Leaders Wanted
Can you help sustain change in your hospital or IDN? Insights from James R. Francis, Chair, Supply Chain Management, a division of the Finance Department…
Articles by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
Provider consolidation touches supply chain executives
Healthcare organizations continue to consolidate, some through outright mergers or acquisitions, others through strategic partnerships. Regardless of the form it takes, consolidation is affecting supply…
The Primary Care Partners
Physician office distribution is a different world than acute-care distribution, according to suppliers If your hospital or IDN is acquiring physician practices, as many are…
Surgical Site Infections
Involved, informed people are the most effective weapon against infection Editor’s note: Healthcare-acquired infections are among the leading causes of death in the United States,…
Raising the Bar
For Keystone Alliance, working as a coalition has helped bring high-tech, high-cost services within reach Improved medical technology and high-tech testing generally mean better results….
When Learning Never Stops
Thanks to one supply chain executive, Westchester Medical Center has brought cutting edge to the bucolic Hudson Valley, with new automated processes for capturing expenses…
End to End
With 29 years of healthcare experience from finance to patient care, new HealthTrust CEO Ed Jones has a broad view of the industry Perhaps it…
November 2012 Issue
Read in Page Turn Format (w link to PDF download) Wheels up for accountable care organizations No Stopping Now The reform train probably…
Whatever works…or doesn’t
Studies on the comparative effectiveness of procedures and technologies will continue in wake of Supreme Court’s decision. Comparative effectiveness research, and its cousin, technology assessment,…
No Stopping Now
The reform train probably would have kept rolling regardless of how the Court ruled Its full steam ahead for healthcare reform. But chances are, reform…