February 2013 Issue

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  Unlock Supply Chain Strategies
The importance of a customer service mentality

Publisher’s Letter

Supply Chain Perspective
Over a career beginning at American Hospital Supply, to his current position at Presence Health, Rick Salzer has gained perspective on the healthcare supply chain

Contracting Professional of the Year
Moving Forward to Value-based Contracting
For one supply chain executive, his IDN’s success rests on a strong procurement infrastructure.

Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
Backup plans, and backup plans to the backup plan, are essential for any healthcare facility

Skill Sets for Hire
Raritan Bay Medical Center needed digital marketing skills, and found them in an outsourced arrangement

WNC Health Network

Fighting infection in the doctor’s office
Hospitals are improving in the fight against infection. How about those newly acquired physician practices?

Too Much Healthcare?
Industry grapples with overdiagnosis, overtreatment

HSCA

View from Washington

Value Analysis Analytics
The “so what” factor

Contracting News

Calendar

Observation Deck

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