidated Excellence

August 9, 2021

How has the pandemic and frequent backorders impacted your ability to provide necessary supplies to the clinicians on the front lines? How much time and effort was required of your health system to find available items already in stock so that they could be redistributed to other areas in need? How flexible and sophisticated are your sourcing options when PPE is hard to find and in high demand? On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast we talk to Cory Turner from Tecsys on the topic of consolidated services centers and effective strategies for addressing the potential impact of CSCs from an operational, financial and strategic viewpoint. Post your favorite hoarding stories and comments below, visit powersupplymedia.net or email your most interesting stories to powersupplymedia@gmail.com to join the conversation! 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

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Over the Line (Items): Supply Chain Savings 101

July 26, 2021

Have you squeezed all the juice out of line items savings? Do you find yourself spending more and more time on RFPs and proposals that represent smaller and smaller savings? Do you struggle to develop and coordinate value analysis committees that can work efficiently and deliver the results that make a true impact on the bottom line? Well, then this episode is for you. Bob Yokl, an experienced and successful podcaster in his own right, shares his knowledge and experience with Value Analysis and how to make it work for your organization. Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin learn from the Podfather of supply chain podcasting about how to shift from price to savings, why value analysis strategies fail, and get some best practices to ensure your success!

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Total Recall: Overcoming Alert Fatigue with Product Recalls

July 12, 2021

How compliant is your hospital with managing product recalls? What if that one you miss causes a sentinel event? Everyone agrees the use of email and paper mailings to send notifications is vastly outdated, but what is the real opportunity to utilize technology and bring our recall potential into the 21st century? On this week’s episode of Power Supply, Guillermo Ramas joins Hays Waldrop and Justin Poulin to provide some history on how product recall alerts began and how little things have changed over time. If you find yourself spending too much time sifting through recall alerts and racing to stay ahead of the clinicians who often receive them before supply chain, then this episode is for you! Patients are counting on you!

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Clinical Links in the Supply Chain: The Rising Impact of Nurses on Strategic Sourcing Initiatives

June 28, 2021

Value analysis committees have begun to focus on form and function for the front lines versus taking a traditional supplier-oriented approach with their strategic sourcing initiatives. Having clinical representation has been a key component to the success of these initiatives and the industry has seen more and more nurses becoming involved in supply chain. On this episode of the Power Supply podcast, Tracey Chadwell, BSN, RN, CVAHP, HACP Senior Director of Advisory Solutions at Intalere joins us to talk about her path from nursing into supply chain and the benefits that clinical integration has in aligning outcomes and supply chain strategies. Tune in to hear tips on how to factor in physician preferences, vendor rep relationships, and product experience for success across your health system. Pull up a chair and plug in to Power Supply!

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What’s Your ROI on VMI? Capturing Costs of Vendor Managed Inventory

June 14, 2021

Missing items and the associated reimbursements are an enormous challenge to controlling costs related to Vendor managed inventory. Transparency and quality data is integral to finding areas for improvement related to chargebacks. Keerthi Kanubaddi, CEO at ReadySet Surgical joins us for this episode of Power Supply to talk about the opportunity to align Suppliers and Healthcare organizations by adopting technology to help drive efficiency in managing loaners, consignment and implants. We learn how to calculate the return on investment and identify some hard savings that can be realized and help make the case for adoption.

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