Supply Chain

Michael Bohon, CPSM, C.P.M., CMRP, Managing Director of HealthCare Solutions Bureau In the healthcare environment there are so many opportunities for us to spend money in order to improve our organizations. There are the essentials – staffing, […]

Timothy Hagler At home in South Carolina we have a saying that is especially poignant when we see one of our good friends hanging out with their old hunting dogs. We say, “’tarnt a new […]

Robert T. Yokl Data in and of itself is useless, but if enhanced with clinical, financial and supply chain information to produce meaningful metrics it can become a powerful tool to uncover savings opportunities, quality and […]

Lynn Everard, Managing Director, Valumatrix, LLC In today's healthcare world there are only two things for sale: products and outcomes. In the hospital supply chain we have a long history of bringing down unit product […]

Robert T. Yokl “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Warren Bennis You might think that great leadership is some superhuman activity, but it is really translating a vision into reality as author, scholar, and […]

“Every so often an idea, innovation, invention, and revolution appear in the marketplace that changes the game forever. We call these breakthroughs ‘Game Changers’ or the rules or variations that change the game enough that […]

1. Utilization Savings – The big savings are there but they are outside the comfort zone of many in our industry. We are still very price focused and it will take some time for our industry to […]

By Michael B. Neely, Senior Vice President, Optimé Supply Chain Healthcare reform has placed providers of care under intense pressure to reduce costs and improve operations. Value Analysis teams and Supply Chain are among the […]