Supporting Organizations and Publications
Strategic Partner
Created as a service to the government community, GovEvents is the premiere online resource for all government events. Now, government and military personnel, vendors, contractors, and event producers have one location on the web to find and post government-related events. The site provides in-depth information on hundreds of events, from major industry tradeshows, to government conferences, to agency-sponsored roundtables, and webcasts (on-demand & live). GovEvents is a free, member-based site. www.govevents.com
Official Publication
Since 1977, Healthcare Purchasing News magazine remains the only comprehensive healthcare business news magazine dedicated to reporting the information, solutions and stories about medical products and systems that affect healthcare supply chain management, monthly in-print and daily online. Our readership includes the healthcare executives, and professionals from materials and supply chain management, surgical services, infection control, central service and sterile processing as well as clinical members of the product evaluation committees at healthcare facilities. www.hpnonline.com
Association of Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is an organization of nurses, clinical and service professionals whose expertise bridges the gap between clinical staff and the supply chain process. Using evidence-based data, professional experience, and an understanding of the cost/quality continuum, Value Analysis facilitators guide clinical staff in the product selection process and assist with the resolution of quality concerns. Membership is open to professionals involved in value analysis and employed by a hospital, health system, or organizations involved in value analysis services. No member shall be employed, directly or indirectly in the role of medical/surgical product sales or promotion.
GS1 Healthcare US® is an industry group that focuses on driving the adoption and implementation of GS1 Standards in the healthcare industry in the United States to improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency. GS1 Healthcare US brings together members from all segments of the healthcare industry to address the supply chain issues that most impact healthcare in the United States. Facilitated by GS1 US, GS1 Healthcare US is one of twenty-seven local GS1 Healthcare user groups around the world that supports the adoption and implementation of global standards developed by GS1. Members include distributors, group purchasing organizations, healthcare providers, industry associations, manufacturers, pharmacies, and solution providers. Learn more at www.gs1us.org/healthcare
The Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium brings together organizations to conduct research on topics related to strategic management of the supply chain. The goals are to:
- understand the healthcare supply chain in-depth
- optimize the clinical-management interface
- understand relevant models utilized in non-healthcare supply chains
- develop solutions that lead to optimization of clinical performance, patient outcomes, and cost effectiveness
- develop metrics to measure the merge of clinical performance and cost effectiveness surrounding patient care
Healthcare Finance News is the industry’s business newspaper, offering healthcare financial managers comprehensive coverage of today’s unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers. Reaching more financial management than any other healthcare publication, Healthcare Finance News reaches more than 32,000 subscribers, including CFOs, VPs Finance, CEOs and other financial management at hospitals, multi-hospital systems, medical/surgical clinics and group practices, ambulatory care facilities, nursing homes, extended care facilities, as well as healthcare payers. HealthcareFinanceNews.com
Published in partnership with HIMSS, Healthcare IT News reports on events that affect those working in the healthcare information technology industry. Our more than 50,000 readers include IT professionals employed in physician practices, hospitals, integrated delivery networks and payer organizations, as well as members of the C-suite in those entities. Ranked #1 by hospital CIOs two years in a row (PERQ/HCI study 2005, 2006), Healthcare IT News offers timely, relevant news on new technologies; on IT strategies and tactics; on statutory and regulatory issues decided in Washington, D.C. (as well as state policies); and on news about their colleagues and competitors. www.healthcareitnews.com
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.
SupplyChainBrain, the world's most comprehensive supply chain management information resource, is accessed year round through a wide range of ever evolving multi-media formats by hundreds of thousands of senior level industry executives. In addition to addressing the fundamental principles of supply-chain management, SupplyChainBrain identifies emerging trends, technologies and best practices, forward thinking ideas and cutting-edge solutions-and continues to write and report about these as they evolve and mature. For more information, please visit www.SupplyChainBrain.com
Media Partner
Strategic Insights on the Future of the Health Insurance Industry www.corporateresearchgroup.com/MarketTrends
Strategic Partner
The WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Site seeks and promotes health care innovations that can reduce the cost of quality care. Visit the site to learn how the share your innovation.
