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devices in the [electronic health record], which has been the primary reason that Premier’s customers have adopted data stan- dards in recent years,” he said.


From a surgical thea ter standpoint, accuracy is paramount with ten- tacles extending into tracking and traceabili- ty, visibility and waste reduction, urges Trent Pierce, Clinical Advisor, Kermit software, PA & Associates Healthcare. “My 28 years of clinical,


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technical and administra- tive experience in the OR has taught me that the sin- gle most important benefit for driving adoption and implementation of data standards is for increased


inaccurate data, everything else relying on that data throughout the life cycle of the item being traced will be just as inaccurate as not having the data to begin with.” Before joining PA & Associates Healthcare, Pierce served as Implant Coordinator, Shock Trauma Operating Room, University of Maryland Medical Center.


Ken Cyr, Senior Director, Supply Chain Consulting, CSI Specialty Group, an In- talere subsidiary, agrees that standards are vital for accuracy but that accuracy is necessary for standards with system integration being essential.


“One of the biggest bar- riers to the final evolution


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accuracy,” he said. “Without increased ac- curacy, product tracking and traceability is inaccurate. Inventory tracking will be inac- curate, and consequently documentation will be inaccurate. If you start with bad or


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of the healthcare supply chain is the lack of seamless integration in healthcare informat- ics, Cyr said. “In most cases clinical depart- ments have implemented the suite of clinical systems provided through the larger clinical Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform. The supply chain organization (SCO) on the other hand has implemented one of a hand-


Satisfying the COVID-19 effect How to make standards standard in a pandemic world


by Rick Dana Barlow


When the novel coronavirus COVID-19 emerged last December as an epidemic in China that quickly blossomed into a pandemic around the world, demand for a variety of products necessary to protect oneself from exposure soared to the apex of disrupting the global supply chain. Could the adoption, implementation and ongoing use of supply data


standards and integrated databases have made a difference? Supply chain leaders and professionals offer a cautiously optimistic yes with something of an escape clause. While supply data standards likely would


Running lean can upset routine “Although data standards would have helped to identify functional equivalents and potential availability of products more easily, the supply shortages created by this world-wide pandemic and the enormity of the situation was too much for any supply chain to handle. Many hospitals run very lean by keeping minimum stock on hand for dispos- able products and do not have the capital funds to maintain extra idle equipment. This, coupled by the fact that many of the needed products are manufactured overseas and healthcare organizations have been on al- location for many PPE products since late last year, contributed to the overall strain on the delivery network. I suspect when healthcare organizations and industry are able to look back at areas of improvement and develop lessons learned, there will be further discus- sion around product sourcing and production,


have facilitated the location of much-needed product already in storage, in transit or even in various stages of production, it would have done little to factor in consumer demand spikes without more complex forecasting algorithms in place for planning. Looking back as healthcare organizations and the world continues


to slog through COVID-19’s wake, 11 supply chain experts share their initial lessons learned in battling a pandemic that many clinicians believe is far from over.


dependency-manufacturer/distributor relation- ships, pandemic/emergency planning, and government affairs on the local, state and federal level.”


– Melissa Amell, Infor


Vast visibility and extensive consump- tion/demand tracking “With consistent, widely-adopted data standards in place, our entire healthcare ecosystem can alleviate some of the supply shortages experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. How do supply data standards actually change the game? We’d be building visibility to every location where supplies exist within the supply chain. Manufacturers and distributors would know precisely what they have available in current inventories. Provider organizations would be able to look across their entire network of facilities – any types of facilities – and see what they have on-hand


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that they can transfer to locations experienc- ing the greatest need. Standalone organiza- tions would know what was in each and every supply location in their facility. I’d build on this thought by adding that understanding consumption, and tracking usage over time, is a huge contributor to understanding what we’ll need in the future, especially as we build our data set to incorporate our experience with COVID-19. This deeper knowledge would also be extremely valuable to the supplier com- munity trying to forecast demand. Knowing what will be needed enables a much more efficient operation that benefits all supply chain participants.” – Jeff Lawrence, Inventory Optimization Solutions (IOS)


Sourcing alternative caches “I don’t believe standards could have pre-


vented the shortages we have experienced as Page 14


ful of Materials Management Information System (MMIS) providers. The ‘integration’ of these systems through various interfaces is mandatory to unlock the core benefits of a clinically driven supply chain.” his stems from a unified item master shared between each system that “requires establishment of hospital-wide item/data naming and product category standards that are clinically accurate and meet both supply chain and clinical needs” as shared between Supply Chain and Perioperative Services, he noted. All of this data can be incorporated into the clinical information system, including for scheduling, preference cards/pick tickets and online charting and patient charging of supply items. All told, data standards are created to ensure accurate operational budgeting, spending and cost analysis, and to ensure synchronization of items across periopera- tive, financial and supply chain systems, he added. HPN


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