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Amazon Doubles Down

With the COVID crisis entering its third year and continuing to demand the immediate attention of hospitals, executives should look closely at Amazon’s example of investing across their businesses to... read more

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To 2022 and Beyond
Financial sustainability
The Reemergent Rumblings of Consolidated Service Centers: Does it Make Sense for your Supply Chain

There’s no doubt that the current pandemic has changed the way we think about many things in nearly all aspects of our lives, both personally and in our work. For hospital and health system supply ch... read more

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Transforming to a High-Reliability Health Care Organization: Moving from Theory to Practice

Health care leaders frequently state their organization is on a high-reliability journey—but why? The simple explanation is the desire to have more reliable outcomes and overall performance. Achievin... read more

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Is Your Health System Ready for Direct-to-Employer Contracting? Four Keys to Success

Agrowing number of self-insured employers are bypassing traditional benefit networks offered by insurers and instead contracting directly with health systems to deliver health care services to their ... read more

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Finding the Value in Supply Chain Contract Management

Ideally, 90% of transactions within the health care supply chain should be covered by a contract. Yet, with more than 100 different contract management software platforms available today, many organi... read more

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In Purchased Services, Understand What You're Negotiating

Its a generally accepted fact that purchased services account for 20 to 30% of a hospitals total expenses. Its also generally accepted that with more than 300 categories, its a largely untapped sourc... read more

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Winston Churchill and the 80/20 Rule

Rather than any early knockout in one of his epic matches, eulogies last month for boxing legend Muhammad Ali memorialized his three-decade, very public fight against Parkinsons disease. The once fle... read more

Financial sustainability
Calculating the Cost of Length of Stay

Rather than any early knockout in one of his epic matches, eulogies last month for boxing legend Muhammad Ali memorialized his three-decade, very public fight against Parkinsons disease. The once fle... read more