Supply Chain
The actions represent components of a strategy to address barriers to medical innovation in the Medicare program.
Ver2 Digital Medicine CEO Brian de Francesca talks about how telemedicine has evolved and efforts to provide medical care to refugees in camps using a cloud-based EHR built on blockchain.
Supply chain management is a medium or high priority yet just 13 percent say it's a top investment priority.
GPOs can help drive savings and utilization, but it's worth re-examining the contracts every so often to get the most out of the relationship.
Hospitals are nipping and tucking their supply chain spend by opting for half-price, reprocessed items like cardiology catheters.
By creating economies of scale with a full-service supply chain, University of Missouri Health Care was able to improve its bottom line.
Physician preference items can help with patient care, but to get the most value, physicians and subject matter experts need input.
Cleveland Clinic came in first, and has been in the top 10 in the ranking for the past three years.
Almost three-quarters of C-suite and supply chain leaders say their health systems prioritize value-based contracting, although barriers remain.
Clinicians can be inventors and embrace change by ensuring the patient voice remains prominent when developing innovative strategies at a leadership level, says Dr. Shafi Ahmed, CMO, Medical Realities.