Volume 17| March 22, 2018
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Cleveland Clinic's Simirit Sandhu to present at IDN Insights!

Bruce Mairose of Mayo to present at IDN Insights!
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Highlights of this 2 day seminar:

Committed Speakers
  • Kreg Koford-Intermountain Healthcare
  • Bruce Mairose- Mayo Clinic
  • Simrit Sandhu- Cleveland Clinic
  • Kathryn Carpenter- CHI
  • Tony Johnson- Baylor Scott & White
  • Paul Keckley- The Keckley Group
  • And many more!

Topics to be discussed
  • Innovative Supplier/Provider strategies
  • Regional Aggregation
  • Expectations of the Big Buyer of Tomorrow
  • Reform 2.0-What to expect in round 2!
  • Much more!

Plus an optional workshop by Joe Walsh!
Former Intermountin Healthcare and Pensiamo executive will conduct an optional 1/2 day workshop focused on:
  • Establishing meaningful connections with Chief Supply Chain Officers
  • Strengthening your influence throughout the entire IDN supply chain
  • Prioritizing your company’s offerings and solutions with your customers
Space is limited for Joe's workshop!



How a Hoops Injury Upended The Career Ladder of a Supply Chain VP

Dennis Mullins never realized that a broken ankle would determine his career path.
He was young Air Force non-commissioned officer, in his early 20s. Playing intramural basketball, he pivoted hard on one leg and his ankle snapped.

Mullins’ days picking supplies in a military medical warehouse were done. After reconstructive surgery on the ankle, he was reassigned a desk job in supply chain informatics.
A light went on in Mullins’ head as he learned the end-to-end process of the complete supply chain. “That gave me an insight into all the transactions in the supply chain,” he says. “I didn’t know anything about that.”

From then on, Mullins learned logistics from a keyboard, not by doing the heavy-lifting himself. Looking back on his hardwood mishap, he sees how fate led him to his current job, as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain for IU Health.

Los Angeles city council approves $542m expansion of Tarzana hospital
The  project  to add a new patient wing that includes a pediatric intensive care unit, a parking structure and surgical facilities to the campus of Providence Tarzana Medical Center, at 18321 Clark St., was approved by the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee.

The goal is to “keep people in the Valley for care, as opposed to people thinking they have to leave the Valley for those services,” said Dale Surowitz, CEO of the hospital.

The price tag of the hospital project initially was about $624 million in 2016, but “we figured out ways to reduce costs,” Surowitz said.

SMI names Barry Blake new Associate Executive Director
SMI announces that Mr. Barry Blake is joining the SMI Team as the new Associate Executive Director, filling the position being vacated on June 1 by SMI’s Dennis Orthman.  Barry comes to SMI from SCM World, a division of the Gartner Community, where he served as Vice President and Program Director. SCM World is a cross-industry learning community comprised of and powered by the world’s most influential supply chain practitioners. 
 
Barry will have a variety of duties with SMI, with keen focus on leading the planning and management of SMI Forums and SMI Initiatives, and he will be an active member of the healthcare supply chain community as a representative of SMI.
Banner Health announces 2017 Financial results...Net Income reaches $709m
Banner Health a 28 hospital system based in Phoenix, AZ released financial results for 2017.

By the numbers:
  • Revenue was up 2.6% from $7.6b in 2016 to $7.8b in 2017
  • Operating Income increased by 71% from $157m in 2016 to $268m in 2017
  • Net Income rose to $709m in 2017 from $268m in 2016
Yankee Alliance names new President & CEO
Cathy Spinney New Yankee Alliance President & CEO

Cathy Spinney has been with Yankee Alliance since 1991 serving in various leadership roles, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, and has been an integral part of the growth of the organization.

Cathy’s prior healthcare leadership experience included managing a physician practice and working in a leadership role in the Patient Accounts Department at Bon Secours Hospital (now part of Steward Healthcare).

Cathy has a Master’s of Science Degree in Health Management & Policy from U-Mass Lowell and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Public Service: Administration of Law & Justice with a minor in Psychology from the University of Lowell. 
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