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A Shifting Language Services Landscape
Healthcare providers are required to provide effective communication between patients and providers. Sometimes, that means providing interpreters. As our population grows more diverse, the need for...
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How to Award Contracts Faster
A successful contracting process is the result of understanding internal decision-making requirements and effective communication between all involved parties. It’s easy to get delayed, but you need...
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Is a Bigger GPO a Better GPO? Pending Med Assets acquisition raises questions
The recent announcement that VHA/UHC will acquire the MedAssets Supply Chain Management business is the latest in the rapid consolidation of the GPO industry, and it’s unlikely this will be last news...
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A New Path for Records Retention Savings
Record Retention Services are one of the most crucial business services health systems must procure, but rising costs in the industry combined with ever-changing requirements from the Joint Commission...
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The value of a diverse healthcare supply base
Diversity is a hot topic in healthcare, from meeting the needs of diverse patients to contracting with diverse vendors. The Joint Commission has issued documents noting the importance of meeting the...
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Tips for Sourcing Pest Control
Patient safety is critical, and maintaining a sanitary healthcare environment is one the most important aspects of it. Cleanliness relies heavily upon effective pest control. Pests can compromise...
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Why Most Purchased Service Benchmarks Don’t Work & What You Can Do About It.
Throughout my nearly ten years managing purchased service sourcing initiatives for health systems across the country, I’ve been provided countless third-party reports labeled as “purchased service...
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Why Most Purchased Service Benchmarks Don’t Work & What You Can Do About It –...
Last time, we discussed why Purchased Services benchmarking requires a unique analytical approach that differs from the process of simply comparing product costs, and Medpricer’s Five Factors™ which...
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How a Hospital System Saved 55% in Document Destruction Services
Protecting patient data is extremely important in the healthcare industry. Medical records contain highly sensitive information and if hospitals don’t meet government regulation standards for document...
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Making Purchased Services Benchmarking Work for You
How do you know if you are getting the most competitive rates on your services contracts? The answer is you probably don’t know and you are not alone. Most health systems just can’t get their hands on...
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Six Keys to Success in Purchased Services
Medpricer’s E-Sourcing tools helps you save on purchased services for healthcare systems & hospitals. Call for free assessment (888)453-4554 The post Six Keys to Success in Purchased Services...
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A Shifting Language Services Landscape
Healthcare providers are required to provide effective communication between patients and providers. Sometimes, that means providing interpreters. As our population grows more diverse, the need for...
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How to Award Contracts Faster
A successful contracting process is the result of understanding internal decision-making requirements and effective communication between all involved parties. It’s easy to get delayed, but you need...
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Is a Bigger GPO a Better GPO? Purchased Services Insights
The recent announcement that VHA/UHC will acquire the MedAssets Supply Chain Management business is the latest in the rapid consolidation of the GPO industry, and it’s unlikely this will be last news...
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The value of a diverse healthcare supply base
Diversity is a hot topic in healthcare, from meeting the needs of diverse patients to contracting with diverse vendors. The Joint Commission has issued documents noting the importance of meeting the...
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Tips for Sourcing Pest Control Services in Healthcare Systems
Sourcing a reliable, knowledgeable and professional pest control service is critical. Patient safety is critical, and maintaining a sanitary healthcare environment is one the most important aspects of...
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How to Shred Costs in Document Destruction
In our last post, I shared the challenges many hospital systems face with document destruction contracting. By not addressing these challenges, health systems could be missing out on substantial...
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The #1 Way Your Health System Can Avoid Layoffs and Service Cuts
Across the nation, the healthcare industry is facing severe financial crisis resulting in layoffs, cuts in services and “all sorts of terrible things”. Some of the recent articles in the news over just...
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