Partnership in education: central service prepares students for materiel management duties

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The Healthcare Center Service Materials Management Program is a 47-credit college program of the Northwest Technical College in East Grand Forks, MN. The program trains students to manage materiel management departments of hospitals and health care institutions. Students are trained in decontamination, sterilization procedures, packaging and hospital materiel flows. The program was established in 1989 when hospitals in northern Minnesota and the Dakotas surveyed by Northwest Technical College indicated that they needed central service personnel.

Reports, Training, Medical personnel, Medical personnel training, Medical education

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Reengineering materiel management for strategic placement

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The materials management department should review and reengineer their existing policies and business practices to align itself with the hospital's strategic mission. The reengineering process, however, will require identification of processes which need modification, visualization of future direction as well as information gathering and strategic planning to obtain a seamless, customer-oriented, information-rich supply chain.

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Reengineering hospital materiel management

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The purchasing and material management departments of hospitals should be reengineered to keep them competitive. At present, there are three main areas where reengineering the purchasing function leads to a more cost-efficient setup. These entail decreasing the cost of purchasing, the implementation of system technologies to automate paper processes, and empowering work teams.

Purchasing, Management, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace)

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