1. Supply Standardization and Physician Supply Chain Partnerships
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Supply Standardization and Physician Supply Chain Partnerships

2. FACULTY DISCLOSURE
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CE activity:
Neeta Moonka, MD: Nothing to disclose
Sean Farley: Nothing to disclose
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3. Improve collaboration between supply chain and physicians.
Learning Objectives:
Improve collaboration between supply chain and physicians.
Utilize data for informed decision making.
Apply lean principles to enhance supply chain performance.
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5. VIRGINIA MASON Integrated health care system
Graduate Medical Education
501(c)3 not-for-profit
Research Institute
336-bed hospital
Foundation
Nine locations
Virginia Mason Institute
500 physicians
Virginia Mason Memorial
5,500 employees

6. A Few Words About Myself
Served as an Army
Medical Logistician
for 19 years
Active Member in the Health Material Management Community

7. A Few Words About Myself
Temple University Medical School – “81 ZZ
Practiced Anesthesia for about 20 years
And a little Pediatrics

8. The beauty of clinical and operational collaboration

9. How do we leverage collaboration to drive standardization?
Sean: The journey started before Dr. Moonka and I started at VM.
Neeta:

10. What is the advantage of involving your clinician in supplier contracting/ negotiating

11. Is it possible to change physician supply preferences?

12. How do we do it at Virginia Mason?

13. How do we align with our GPO to drive change and save money?

14. Challenges (Ours?) (Yours?)

15. Our Success Stories

16. Our Essential Principles of Success
Understanding culture
Developing consensus
Communication, communication, communication
Executive support

17. Q&A Slide