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Bradley Adams, Supplier Access Specialist in the Supply Chain Organization of Intermountain Healthcare (IMH), talks about his experience in supply chain management and his thoughts on vendor credentialing.
Bob Celeste is the Founder of Center for Supply Chain Studies, a neutral nonprofit organization, hosting an online forum for team exploration and collaboration. The organization closely monitors the healthcare industry and shares insights on compliance issues, challenging topics, emerging technologies, and trends with its members.
In a February 2023 conversation with Terry Chang, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, and Director of Legal & Medical Affairs at AdvaMed, I asked him about his support for the trade association’s Health Care Industry Representative (HCIR) Credentialing Working Group, why the issue is important and what are the biggest opportunities for universal credentialing by accredited standards.
In a December 2022 conversation with O.R. Trax CEO and co-Founder, Abram Liverio, C4UHC Executive Director Sharon Gleason Jenkins asked him about his experience with credentialing, developing a company and improving the healthcare ecosystem.
The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), a professional management group of the American Hospital Association, recognized the value of having a subject matter expert on staff who resembles their members and can relate directly to member work environments and challenges. Michael Schiller, Senior Director, Supply Chain at AHRMM, was interviewed by Sharon Gleason Jenkins, C4UHC Executive Director, in this post.
COVID-19 impacted every function and protocol of the U.S. medical industry as it struggled in the early days of the pandemic to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) and administer wellness screenings for all visitors. C4UHC and healthcare vendors, providers, regulators, accreditors, trade associations, VCOs, and other stakeholders met to address some of the issues by updating the ANSI/NEMA SC1–American National Standard.
Vendor credentialing requirements at healthcare facilities shouldn’t be so difficult. That’s what Jim Ziegra, HCIR Credentialing Manager at Abiomed, wants healthcare facilities to know about the often cumbersome validation processes that take up valuable time for both hospital staff and medical supplier representatives.
There should be no debate about the benefits of standardizing vendor credentialing for healthcare providers and suppliers. C4UHC supporter AdvaMed recently shared numbers on what vendor credentialing costs the healthcare industry, and they exceed $800 million.
Similar to the C4UHC's mission and approach, the Vaccine Credential Initiative aims to find a faster, more efficient approach to the coordination and record-keeping required by the national push for COVID vaccines.
Inefficiencies in our medical facilities silently rob patients of quality care during “normal times.” According to Fortune, COVID reminded us all that patients and professionals, not numbers, should always be our top priorities.
