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// by Anna McCormick
Interesting news that Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire join forces to start a Healthcare Company. Not many details are released about what this will look like but here is what we do know: These 3 companies are in the top 7 largest public companies In total they employee 1m people Todd Combs of Berkshire will …
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// by Anna McCormick
I recently came across a great list of the Top 50 IDNs by Net Patient Revenue. If you’d like a copy of the report, you can request it here. Thanks to Definitive Healthcare for this list! Not surprisingly, HCA Healthcare topped the list with $35 billion in revenue from its 205 hospitals and corresponding facilities. …
// by Anna McCormick
ROi’s Custom Pack Solutions (CPS) division began in ROi’s Consolidated Services Center in Springfield, Missouri, but has outgrown its current 30,000 square feet of space. In the last five years, it has grown more than 400 percent in volume. Today, the program manages more than 760 different surgical packs and averages more than 630,000 packs …
// by Anna McCormick
Ginny Borncamp, Senior VP, chief sourcing officer, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Washington is my guest on the latest edition of Healthcare Supply Chain Radio. Ms. Borncamp is responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Accounts Payable and Value Analysis for Providence/St. Jospeh’s 50 hospitals and over 1,000 physician offices. Listen to where this progressive Supply Chain Leader …
// by Anna McCormick
For years I have been coaching Suppliers that their competition is not just other Suppliers in their category but all the initiatives the IDNs are working on. Initiatives like: Recent mergers Physician integration CSC development EMR implementation I have often said “if you offered your product for free they may not be able to convert …
Fairview Health CEO declares EMR Supplier is an “Impediment to Innovation”Read More
// by Anna McCormick
ANAE invites you to listen in to one of the 12 monthly Supply Chain Leader webinars that gives listeners an inside look into the pressing issues in today’s dynamic health care supply chain. Hear Simrit Sandhu, Executive Director of Supply Chain, for Cleveland Clinic cover: -Size and organization makeup -Contracting protocol and strategic direction -Supply …
Simrit Sandhu of Cleveland Clinic interviewed on ANAE Supply Chain Leader WebinarRead More
// by Anna McCormick
A recent study digs into patient reviews of their physician and finds that varying complaints have to do with the quality of their care. This is quite troubling, considering for the past 8-10 years physicians, hospitals and care givers have been grinding to elevate their marks when it comes to quality. I just wonder if …
// by Anna McCormick
The most famous maritime disaster in history holds lessons for health care providers. Among them is the warning that the risks that we don’t see are often more treacherous than the ones that we do see. I can’t tell you how many boring Supply Chain blogs I read, I am an absolute gluten for punishment …
// by Anna McCormick
In a story that plays out like a Stephen King novel, last week Hancock Regional Health had 1,400 patient files locked up for ransom. What is so chilling is the attack came in through a vendors access to to the hospital’s network. This is the 2nd of my 5 predictions that 2018 has come true. …
// by Anna McCormick
Medical Device Tax Details, Are you an RFP machine, Cleveland Clinic Webinar opened to readers
// by Anna McCormick
The Association of National Accounts Executives (ANAE) announced the first quarter guests in its monthly webinar series. These webinars are free for ANAE members. Annual membership is $295. January 22, 2018 11:00AM- 12:00 PM Eastern Simrit Sandhu Executive Director of Supply Chain Cleveland Clinic February 13, 2018 11:00-12:00 PM Eastern Donna Van Vlerah Senior Vice …
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// by Anna McCormick
The way Hospitals and IDNs buy has changed drastically in the last few years and one major reason is the people they have in place has greatly improved. Scott Caldwell gives a great inside view to how The Resource Group, a subsidiary of Ascension, values, prioritizes and deploys supply chain talent. I think this is …
// by Anna McCormick
Ginny Borncamp, Senior VP, chief sourcing officer, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Washington is my guest on the latest edition of Healthcare Supply Chain Radio. Ms. Borncamp is responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Accounts Payable and Value Analysis for Providence/St. Jospeh’s 50 hospitals and over 1,000 physician offices. Listen to where this progressive Supply Chain Leader …
// by Anna McCormick
The 2-year moratorium expired on the 2.3% excise medical device tax. So the 2.3% tax has been reinstated. Many of us in the industry are very concerned this will greatly decrease investment in R&D and jobs at device manufacturers. Scott Adams, publisher of Repertoire Magazine, and Linda Rouse O’Neill, VP of government affairs for HIDA, …
// by Anna McCormick
If you said yes, I have a treat for you! You must read “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown.It is a quick read that may change your life. Here are 4 highlights I took from Essentialism. 1. Do less in life, but do it better. Being busy is not the key to …