Where’s the Proof?
Supply chain executives and their clinical users/customers are bombarded with “clinical evidence” to support vendors’ claims about the efficacy of medical technologies. How reliable is…
October 2015
PURCHASED SERVICES SOLUTIONS – Valify
Purchased services represent on average 35 percent of the total non-labor spend in hospitals and IDNs – often higher than the amount spent on supplies….
Step up to the plate
The supply chain director is the ideal standard-bearer for purchased services contracting Supply chain executives have no shortage of opportunities to provide value to their…
Purchased services: A strategic approach
The key to successful purchased services contracting can be summed up in two simple words: Think. Strategically. “I talk with healthcare executives all across the…
Duodenoscopes still on FDA’s radar
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published suggested reprocessing methods for duodenoscopes, to be implemented in conjunction with manufacturers’ recommendations. The suggestion, published in an…
Once is not Enough
Individual facilities can’t stop the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs, says CDC. It takes a group effort. Kudos to hospitals and other healthcare facilities that have…
RFPs rack up suppliers’ costs
Suppliers in the healthcare industry often incur significantly higher sales, general and administrative (SG&A) costs than suppliers in most other industries. The industry’s approach and…
A new voice in value analysis: The patient
What patients have to say may influence how the FDA reviews new medical technologies, and how IDNs acquire them Clinical evidence and documented patient outcomes…
Shared Success
Meeting challenges at Cleveland Clinic head-on has led to growth for the organization, as well as for its supply chain executive director, Simrit Sandhu. By…
A Call to Order
Western Connecticut Health Network finds solution to integrating physician practices Supply chain executives in growing IDNs face a common dilemma: How to balance the traditionally…