Category: Supply Chain

Managing purchasing during and after COVID-19

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: August 18, 2020
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: coronavirus, COVID-19, inventory management, purchasing, Supply chain, Vendor Management

The pandemic has had a widespread impact on supply chain operations throughout the healthcare industry. For example, in April 2020, the GPO Premier surveyed its members and reported “active cases of COVID-19 create surge demand of 17X the typical burn rate for N95 respirators, 8.6X for face shields, 6X for swabs, 5X for isolation gowns, […]

What Are Best Practices for Using Personal Protective Equipment?

By: Ishita Ahuja
Date: March 2, 2020
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: coronavirus, disease outbreak, infection control, personal protective equipment, PPE

News of the coronavirus continues to capture the world’s imagination. Last week, as the virus spread in Italy and South Korea, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that an outbreak in the United States was not a matter of if, but when. Healthcare organizations are doing what they can to prepare for […]

A Look at Healthcare Supply Chain Trends in 2020

By: Brittni Straseske
Date: February 10, 2020
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: healthcare supply chain, supply chain KPIs, supply chain operations, supply chain productivity, supply chain trends

Throughout the 2000s, the healthcare supply chain underwent a major transformation, evolving from a transactional product and cost center into an established partner able to deliver value throughout the organization. Now, as we head into the new decade, the supply chain appears set to continue along the path of holistic partnership with other departments and […]

Managing ED Overcrowding: Q&A With Sharp HealthCare’s Janet Hanley

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: January 30, 2020
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: ED overcrowding, hospital bed management, hospital bed placement, Patient Flow, patient throughput

In the United States, ED overcrowding is a major concern in most hospitals. Recent media reports highlight the perils and challenges of busy EDs, including “A Doctor’s Diary: The Overnight Shift in the E.R.” in last month’s New York Times. That article noted, “Americans visit the E.R. more than 140 million times a year – […]

HBI’s Latest Report Focuses on Supply Chain Standardization

By: Brittni Straseske, Enrique Bakemeyer
Date: January 28, 2020
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: Product Variation, Supply Chain Standardization, value analysis

Healthcare supply chain professionals play a key role in helping organizations achieve not only financial goals but also goals related to the patient experience. Indeed, the supply chain has visibility across healthcare operations and is positioned to drive cost-saving initiatives that also keep the patient experience at top of mind. With that in mind, members […]

How the Healthcare Supply Chain Can Impact the Patient Experience

By: Brittni Straseske
Date: November 4, 2019
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: Disaster preparedness, environmental services, EVS, Patient Experience, Supply chain

At first glance, the impact supply chain has directly on the patient experience may seem more obscure than unequivocal. Certainly, the supply chain often plays an important role in ensuring positive clinical outcomes—through proper vetting of new devices and holistic value analysis efforts, for example—and containing care costs, but these factors are often not characterized […]

Are You Compliant With Medicare Reporting for Medical Device Credits?

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: October 17, 2019
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: cardiacdevices, devicewarranty, medicareregulations, medicarereporting

In recent years, medical device credit payments have been closely examined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as many hospitals have been found non-compliant with reporting requirements. For instance, the Office of Inspector General released a report in 2018 highlighting more than 200 health systems in the United States that did not fulfill […]

3 Steps to Better Supply Spend Management for Stroke Centers

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: September 18, 2019
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: Benchmarking, Bundling, Cost Containment, Metrics, Spend Management, Stroke Centers, Supply chain, Vendor Management

Stroke centers incur significant supply spend due to expensive stroke device investments and by providing 24/7 neurosurgical coverage. Effective management of supply spend enables stroke centers to drive innovation, provide quality care, and increase profits. To achieve effective management, hospitals can facilitate collaboration between stroke leadership, supply chain teams, and physicians to choose the best […]

Top 5 Tips for Implementing a Patient Flow Management Solution

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: August 13, 2019
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: environmental services, Patient Flow, Patient Logistics, Saas, Turnaround Times

Patient flow management solutions allow hospitals to effectively manage real-time patient transfers and bed logistics to improve care quality. The patient flow management solutions market is categorized into hardware, software, and services. U.S. healthcare providers prefer software solutions as they offer better integration capabilities with computers and mobile phones. Patient flow management products enable users […]