BD | Grand Canyon 1

Leveraging Standardization to Achieve Outcomes

Post COVID, how has standardization evolved in the healthcare industry?  What benefits have been realized as a result of standardization (i.e. quality, price, supply continuity, etc.)? What roadblocks still exist? During this focus group, we will discuss how providers and suppliers can partner to find win-win solutions.

Managing the Current Macroeconomic Environment

How can providers and suppliers work together to manage the current Inflationary environment? What does best practice look like? During this focus group, we will discuss how to establish and maximize mutually beneficial relationships between suppliers and providers in order to deal with unpredictable and rapidly escalating costs.

BroadJump | Grand Canyon 2

 

Gaining Key Insights Into the Why's Behind a Non-Disruptive Strategic Sourcing Strategy 

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM MST 

In this focus group, participants will learn how to: 

• Secure and maintain highly competitive pricing on costly medical, surgical and pharmaceutical purchases. 

• Consistently meet or exceed annual budget savings projections without changing products or suppliers. 

• Dramatically increase sourcing activity production through the use of integrated decision support workflow applications.   

Gaining Key Insights Into the Why's Behind a Non-Disruptive Strategic Sourcing Strategy - Pharmaceutical Focus Group

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST

In this focus group, participants will learn how to: 

• Secure and maintain highly competitive pricing on costly medical, surgical and pharmaceutical purchases. 

• Consistently meet or exceed annual budget savings projections without changing products or suppliers. 

• Dramatically increase sourcing activity production through the use of integrated decision support workflow applications. 

i-Health | Grand Canyon 9

 

The Overlooked Choice - Invoking The Microbiome with an Evidence-Based Probiotic and Modeling its Financial Impact for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea including C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Your Hospital 

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM & 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST

In this focus group, we hope you will gain an appreciation for the microbiome and the roles it plays in overall health. We will share evidence for how certain probiotics may help avoid disturbances to the microbiome that can lead to antibiotic-associated diarrhea including C. difficile- associated diarrhea. We will also model how the use of a select, evidence-based probiotic may impact the incidence of  C. difficile- associated diarrhea and the financial benefits of this intervention. We want to learn about the challenges you face with respect to antibiotic stewardship, C. difficile infection rates and costs, and your perspectives on recommending probiotics. 

Siemens Healthineers | Grand Canyon 4

 

Achieving More: The Value of Partnerships

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM MST

Supply chain leaders are tasked with achieving high-impact, enterprise-wide strategic goals, yet are simultaneously burdened by months of RFP meetings to make purchasing decisions. For these leaders to help drive greater efficiencies across the health system, it is essential that their relationships with medical technology providers evolve from transactional purchasing models to long-term, value-driven partnerships that support performance improvements, cost containment and ongoing innovation. This session will explore the challenges supply chain leaders face in today’s healthcare environment and how having a nimble partner with a vested interest in the health system’s success can help accelerate value creation across the enterprise. 

Customer First: Increasing Supply Chain Resiliency

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST 

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced never-before-seen challenges for the healthcare industry. Supply chain executives responded quickly and sometimes creatively to implement new protocols to acquire key supplies such as PPE, ventilators and diagnostic tools to safely triage and treat both infected and non-infected patients.  

Leveraging lessons learned from navigating the crisis, supply chain executives continue to strengthen resiliency in overcoming challenges, in part by creating greater visibility into their supply chain network and working proactively with preferred vendors to minimize manufacturing and delivery disruptions.  

This interactive session will explore the strategies and technologies supply chain executives are using to optimize and future-proof their supply chain, and how vendors like Siemens Healthineers have taken the necessary steps to help safeguard the quality, continuity and reliability of the products and services they provide. 

SpendMend | Grand Canyon 5

 

What COVID-19 Revealed About Profit Loss and How to Fix It 

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM MST

The COVID-19 Pandemic revealed the vulnerabilities of the Cost Cycle. The Pandemic didn’t cause these issues, but rather revealed and intensified fiscal vulnerabilities. Join this focus group to discuss strategies for preventing loss and driving cost savings including COVID-19 relief credits, pressure points, Dark Data, and more.  

Optimizing Spend and Usage in a Post-COVID Environment 

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST

For U.S. Hospitals to thrive in a post-COVID environment, Healthcare System leadership must develop strategies to optimize their annual spend across a vast supplier population as well as their overall usage throughout the health system.  Join SpendMend for a discussion about how leading systems and hospitals are learning from the pandemic and applying new strategies across their Supply Chains and throughout their entire Cost Cycle.