Monday, August 26, 2024 l 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM | 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

 

Gather with your IDN Supply Chain peers in this invite-only research program to offer valuable feedback to host organizations. Kept intimate by design to offer maximum audience interaction, the IDN Summit Focus Group experience offers IDN Supply Chain executives an efficient method to shape products and services. Each invite-only session features breakfast, and a strategic overview of objectives followed by open discussions. 

Provider Focused by Invitation Only.

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Taking Back Ownership of Your Supply Chain Strategy

Gone are the days where GPO equals supply chain. Today’s healthcare environment requires providers to adopt and truly own their supply chain function. That means developing a strong supply chain strategy first and leveraging your GPO to support it – not the other way around. Let’s talk about the ideal supply chain approach. What role does or should a GPO play in supporting your supply chain strategy? Join this session to discuss applying a consumer mindset to healthcare supply chain and learn how Advantus Health Partners, a supply chain company with a GPO, envisions vendor relationships of the future. 

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Leveraging Peer Collaboration to Enhance Non-labor Expense Management

Based on insightful peer-to-peer feedback, BroadJump has created an interactive platform that concisely illuminates peer strategies and performance, which then informs the prioritization of potential initiatives to drive savings and efficiencies. Join us in this interactive discussion around how BroadJump's collaborative insights enhance your ability to manage non-labor expenses.

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Solving the Data Problem in Healthcare

Data Transparency and Interoperability for real-time utilization continue to be a challenge in healthcare on both the business and clinical side of operations.  In this conversation we will discuss the use of data standards in industry, advanced solutions that are currently available, what role will AI/Generative AI play and what are the future solutions to finally solve the data problem in healthcare and truly achieve clinically integrated operations.  Infor will partner with Symmetric Health Solutions for this discussion.

Moving to a Proactive Approach to Improve Visibility and Minimize Product Disruption

Supply Disruptions continue to plague the healthcare supply chain with significant financial and operational consequences - studies indicate that up to 40% of a hospital’s inventory is mismanaged and that supply chain disruptions cost hospitals $54.1 billion, according to a recent study by McKinsey & Company.  In this conversation we will have an active discussion around multiple areas including moving to a more proactive approach utilizing external data, advance technology, and collaborations/partnerships to drive to more predictive seasonality, network availability and proactive substitutions. Infor will partner with Symmetric Health Solutions for this discussion.

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Breaking the Savings Barrier

For the 10th consecutive year, your health system faces an 8-figure savings target. Each budget cycle, you return to the well, squeezing savings from every stone. Now, the C-suite demands even more unprecedented speed. What do you do when the organization wants to move faster than your resources will allow? In this focus group, we'll dissect these critical budget challenges and explore innovative solutions to ensure your team leads the charge in driving essential savings.

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QuicksortRx - Pharmacy Supply Chain and Financial Optimization in the Era of M&A

Persistent drug shortages, financial instability, and the consolidation of health systems have transformed the way hospitals think about supplier relationships, procurement, and finance operations.

Share your feedback on how IDNs and health systems will adapt to these challenges using data across the full picture of acute and ambulatory pharmacy finance.

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How Do You Automate Pharmacy Procurement?

In this session, we will explore how Trulla optimizes pharmacy purchasing by automating cost-saving measures and driving NDC standardization. We will discuss methods to streamline procurement processes, enhance financial efficiency, and help minimize the impact of drug shortages for your pharmacy operations. Join us in this interactive conversation to revolutionize your purchasing strategy and maximize savings.

 

Realizing Your Negotiated Savings on Purchased Service Agreements through Technology and Automation

Join an in-depth discussion on how technology and automation strategies can help your IDN receive the value and savings you've negotiated on complex contracts and purchased service agreements. We will explore best practices for real-time reconciliation, detailed line-item error identification, automated pricing checks, time savings, cost reduction, and more.

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How Real-time Location Systems Can Positively Impact Healthcare Supply Chain and Operations 

The technology for Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) has been around for years. So, what has kept the healthcare industry from capitalizing on this technology to enhance clinical asset tracking, supply chain management, and operations?  Join TRIMEDX as we examine the historical challenges to RTLS adoption in healthcare, and how a purpose-built RTLS like TRIMEDX GeoSense can optimize clinical engineering workflows, save capital & operational expenses, and improve devices availability for patient care.  We invite you to join in the discussion as we explore how the right RTLS can positively influence a health system’s operations. 

Need more information? Please contact Josh Morita, or call 859.523.5701 

Josh Morita
EVP | 859.523.5701