AHRMM Podcast

Power of Partnerships: Part 2 Eric Tritch, Vice President Supply Chain & Support Services at the University of Chicago Medicine joins Justin, Mike and Vicky to discuss how UChicago Medicine has engaged with their local community in the areas of construction, business development and purchase services, and how they are modeling community engagement as the begin the development of their facility in NW Indiana.

Power of Partnerships: Part 1 Justin, Mike and Vicky applaud supply chain professionals and discuss this year’s theme of The Power of Partnerships and what those partnerships look like now and how they may look in the near future.

This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert… Alan K. Edwards, CMRP Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions Group at Mary Washington Healthcare Topic: Recruiting SC Talent From Outside Healthcare Outline: - Overview of the staffing crisis *Layoffs and hiring shortages – how does this coexist? *Competitive landscape (IT positions, pay scale and impact on retention) *Baseline skill set needs to be higher level than before - Turnover planning – the reality is that there will be turnover - Where do we find talent? - If outside healthcare, how long does it take to learn the nuances in healthcare? - What are some best practices for identifying and hiring SC experience without healthcare experience?

This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert… Rueben Matthew, one of our YPAC members and the Director, Product Lead at Clarium Health Topic: Technology Enabling Supply Resiliency - Define a key concept to set the table for the discussion – what is “Dark Data”? - In what ways can technology address dark data challenges *Visibility to the supply chain *Humans cannot monitor and track large data sets *Implications for standardization *Enables HCO to respond to SC disruption *Adjust strategy related to actionable insights *Technology can track and create actionable insights that humans cannot - Give us a real world example of an actionable insight that can be gained only through technology - How can listeners put this into practice?

This is the AHRMM Updates Podcast with Mike Schiller and hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain. September ‘23 Update: - Healthcare Supply Chain Week Oct 1-7th - The Power of Partnerships - SCRC Updates - Abbott Adult Nutrition - On The Fringe - Panama Canal (Restrictions related to Drought)

This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert… Corey Schmidt, an AHRMM YPAC member and the Assistant Director SHS Operations & Supply Chain Integration at The University of Kansas Health System Topic: The challenges of rural health through a supply chain lens Highlights include: Concerning Trends - Falling behind in regards to the advances that are being made at a fast pace - Lagging in technology adoption and fit (does not always work in rural settings) Economic pressure for rural health - This is becoming a big concern for rural communities. - Becker’s Healthcare recently reported that 23% of KS and 4% of MO hospitals are at risk of immediate closure. What happens to the community when these hospitals close? - Rural communities have to travel farther for care - Population health decreases How can supply chain be a voice for these small hospitals - Governor asked UKHS what we are doing to create sustainable healthcare - Strategic Healthcare Solutions (SHS) – Network of Hospitals (can’t buy them all) -Extend contract pricing to help create parity for the rural community hospitals -Telehealth -Networking collaboration among members -Create new solutions to solve challenges

August 2023 Hospital ISM® Report On Business® Call by AHRMM

In this interview with Justin Poulin,Dawn Watkins Director, Strategic Sourcing at UF Health Shands discusses The Anatomy of a Credit Hold: Why is this more important now than ever; Strategies for Partnering with Suppliers; Strategies for Partnering with Finance Internally; and how there are many challenges to obtaining the right supplies at the right time – don’t let a credit hold be one of them!

AHRMM Updates Podcast – August by AHRMM

This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert… Ed Hisscock, SVP, Supply Chain Management & Trinity Health Our industry supports some of the most wasteful trading partner relationships * A suppliers SG&A is the cost to get product from where it is made to the consumer * Average SG&A for suppliers in the healthcare sector runs ~35% * Consumer goods (which actually has similar SKU characteristics and demand) the SG&A is ~20% * This suggests that we have ~15% we can take out * E.g. the most costly and invasive products (implants) typically come out of a sales reps trunk We conducted a lean event with a large supplier of implants focused on identifying waste and removing it * We agreed at the outset to split the savings from the effort * Trinity Health was sending, on average, 47 orders/day to the suppliers DC * Each order was picked, packed and shipped separately, which created separate receipts and invoices * We now send 1 order every 2-3 weeks * Reduced labor and trans cost, net of inventory investment, by 16% * Reduced cardboard and other packing materials by 65%