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Hospital Supply Chain Performance Self-Assessment
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Hospital Supply Chain Performance Self-Assessment
For each question, select the response that best describes your organization.
1. Item Master Additions and Changes
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We have very few controls in place; items can be added or changed by multiple individuals without approval or oversight.
We have an add item process, but it is not really enforced; most add item requests are processed.
We have an established item add process; supply chain reviews and approves requests.
We have an official add item process; requests are funneled through value analysis for review.
I don't know.
2. Item Master Maintenance
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We never or rarely update or review our item master for accuracy.
We only update our item master when the need arises (part number exceptions occur, product conversions occur, etc.).
We review our item master for accuracy and duplicate items are removed on a regular basis.
A content management system or item master maintenance system is used for regular item master cleansing/normalization.
I don't know.
3. Item Master Content
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Items are often added with key fields missing and with non-standard data elements.
Items are sometimes added with key fields missing, but the data elements are standardized (e.g., ANSI standards for unit of measure).
All key fields are required; some are standardized or make use of advanced unique identifier fields where possible (UNSPSC, HCPCS, UDI, GTIN, etc.).
All key fields are required; some are standardized or make use of advanced unique identifier fields where possible and incorporate item cost/charging data.
I don't know.
4. Business Intelligence
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Our business intelligence reporting tools incorporate the following:
Select all that apply.
Purchase transactions
Price benchmark data from GPOs or another third-party source
Product/contract category analysis
Facility, department/service line level detail
Market share by supplier
Supplier market share with the ability to drill down to facility, department/service line, and GL
On-demand spend reports
On-demand operational analytics reports
Not applicable. We do not use spend analytics reports.
I don't know.
5. Supply Chain Management Reporting
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Rate your agreement with following statement:
We track metrics across all areas of supply chain (inventory, contracting, receiving and distribution, etc.); these metrics are used as a major component of clinical value analysis.
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Neutral
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree
I don't know.
6. Charge Capture
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Charges are captured manually; we don’t use a consolidated chargemaster.
We use a chargemaster, but don’t perform routine maintenance; data is not always available or captured.
We have a regularly maintained chargemaster that captures charges electronically.
Our chargemaster is fully maintained and uses electronic charge capture, supply level reporting, and integrates with the item master.
I don't know.
Do you have any questions or comments?
This will not affect your assessment score.
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