This is the third in a series of educational papers about issues related to implantable device management, including key findings from the GHX Provider and Manufacturer Advisory Boards and their associated work groups. This paper focuses on specific contract synchronization work group findings and provides best practice recommendations to help achieve contract data synchronization among trading partners.

This is the second in a series of educational papers about issues related to implantable device management, including key findings from the GHX Provider and Manufacturer Advisory Boards and their associated work groups. This paper focuses on specific PPI work group findings and provides best practice recommendations to help achieve the perfect PPI order for implantable devices.

This is the first in a series of educational papers about issues related to implantable device management, including key findings from the GHX Provider and Manufacturer Advisory Boards and their associated work groups. This initial paper provides an overview of today’s implantable device supply chain (IDSC).

Industry-leading healthcare systems view their supply chain as a strategic asset that can help them meet operational, clinical and financial imperatives. This paper examines supply chain transformation in four organizations: New York City Health and Hospitals Corp, Cleveland Clinic, Hospital Sisters Health System, and Champlain Health Supply Services.

Examines ways healthcare providers and suppliers are cutting costs, reducing waste and enhancing operational performance through collaboration within their own organizations and with their trading partners.

Discusses AP optimization as a way for hospitals to manage operating expense pressure and staff reductions, cut invoice processing costs, manage cash flow and gain greater visibility into their AP processes.

Explores which supply chain practices from other industries can be adapted to the needs of healthcare. Includes perspectives from healthcare executives on how to put these concepts into practice.

Explores methods for improving an organization’s contract management performance through automation and process and resource optimization.

This paper presents questions that providers and their technology vendors must ask to determine if their MMIS and ERP systems are capable of transacting with GLNs.

Summary of research conducted with 199 hospital purchasing officers outlining the state of the industry, barriers to use of e-transactions, and where supply chain automation delivers the greatest value.

This white paper outlines the steps that providers must take to successfully transact with GLNs on the GHX exchange.

Provides a perspective on procurement in today’s healthcare environment, and suggests some guidelines for how to use technology, people and processes to optimize procurement.

Explores opportunities enabled by supply chain automation, beyond labor savings and increased productivity; covers how hospitals are documenting quantifiable hard-dollar savings achieved through e-commerce.

Discusses the essential elements (visibility, stakeholder engagement, process improvement, automation) for successful supply chain improvement and explores them in action in three leading healthcare institutions.

One of the primary advantages of moving to GLNs is that healthcare providers will no longer have to manage multiple account numbers from their various suppliers for the same location.

A glossary of common terms

This seven-page paper provides status codes and definitions for Purchase Order Acknowledgement line items, including Order Acknowledgement, Accepted Line Items, Backordered Items and Rejected Line Items. Following these best practices can help suppliers drive consistency across trading partners for faster transactions and simplified processes.

This is the third in a series of educational papers about issues related to implantable device management, including key findings from the GHX Provider and Manufacturer Advisory Boards and their associated work groups. This paper focuses on specific contract synchronization work group findings and provides best practice recommendations to help achieve contract data synchronization among trading partners.

This is the second in a series of educational papers about issues related to implantable device management, including key findings from the GHX Provider and Manufacturer Advisory Boards and their associated work groups. This paper focuses on specific PPI work group findings and provides best practice recommendations to help achieve the perfect PPI order for implantable devices.

This is the first in a series of educational papers about issues related to implantable device management, including key findings from the GHX Provider and Manufacturer Advisory Boards and their associated work groups. This initial paper provides an overview of today’s implantable device supply chain (IDSC).

Examines ways healthcare providers and suppliers are cutting costs, reducing waste and enhancing operational performance through collaboration within their own organizations and with their trading partners.

Summary of research conducted with 199 hospital purchasing officers outlining the state of the industry, barriers to use of e-transactions, and where supply chain automation delivers the greatest value.

This white paper outlines the steps suppliers must take in order to transact successfully with GLNs and fulfill the requirements of their GPO partners.

With access to the medical-surgical industry’s most comprehensive source of national distributed sales transaction data, GHX conducted an analysis, presented here, to determine the true impact of the economic downturn on the marketplace.

One of the primary advantages of moving to GLNs is that healthcare providers will no longer have to manage multiple account numbers from their various suppliers for the same location.

A glossary of common terms

Explores the different scenarios for collaborating internally among different functional areas and externally with customers to manage inventory levels without letting customer satisfaction slip.