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The 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management will convene the industry's most respected thought leaders to present best practices for implementing technology and utilizing process improvement methodologies to increase efficiency and control costs in the healthcare supply chain. This executive forum will include strategies for the successful integration of RFID technology in your organization and will showcase key process improvement frameworks for the reengineering of the healthcare supply chain. At this Summit, attendees will hear innovative solutions for the acceleration of financial returns, the containment of costs and control of waste, the implementation of integrated IT systems, the streamlining of supply chain management processes and the critical push towards stakeholder collaboration in the healthcare industry.

Stay Tuned for Faculty Listing and Detailed Agenda- Coming This Summer!

Sessions In-the-Works for 2009!
  • The Effects of Healthcare Policy/Medicare Changes on the Supply Chain
  • Performance Methodologies and Standardization
  • Best Practices of IDNs: Applying Lessons Learned
  • The Role of IT and Auto-Identification Tools in Your Supply Chain: The Future is Now
  • RFID and Bar Coding: Finding a Fit in Your Organization
  • Dashboards and Benchmarking: What You Need to Know in 2009
  • Success Stories: A Look at GDSN and the DOD Pilot Project
  • Disaster Recovery and Preparedness: Can Your Supply Chain Take the Hit?
  • The FDA Perspective: How Will the Recent Recalls Impact You?
  • Examining RFID’s Strong Predicted Growth into the Pharma Market
Call for Papers: Submit Abstract for Presentations
The 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management is now accepting abstract submissions for 2009!
Click here for details.

2008 Faculty Included:
Ed Hisscock
Chief Executive Officer, Appleseed Healthcare
Interim Resource Officer, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Trinity Health
 
Steve Huckabaa
Network Vice President, Supply Chain Management & Retail Pharmacy,
Kettering Health Network
*Advisory Board
member only
 
Frank Kilzer
Vice President of Material and Facility Resources
St Alexius Medical Center
 
Jamie Kowalski
Managing Director, Business Development
Owens & Minor
 
Vance Moore
President, Resource Optimization and Innovation
Sisters of Mercy Health System
 
Dennis Orthman
Project Director
Strategic Marketplace Initiatives (Strategic Marketplace Initiatives)
 
Eugene Schneller, PhD
Professor, Director, Health Sector Supply Chain management and Policy, W.P. Carey School for Business,
Arizona State University
 
Joe Sheil
Director of Contracting
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
 
Hugh E. Lockhart, PhD
Professor, School of Packaging, Associate Director, Center for Food and Pharmaceutical Packaging Research
Michigan State University
*Advisory Board
member only
 
 
 
Terje Aasen
CEO and President
Sonitor Technologies, Inc.
 
Pete Alvarez
Senior Director, Healthcare GDSN
GS1 Healthcare
 
  Harold Boeck
Professor of Marketing, Academic Founder of Academia RFID
Academia RFID
 
  Tom Bradshaw
VP, Operations
Wayne Memorial Hospital
 
  Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Ontario, Canada
 
John G. Charalabidis
Deputy Program Manager, DoD Data Synchronization Program
Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support, Defense Logistics Agency (DMLSS-DLA)
Directorate of Medical Materiel, Defense Supply Center – Philadelphia
 
Robb Clarke, PhD
Associate Professor, AutoID Research & Testing Center
MSU School of Packaging
 
  Al Cook, CMRP, FAHRMM
Director, Healthcare Product Development
Integrated Business Systems and Services (IBSS)
 
Susan Copeland, RN, MA
Network Director, Clinical Resource Mgt and Supply Chain MIS Group
Seton Family of Hospitals
 
Jay Crowley
Senior Advisor for Patient Safety, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Food and Drug Administration
 
Dean Edwards
Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Kaiser Permanente
 
Mary Pat Elwood
Chairperson, Organizational ID Subcommittee, Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition
Order-to-Cash Process Improvement Leader, BD
 
Greg Firestone
Chief Executive Officer
NCI
 
  Victor Garcia
Chief Technology Officer
Hewlett Packard Canada
 
  Dr. Verna Gibbs
Professor of Clinical Surgery
UCSF
 
Ed Hisscock
Chief Executive Officer, Appleseed Healthcare
Interim Resource Officer, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Trinity Health
 
  Mike Hobbs
Vice President, Clinical Supply Solutions
Owens & Minor
 
Susan Hogan
Value Analysis Manager
Guthrie Health
 
Frank Kilzer
Vice President of Material and Facility Resources
St Alexius Medical Center
 
Bradford S. Koles Jr.
Executive Director and National Spokesperson
The Advisory Board Company
 
Jamie Kowalski
Managing Director, Business Development
Owens & Minor
 
  Joel Meckley
Senior Director, Purchasing and Contracting
Geisinger Health System
 
Charles Miceli, C.P.M.
Director Resource Management
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
 
Vance Moore
President, Resource Optimization and Innovation
Sisters of Mercy Health System
 
William Mosser, CMRP
Managing Director, Supply Chain Services,
Temple University Health System
 
  Dr. In Mun
VP of Research and Technology
HCA North Florida
 
  Jim O'Connor
Vice President, Supply Chain
Henry Ford Health System
 
Dennis Orthman
Project Director
Strategic Marketplace Initiatives (Strategic Marketplace Initiatives)
 
Joe Pleasant Jr., FHIMSS
CIO and Senior Vice President
Premier
 
Ronald L. Rardin, Ph.D
Interim Department Head, Industrial Engineering, Director
Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics
 
  Mark Roberti
Founder and Editor
RFID Journal
 
Charles E. Saunders, MD
Chairman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Broadlane
 
  Dan Scharbach
Regional Director, Invasive Heart and Vascular Services
Providence Health System/Portland Service Area
 
Eugene Schneller, PhD
Professor, Director, Health Sector Supply Chain management and Policy, W.P. Carey School for Business,
Arizona State University
 
Doug Sears
Director of Performance Improvement/Knowledge Transfer
Bon Secours Health System
 
  Eddie Sharp
VP Supply Chain Management & Contracting Services
Seton Family of Hospitals
 
Joe Sheil
Director of Contracting
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
 
Vicki Smith-Daniels
Professor of Operations Management, W.P. Carey School for Business
Arizona State University
 
  Brad Sokol
CEO
Fast Track Technologies, Ltd
 
  Scott Troutman
Product Specialist
CombineMed
 
Mark Van Sumeren
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
Owens & Minor
 
  Cory D. Wagner
Director of Product Strategy & Design
Patient Care Technology Systems
 
  Natalia Wilson, M.D., MPH
Research Associate, Health Sector Supply Chain, Research Consortium, School of Health Management and Policy, W. P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University
 
MJ Wylie
President
TMD, LLC.
 
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