Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Selects Broadlane to Provide Array of Supply Chain Services.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Broadlane, the leading provider of innovative business services for the healthcare industry, today announced the signing of a five-year agreement with the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Health System (SCLHS SCLHS Security Certification Level for High Standards ). The agreement will deliver a comprehensive and advanced supply chain management solution to the respected multi-state Catholic healthcare system that includes eight acute care hospitals. SCLHS said that it expects to reap significant process improvement and cost savings from the partnership with Broadlane. The agreement takes effect in June when SCLHS's current group purchasing agreement expires. Broadlane will provide national and local strategic sourcing services for consumable A material that is used up and needs continuous replenishment, such as paper and toner. "The low-tech end of the high-tech field!" supplies, capital equipment and purchased services. In addition, Broadlane will provide centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. purchasing, contract management, electronic commerce, item master management (via Broadlane's proprietary e-procurement technology), comprehensive value analysis and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . Terms of the agreement were not announced. Over the past 15 months SCLHS leaders conducted a detailed assessment of the system's current supply chain management operation. System leadership concluded that while performance was exceeding many industry benchmarks, there were numerous opportunities for improvements from a more integrated, technology-driven approach via centralized procurement, contract management and data management coupled with a robust value analysis process involving physicians and other clinicians. "Once we had completed that analysis, it was clear to us that Broadlane was the organization with both the vision and the current client track record to get us where we want to go," said Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. , president and chief executive officer of SCLHS. "Hospitals throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. are under enormous pressure to meet the needs of patients. In partnership with our medical staffs, we look to conserve costs in order to better respond to those needs. This agreement will help us maintain and deepen our focus on clinical excellence throughout our ministry." Charles E. Saunders
Sir Charles Edward Saunders, Ph.D, BA, FRSC (February 2, 1867, London, Ontario–July 25, 1937Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian agronomist. , M.D., Broadlane's chief executive officer, said "We are pleased that the leaders of SCLHS saw value in our vision for the future of the healthcare supply chain. Working together, we will advance the state-of-the art in healthcare supply chain management, using technology to create a highly efficient, enterprise-wide solution that not only reduces costs but engages clinicians as full participants in making product choices and managing consumption of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. , based on clinical and economic information. We believe that this approach is unprecedented in the industry and that it will quickly become the model that many other large integrated health systems will seek to replicate." Michael Rowe, system vice president and chief financial officer of SCLHS, said: "Part of what appealed to us about Broadlane was its ability to provide a fully integrated solution tying in the needs of our physicians to customized sourcing, centralized procurement and data management. This is not a decision simply to change group purchasing organizations A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. -- it is truly a supply chain transformation agreement." Rowe continued: "We anticipate significant savings immediately upon initiation of the Broadlane program. We also see opportunity for significantly more savings -- approximately $10 million -- once the program is mature." Broadlane will assume day-to-day responsibility for all of SCLHS's purchasing operations, which will be provided through a centralized purchasing operation that will be located in Broadlane's Dallas offices. This operation will serve all eight SCLHS hospitals, utilize Web-based technology for purchase order processing and be tied to a single, centralized contract and item master. Broadlane believes that it is already the leader in providing outsourced purchasing services for healthcare providers. Broadlane today provides outsourced purchasing services to such hospitals and health systems as the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Continuum Health Partners and The Brooklyn Hospital Center (the latter are both in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ). However, unlike the SCLHS model that Broadlane will build, these customers are provided with outsourced purchasing services from Broadlane employees located at the customers' locations. "It has long been our vision that hospitals can take advantage of the large untapped cost-savings opportunity within their supply chain by creating a disciplined, highly efficient, centralized purchasing solution that ensures enterprise-wide compliance with contracts, up-to-date pricing, greater speed and lower transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). , through the benefits of scale and standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting ," said David Klumpe, Pharm.D, senior vice president for client services and operations at Broadlane. Klumpe will lead the Broadlane teams that will serve SCLHS. "In addition, SCLHS will obtain real-time visibility into spending and have greater ability to manage it, system-wide. Broadlane has developed this best practice approach and the technology platform to manage this service for multi-location health systems." Klumpe continued: "As we discussed our vision with the leaders at SCLHS, we immediately saw that they shared this same vision. They understood how powerful this could be for their efficiency and cost-management goals. With a central operation of this kind we will be able to provide a higher level of service with improved purchasing controls to SCLHS. The next logical step for us will be to add additional clients to this leveraged model -- thus increasing the cost savings and sharing these benefits with an ever-widening group of hospitals and health systems." In the contracting area, SCLHS will be able to access Broadlane's national portfolio of approximately 1,200 contracts. In addition, Broadlane will deploy product category-specific custom contracting experts in Dallas to source and negotiate agreements to meet any unique or specific needs identified by SCLHS. Broadlane will also provide SCLHS with capital equipment services that include participation in coordinated group buys, equipment lifecycle planning and quote review services to ensure complex capital purchases adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. contractual terms A contractual term is "[a]ny provision forming part of a contract"[1] Each term gives rise to a contractual obligation, breach of which will can give rise to litigation. and conditions. Broadlane will also make available its procurement services to SCLHS affiliated physicians. These services include access to a broad range of deeply discounted supplies through industry-leading vendors, medical transcription
About the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System was founded in 1864 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. The Sisters followed the westward expansion, establishing healthcare ministries in multiple locations. Today, SCLHS is made up of eight hospitals and four stand-alone clinics located in California, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana. As part of the healing mission of the Catholic Church, SCLHS and its affiliates witness to the Gospel of Jesus by striving to provide quality healthcare in a spirit of justice and charity. SCLHS has approximately 2,000 staffed beds supported by 11,000 full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or a student's enrollment at an educational institution. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker, while an FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time. employees. About Broadlane Broadlane delivers transformational business services to healthcare providers, enabling them to reduce costs and improve operational performance. Through the application of innovative technology and sustainable solutions that range from consulting to full-service management, Broadlane is helping to set new standards for efficient healthcare delivery. These solutions include strategic sourcing, clinical and operational consulting, equipment lifecycle management, procurement management, and labor services. Broadlane counts among its customers more than 875 acute care hospitals, more than 2,800 sub-acute care facilities and almost 12,000 physician practices. Broadlane is headquartered in San Francisco and has additional offices in California, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Ohio and Texas. For more information, visit www.broadlane.com |
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