Opening a new clinic or ambulatory surgery center on-time is always wrought with many challenges, including equipment lead times, construction delays, product loss/damage, and getting required biomedical checks completed. During the Covid-19 pandemic these challenges have become amplified. Demand is high, raw materials diminished, and logistics are bottlenecked all over the … [Read more...]
Telemedicine: What’s Ahead in 2022?
How will it affect procedures performed and products used in the physician office? By Mark Thill Telemedicine soared in 2020 due to the pandemic. Usage has plateaued since then, but it’s a safe bet it’s not going away. And with it comes questions. What role will it play in urgent care and chronic care management? Will it lead to fewer in-person visits, or more? Will it … [Read more...]
All the World’s a Stage
Pandemic proves that healthcare logistics demands a global perspective By Mark Thill A year ago, were you aware of the term “dwell time?” Did the word “container” connote anything other than Tupperware? Did you know how many weeks in a typical month an over-the-road trucker is away from home? Had you ever stopped at the Corwith Yards on the Southwest Side of Chicago to … [Read more...]
Women Leaders in Supply Chain: Nattie Leger
Nattie Leger, Vice President of Supply Chain Value and Clinical Performance, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, Louisiana Editor’s note: The following interview originally ran in the December 2021 issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, a sister publication of Repertoire Magazine. The Journal of Healthcare Contracting (JHC): You’ve had extensive clinical and nursing … [Read more...]
Women Leaders in Supply Chain: Allison P. Corry
Allison P. Corry, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Vice President, Supply Chain Organization, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah Editor’s note: The following interview originally ran in the December 2021 issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, a sister publication of Repertoire Magazine. The Journal of Healthcare Contracting: What are the characteristics … [Read more...]
Breaking The Rules Of Healthcare: Selecting The Best Doctors
Finding the ideal doctors for the 21st century means using more effective tests with today’s technology. By Dr. Robert Pearl At a leading academic hospital in greater New York, a patient I’ll call John has just undergone complex neck surgery. Though the operation went flawlessly, the patient is having trouble breathing. The attending physician and senior resident look … [Read more...]
COVID and PAMA
Irresistible force versus immovable object By Jim Poggi In the conflict between the irresistible force and the immovable object, which one wins? In this case, the battle is pitting the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) against COVID-19, a formidable worldwide pandemic foe. PAMA is a 2014 law first enforced in 2018 with the goal of aligning Medicare payments for … [Read more...]
Publisher’s Letter
Remember When You Were New? At the beginning of each new year, we talk about making changes and all the good things we want to accomplish as we start fresh. As I have stated before I usually do this on my birthday, December 30 (don’t worry about my age). So to close 2021, I did my traditional list of things I’d like to get better at in 2022 – health, business, and personal. … [Read more...]