1 www. surgicaldirections.com Memorial Hospital is a 316-bed Community Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. Interim leadership placement and standardization of product procurement process. To drive immediate improvement, Surgical Directions placed an interim full-time materials manager on site at the hospital for one year to oversee the entire scope of supply purchasing. The interim manager ensured that purchases were in compliance with rebate programs and pricing in compliance with contractual terms negotiated with manufacturers and distributors. Equally important, Surgical Directions initiated a value-analysis committee that focused solely on evaluating supplies for perioperative services. Under the new process, only surgeons can request new products by providing rationale to the com

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