Fall 2009 IDN Summit & Expo
Gaylord Texan Resort
September 23-25, 2009
Click here to see four of the six education tracks for Fall 2009!
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The IDN Summit
The IDN Summit brings together senior healthcare executives and their GPO and supplier partners to improve healthcare delivery by focusing on unique, strategic healthcare supply chain issues developed by the Education Advisory Board. The 2009 Fall IDN Summit is designed to foster innovative solutions for your organization. To see the agenda Click here.
Innovation Keynote Series – Jason Hwang, M.D.
Join Dr. Jason Hwang on September 24th as he kicks-off the Innovation Keynote Series. As co-author of The Innovator’s Prescription Dr Hwang is a key player impacting healthcare today. Dr. Hwang will share his thoughts concerning a new view on the state of health care systems as they have evolved to three distinct and new business models. He’ll also discuss the essential principle in disruptive innovation theory (DI) is that companies innovate faster than people’s lives change. For more information click here. Innovation Keynote Series – Marcus Osborne, Senior Executive Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Marcus Osborne will present immediately following Dr. Hwang and will focus on Walmart's efforts to improve healthcare delivery in the United States through innovative supplier partnerships, such as the recent product offering with Dell and eClincalWorks to provide an electronic medical records solution; the transformation of the pharmaceutical supply chain by offering $4 prescriptions; and how Walmart can impact the healthcare supply chain by working with providers and suppliers to more efficiently deliver goods and services. For more information click here.
In the News
Read the latest Note from Chuck and his thoughts on healthcare and life as he sees it in today’s complex world.
Fall Golf Tournament
Exclusively sponsored by ArjoHuntleigh on September 22, 2009.
Continuing Education
For the first time, the IDN Summit conference will offer continuing education (CE) contact hours through Inquisit, an accredited continuing education provider.
