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detailed schedule
Tuesday, July 22 Tuesday, July 22
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Learning Lab 3
3.1 Robots and the Supply Chain
Distribution B M
Room: 209
Providence Hospital in Washington, DC is using an autonomous
mobile robotic system to streamline its supply chain and free up staff
for patient care. The system removes a major bottleneck in the delivery
of care by locating and transporting goods and supplies directly to the
point of care. The robots are also used to deliver equipment,
medications, lab specimens, and pick up par stock and late food trays.
The net result is improved clinical productivity and patient care,
significant cost savings, and elevated employee satisfaction. Learn
about how the hospital is currently testing the robots to identify
equipment as it comes through the door, track equipment, identify
equipment that needs to be serviced or replaced, and enable nurses to
look at inventory and request necessary equipment.
Peter Seiff
Vice President, Customer Solutions, Aethon
Pittsburgh, PA
Mark Todd
Director of Materials Management, Providence Hospital
Washington, DC
3.2 Value Analysis You Can Count On
Finance I
Room: 213
Most hospitals agree – value analysis can be an effective tool for
achieving supply chain savings without sacrificing clinical performance.
However, considerable debate remains over how to structure a value
analysis program and whether the effort required is commensurate with
the results. This presentation will show not only how to develop a
value analysis program that works, but also how to determine if it is
truly achieving the results you intended. By assembling the right team
members, establishing clear, actionable clinical and financial
objectives, and ensuring access to accurate data for reporting and
analysis, your value analysis team can effectively model “what if”
scenarios to calculate the potential benefits BEFORE taking
action. Once the initiatives are underway, you can monitor whether
the necessary changes are being implemented as intended and
measure and report on the actual results. Attend this session, and put
these proven principles to work to optimize your contract compliance,
standardization, and new productclinical trials and analysis for savings
you can count on.
Christine Creedon
Director, Customer Value, GHX
Westminster, CO
3.3 Maximizing Capital Investments in Equipment
Technology Solutions A
Room: 207
High-tech medical equipment investment decisions are increasingly
being driven by a variety of factors including financial and clinical
return on investment (ROI). The Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
recently developed and deployed a Portfolio Management System for
Capital Equipment that enabled them to accomplish the following:
forecast capital equipment needs and develop investment strategies
across a multi-year planning horizon; combine quantitative scoring
and prioritization with qualitative clinical judgment; utilize multiple
variables in calculating return on investment; align investment
decisions with strategic business objectives such as quality, access,
satisfaction, and value; standardize business processes and hardwire
stakeholder involvement in investment decision making; align
investment decisions with the budget cycle; and improved decisionmaking,
acquisition, and installation cycle times.
Mark Fontaine-Westhart
Chief, Logistics Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Albany, NY
Victor Heinrich, CMRP, FAHRMM
Victor E. Heinrich & Associates Inc.
Ellicott City, MD
3.4 RFID Primer for Materials Managers
Technology Solutions I
Room: 206
This presentation will give the audience a basic understanding of RFID
technology including its limitations, capabilities, and how it can be
applied in Materials Management. Those who attend will obtain a
deeper understanding of the technology and how it works through
examples of where it can be applied to receive a return on investment
for the software and hardware that is used in the systems.
Al Cook, CMRP, FAHRMM
Director of Healthcare Product Development, Integrated Business
Systems and Services (IBSS)
Orangeburg, SC
Jean Sargent, CMRP, FAHRMM
Director, Materials Management, University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, KY
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