Chris Torres of Main Line Health named Contracting Professional of the Year

For Chris Torres and her team at Main Line Health, supply chain management and clinical resource management are a package deal.

The supply chain executive as a utilization and waste management consultant? “Yes,” says Torres, System Vice President, Supply Chain and Biomedical Engineering for Main Line Health, Radnor, Pennsylvania.

“Some folks focus on cost. In my mind, it’s not the price [of supplies and equipment] that’s most important. It’s how we use it and how we can not waste it.”

To tackle those issues, the supply chain executive and his or her team have to work hand in hand with clinicians, with trust, openness and respect, she says. That is every supply chain executive’s duty. Some – like Torres – had a head start.

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