OC Reilly Blog: The Need for Physician Engagement
OC Reilly Blog: The Need for Physician Engagement By Vicki White, Director of Business Development, OC Reilly Inc. As the U.S. healthcare system continues on its journey toward a new paradigm, controlling costs remains in the forefront of discussions regarding...
OC Reilly Blog: Sweat the Small Stuff
OC Reilly Blog: Sweat the Small Stuff By George Vunovic, VP of Technology Solutions, OC Reilly Inc. One of the most familiar sayings, when you want to pick up somebody’s spirits or give a little pep talk, is the classic, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” But when...
OC Reilly Blog: Better Care, Lower Costs Not Mutually Exclusive
OC Reilly Blog: Better Care, Lower Costs Not Mutually Exclusive By Bill O’Connor, President and CEO, OC Reilly Inc. The automatic fallback assumption, when it comes to lowering costs versus improving quality in any business application, is that the two ideas...
OC Reilly Blog: Supply Chain Named Key Issue for 2014 in Healthcare
OC Reilly Blog: Supply Chain Named Key Issue for 2014 in Healthcare By Vicki White, Director of Business Development, OC Reilly Inc. It may come as no surprise to those of us who deal with it every day, but Modern Healthcare magazine has named Supply Chain...
OC Reilly Blog: Managing at the Margins
OC Reilly Blog: Managing at the Margins By Bill O’Connor, President and CEO, OC Reilly Inc. What do you do, when your operating margin – the pool of funds you rely on for growth and investment – plummets from 4.44% to 1.81% in one year? And not only that, but...
OC Reilly Blog: The Education of Edward Don
OC Reilly Blog: The Education of Edward Don By Ray Clegg, Director of Logistical Operations, OC Reilly Inc. Edward Don & Co., a foodservice equipment and supply provider of more than 90 years of experience, knew something was wrong, but identifying and...
OC Reilly Blog: Service Ranks First Among Emerging Supply Chain Trends
OC Reilly Blog: Service Ranks First Among Emerging Supply Chain Trends By Ray Staudt, Supply Chain Consultant, OC Reilly Inc. Everybody loves Top Ten lists. David Letterman has been making a lucrative living off of them for three decades. They bring murky...
OC Reilly Blog: Available Efficiencies More Important as Hospitals Face New Costs
OC Reilly Blog: Available Efficiencies More Important as Hospitals Face New Costs By Paul Eberhardt, Supply Chain Consultant, OC Reilly Inc. As though anyone needed a reminder of this fact, the world of health care finances continues to experience churn,...
OC Reilly Blog: Razor-Thin Margins Beg for Better Supply Chain Control
OC Reilly Blog: Razor-Thin Margins Beg for Better Supply Chain Control By Mike Polaski, Director of Logistics Services, OC Reilly Inc. At the Central Penn Business Journal’s Healthcare Symposium in late July, speakers addressed the wide array of issues facing...