Catalog Number : agn1515
Title : Health Care Supply Chain: Strategy, Operations & Optimization
Speaker : Gerald Ludlow

Webplay Recording Date : 8-12-2008
Webplay Price : $ 195 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Presenters: Gerald R. Ledlow, PhD, MHA, FACHE  &  Allison P. Corry, MHA, MBA

Webinar Title: Healthcare Supply Chain: Strategy, Operations and Optimization

Webinar Overview:

Supply chain operations not only affect 30-40 percent of annual operating expenses, but also impact the mission of a hospital or healthcare system. Medical and surgical items and pharmaceuticals are essential to care delivery. Having an effective supply chain management system increases patient safety and satisfaction, as well as physician and nurse productivity and satisfaction.

With healthcare costs escalating exponentially and reimbursement staying stagnant, it is necessary to find cost efficiencies wherever possible. By implementing best practice supply chain management processes, it is found that an organization can save from 15-30 percent. This program will cover 1) The impact of the supply chain to the healthcare mission, 2) Supply chain approaches, 3) Foundation for the supply chain: strategic factors, 4) Optimizing the supply chain: value principles, 5) Enhancing the supply chain: linked projects, and 6) Working with the external supply chain.

Webinar Objectives:

• Learn strategic factors that influence the healthcare supply chain
• Discover value principles that enhance the healthcare supply chain
• Link optimization projects to value principles that can improve your supply chain operation

Target Audience:  CEOs, COOs, safety officers, supply chain managers, hospital leadership, nursing leadership, and risk managers.

Contact Hours:  This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.