SPECIAL FOCUS earn CE credits. Pioneered in collaboration
with David Jagrosse, oneSource quickly moved from arranging speakers in person to virtual educational opportunities running weekly webinars on a variety of topics that included a .5 IAHCSMM CE credit. Experts involved with the Speakers Bureau include Damien Berg, Sharon Greene-Golden, David Jagrosse and many others from the industry. Complete bios and an overview of the speaker’s bureau can be found online, and the entire six-week webinar series is available online (https://www.
onesourcedocs.com/knowledge-center/) through 2020. Webinars can be viewed and, once completed, CE credits are available by filling out the designated form
Keeping data, technology front-of- mind during pandemic
Organization: PartsSource
Nominator: Mara Paré, Vice President, Client Solutions, PartsSource
Challenge(s) faced: In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw a lot of concern. Health systems did not know what to expect, and they often did not have the right data to prepare appropriately for the surge of COVID-19 patients or the demand those surges would put on their medical equipment. Customers were looking for accurate inventory and availability of critical equipment and parts. And they were look- ing for critical supplies like ventilator hoses and patient monitoring devices that were becoming harder and harder to source. Solution(s) derived: First, as a technol- ogy-based healthcare services company, PartsSource developed an early warning system to monitor the supply chain across critical modalities. Our surge capac- ity and supplier surveillance analytics allowed us to monitor data in real-time and then take immediate action to pre- stock critical parts and equipment and increase access to secondary suppliers. We also processed all the data we were gathering and proactively provided it to our customers so they could make data- driven buying decisions based on the demand for the critical parts we were seeing. The data allowed health systems to actively manage their inventory for the most in-demand equipment. Our state-of- the-art digital command center provided insight across the entire supply chain to proactively identify and communicate alternative options to fill the increasing demand we saw in the market. We also mobilized our forces and implemented a bulk buy hotline and established a daily engagement plan between account man- agement and customers.
Influential, instrumental leaders: The entire PartsSource team played a role in arming our healthcare customers with the data, parts, services, rentals and tools they needed to navigate the COVID-19 crisis successfully. • During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, Long Island Community Hospital con- tacted their PartsSource product specialist in desperate need of ventilator hoses that they could not source from any other vendor. The PartsSource product special- ist located a supplier with the appropriate tubing in a longer length and asked them to cut it to the proper length to fulfill the hospital’s urgent need.
• A large West Coast IDN needed access to critical medical equipment and Parts- Source’s sourcing team was successfully able to secure bulk purchases for hard to find products
• The
Cleveland.com news story (https://
www.cleveland.com/business/2020/05/ auroras-partssource-keeps-critical-hospi- tal-equipment-running-during-coronavi-
rus-crisis.html) highlights the critical role our command center played during the COVID-19 crisis. It was a game changer for managing the needs of health systems across the country.
• PartsSource Pro client Dartmouth-Hitch- cock Health Care used order data from their CMMS system and compared it to PartsSource data to flag gaps in their inventory for modalities critical to COVID-19 patient care. By analyzing their CMMS order data and comparing it to PartsSource data, Dartmouth-Hitchcock was able to get ahead of potential parts backlogs in the marketplace during the pandemic, ensure ample inventory, and maintain equipment uptime. Prepped for tomorrow: Looking at data
as a leading indicator and practicing active supply chain management continues to be a focus for PartsSource. It is something we educate our customers on every day. We are seeing that coming out of the COVID- 19 crisis, our customers are shifting the way they manage healthcare supply chain and equipment maintenance. As hospitals must begin elective surgeries and outpa- tient procedures, this puts pressure on the healthcare technology management (HTM) departments. HTM departments are facing financial and staffing pressures, ut they must increase capacity to service equip- ment that has been idle or had delayed preventative maintenance. We see HTM departments taking a preemptive stance and seeking out partners to help them practice proactive capacity planning and implement active supply chain management. They are looking for data by modality and asking
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how they can set up their own surveillance systems to manage their inventory better and prepare for what comes next. They are also looking for partners that can supple- ment staffing shortages y offering equip- ment maintenance and repair services. The good news for PartsSource is that all these requests, from the data to the active supply chain management, to the equipment ser- vice and maintenance support are all part of the PartsSource service offering, and we are ready to handle the increase in demand.
Exchanging information to combat pandemic
Organization: Resilinc Nominator: Resilinc
Challenge(s) faced: Hospitals were fac- ing a shortage of 9,000 individual items of PPE and other medical supplies across the nation. Solution(s) derived: Resilinc invented for free the Exchange at Resilinc, a cloud- based platform created exclusively for hospitals to identify, locate and exchange critical medical supplies due to inventory imbalances. Hospitals list the items they need and trade with a hospital that has too much of those items. It solves imbalances in the supply chain. For example, a hospital can list N95 masks they need and offer medical gowns they can spare in exchange. Using a single online platform, hospitals can locate and trade the items they need and have the packages shipped at the same time. This helps reduce inventory shortages of medical supplies that are critically needed in areas of the U.S. where patients are facing severe symptoms from the coronavirus. Influential, instrumental leaders: Resil- inc CEO Bindiya Vakil and Stanford Medicine’s Amanda Chawla were talking at a conference and discussed a solution: an online trading system to allow hospitals to exchange healthcare supplies. So, with the advice and testing from Stanford hos- pitals and the software development from Resilinc, as well as the hospital networks of Premier Inc. and Intalere, the Exchange at Resilinc was launched April 15. Prepped for tomorrow: The Exchange at Resilinc is not an e-commerce site. There are no cash or credit card transactions involved in the trades. Resilinc employees, many of whom are software developers that create supply chain risk monitoring systems, were happy to give back to healthcare providers and help save lives.
Feeding the front-line virus fighters
Organization: UAB, the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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