1. Outline and explain the concept and process of sourcing selection in the healthcare supply chain. How are insource and outsource options different?
2. Discuss and give examples of the process of segmentation of supply chain items and the stakeholders involved with influence within each of those segments. What segments involve greater clinician (surgeon, physician, nurse, clinical technician) involvement?
3. Relate, discuss and provide an example where the tools of analyses of supply items integrate with healthcare supply chain sourcing and purchasing.
4. Distinguish the operational areas of law (legal contract principles) and vendor management in the context of the request for proposal and/or quote, and negotiations.
5. Relate the sourcing and stakeholder involvement of a medical/surgical item, such as cotton balls versus a cardiac pacemaker, to the categorization of suppliers/sourcing and why categorization is important.
6. Evaluate the benefits of improved sourcing with regard to outsourcing as compared to in-sourcing for healthcare supply chain operations and management in terms of stakeholders' perceptions, incentives and healthcare organization capabilities.