For the past 25 years, Frank Cirillo has held several senior management positions at the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation. read more

Thought Leadership Q & A with Robert Simpson
When you talk about a diversified healthcare background, you talk about Bob Simpson. From 1976 to 1982, Bob was the Director of Operations for Northeast Red Cross Blood Service and from 1982 to 1983, Bob was the Director of Materials Management and Project Coordinator, building the first USDA Human Nutrition Research Canter at Tufts University in Boston. read more
Thought Leadership Q & A with John Kleiss, PharmD
John is currently Director of Pharmacy Operations within Resource Optimization and Inn
ovation’s (ROi’s) Performance Consulting Division. read more
Thought Leadership Q & A with Terry Cox
Terry Cox, most recently served as the Director of Supply Chain Management at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX the largest Pediatric institution in the United States. He reduced supply expense in thirty nine months by over $31M, while reducing FTEs by over 10%.
read moreThought Leadership Q & A with Michael Langlois
IDN Summit (IDN): What is the number one area supply chain professionals should be focused on to impact the quality of care within their health system?
Mike Langlois (ML): Supply chain professionals in healthcare need to establish a great working relationship with the Physicians that take care of their organization’s patients. It starts with common goals and objectives between the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Supply Chain Officer. Great patient outcomes should be priority one.
read more"We always recommend the IDN Summit meetings as a 'top show' for networking opportunities. The chance to work with such a large audience of high level decision-makers in one setting allows for a quick assimilation into the corporate account arena and provides strategic opportunities for any supplier. It is also a great occasion to stay close to the issues affecting healthcare delivery and a venue to be involved in improving them."
Maria Hames
Partner, Healthcare Links
"There hasn’t been a more important time for CEOs to be engaged in the healthcare supply chain than now. Balancing the need to be technologically advanced with the need to maintain solid financial footing means that leaders have to examine their supply chain as an integral part of system strategy. What I want to accomplish at the IDN Summit, and beyond, is to get the right kind of dialogue going with the right people."
Chuck Lauer
Former Publisher
Modern Healthcare














