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.
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IDN Summit (IDN): Gene, give us an overview of ROi and its relationship with the Sisters of Mercy Health System.
Gene: Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) is the for-profit entity through which the Sisters of Mercy Health System conducts its group purchasing, clinical consulting, distribution, transportation, pharmaceutical repackaing, print shop and custom procedure pack manufacturing activities.
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"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
