October 30, 2024- The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center has had many recent successes in their sourcing projects to drive value with a variety of service lines including total joints, spine, cardiology, bariatric surgery, and vascular surgery, said Stacy Brethauer, M.D., MBA, Professor of Surgery, vice chair of Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Surgery, and medical director, Supply Chain Management, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
“These sourcing projects have succeeded because we have been able to get the clinicians to come to the table, review the data and options and make reasonable decisions that meet their clinical needs and still drive value,” Brethauer told JHC.
Insights Brethauer shared with JHC include:
Clinical stakeholders are encouraged to engage in negotiations. “Many times, we have asked our clinical stakeholders to engage in negotiations with our vendors to reach specific price points or contracts. Without a medical director leading these efforts, it would be much more difficult to get the clinicians involved and to have these sometimes-difficult discussions with our vendors.”
Read the interview with Brethauer and several other medical directors of supply chain here.