Global healthcare spending is expected to increase by 4.3% annually over the next couple of years. You are constantly faced with significant pressures from your Board and regulatory authorities to lower costs. Innovative healthcare supply chains are introducing numerous transformational efforts to lower the cost of care delivery while improving the patients and the clinician’s experiences. But are these efforts innovative or another fruitless exercise? 

 

Join Ed Hisscock and Joe Walsh who have led efforts to transform their systems operations as well as worked to provide transformation from a technology startup and a larger organization partnership as they discuss their lessons learned in transforming larger healthcare supply chains. Joining Ed and Joe will be a Jesse Bland with Heritage Group, who is on the forefront of identifying technologies that have the potential to disrupt not only the supply chain but healthcare delivery. 

 

The real learning in this session will come from the audience as you share what has worked and not worked in your organization. The interactive session is designed for you to walk-away with concrete ideas on what could shape your IDN for years to come as well as the solutions you should avoid.

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the myriad of technology options available to the supply chain that can transform the IDN’s operations. 

2. Categorize the capabilities, applications, and limitations of technology solutions. 

3. Outline the pitfalls to avoid when working through large transformation projects and the impact on your supply chain organization.