Moving Beyond the Perfect Order to the Perfect Department
Denver Health began their journey to the Perfect Department over a year ago with an initiative to examine and redefine the supply chain processes first in their Paramedic and then Laboratory departments. With a strong commitment to lean principles, they leveraged lean techniques to examine those processes within these departments and redesign them. Out of this work, they came up with a ‘checklist’* for a Perfect Department…
Using GS1 to Achieve the Perfect Order
Although the concept of the Perfect Order is not new, in the healthcare supply chain, only in the past few years have providers and suppliers begun tracking Perfect Order metrics as key measures of supply chain performance. Thanks in no small part to Strategic Marketplace Initiative’s championing of the concept, Perfect Order has taken off, [...]
Reform or not…change is coming – Part 2
…presentation highlighted how spending on healthcare is out of control, with the US spending about 18% of GDP on healthcare – more than any other country with outcomes and quality that are worse than many countries. He quoted a statistic from the Institute of Medicine which estimates 30% of what we spend adds no clinical value.
Reform or not…change is coming – Part 1
Some ideas on challenge areas where reform may impact the IT and information needs of healthcare providers and suggestions.
Serialization and Pedigree in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Last month, I attended the GS1 Healthcare US Workgroup meeting in Chicago. Though most of the workgroups focused on the use of GLNs and GTINs in preparation for the respective 2010 and 2012 Sunrise Dates, one workgroup brought together manufacturers, wholesalers and providers to discuss how state pedigree requirements will impact the pharmaceutical supply chain. The purpose of these [...]
Getting Ready for the GLN Sunrise
The sunrise date of December 2010 for use of Global Location Numbers (GLN) is fast approaching. Adoption of standards like the GLN holds significant promise for reducing waste and inefficiency within the healthcare supply chain, ultimately leading to improved patient safety. Are you ready for December?
