IBEC-Industry Business Education Collaborative Committee

Gloria Graham, DNP, RN, CVAHP Chair

Barbara Strain, MA, CVAHP Co-chair

The IBEC Committee continues to be active with many great collaborative opportunities with our supplier partners and professional organizations. Through IBEC agreements, AHVAP provides opportunities for reciprocal education sharing with healthcare suppliers, professional organizations, institutes and academia with the goal to educate the broader healthcare industry to the tenets of value analysis.

Here are highlights of a few of the IBECs agreements:

EPSustain and HealthCare Links (www.healthcarelinks.org) are collaborating with AHVAP on sponsorship opportunities to support the advancement of our mission in education of Value Analysis community.

Healthcare Hygiene Magazine (HHM) If you are not a current subscriber to this magazine dedicated to “building bridges between infection prevention/epidemiology, scientific/R&D, manufacturing and regulatory compliance” then we encourage you to follow the link to their homepage and be amazed at what you have been missing that can assist in understanding the importance of certain characteristics to be considered in your day-to-day decision making. More great education collaborations coming in 2021.

Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI) whose mission is “to reduce preventable infections through collaboration of industry, academia, science, regulatory, and service sectors by interrupting the transmission of surface-related pathogens in healthcare in support of community and public health”. AHVAP has a seat at the table with other thought leaders to develop key programs to assure the safety and efficacy of disposables equipment, surfaces to make our healthcare environments the best they can be in providing quality outcomes while spending wisely. In exchange, Linda Lybert Founder and Executive Director of HIS will be presenting a webinar scheduled on April 14th 2021 summarizing some of the key work that will affect the way we approve and purchase devices and surfaces. Additionally, a White Paper will be created detailing all of the work including a real life scenario case study with a provider and a medical device company.

ECRI and AHVAP has finalized the White Paper discussing risk mitigation during COVID19 and beyond. AHVAP’s own Chris Hannon, MBA, MHA, Gloria and Barbara collaborated with Jesse Munn MBA and Tim Brown Executive Director from ECRI on content from various lenses. Look for this by the end of Q1 2021.

Arizona State University IBEC details have been shared in the most recent past but the great news is the White Paper describing the outcomes of the inaugural “Value Based Care Summit” is now available on the AHVAP website! In addition to ASU and AHVAP, W.L. Gore was also a sponsor and members of the Summit organizing steering committee.

Prior to 2021 the IBEC Committee has been working with Lumere on a provider member survey and with MindRay on a White Paper about on cleaning and disinfectant compatibility with equipment/disposables. Both of these important educational opportunities were put on hold earlier in 2020.

Check out AHVAP’s home page for a list of other collaborators with IBEC agreements.