Supply Chain
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.
Savings opportunities are fairly equal across hospital size, location, and whether the facility is urban or rural, for-profit or not-for-profit, or system-based or standalone.
The industry continues to struggle with accurate or complete clinical supply capture at the point of care.
Prices for devices varied within each country studied as well, except for France where prices stayed largely uniform for all devices.
AARP says "Part D bailout" would be a windfall for big pharma; PhRMA counters that proposed changes would undermine Part D's structure.
Affected supplies include consumables, pacemakers, computers and MRI machines.
AHA joins other 340B stakeholders in asking the court to declare the delay unlawful and to enact the regulation.