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Agenda Summary

KEYNOTE PANEL: Assessing Health Care Supply Chain Maturity: Creating a Baseline for Cost Savings, Value Creation and a Defined Structure for Growth

Applying Health Care Economics Data for Optimal Hospital Decision-Making: Leveraging the Supply Chain to Decrease Costs and Capture Economic Savings

Chasing the Tail of Retail: Dual Perspectives on How the Health Care Industry Can Close the 30 Year Gap

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Procurement - The Mystery of Value

Utilizing Comparative Effectiveness and Evidence Based Medicine as a Key Framework for Supply Chain Innovation

Track A: Procurement Methodologies and Inventory Management	Track B: Supply Channel Efficiency and Supply Chain Utilization	Track C: Strategic Supplier Frameworks for Optimal Partnerships and Increased Collaboration
An Executive Approach to Product Recalls: An Introduction to Duke University Health System's Executive Recall and Response Team	Achieving Cost Reduction through the Deployment of a Strategic Supply Chain Roadmap for Success	A Partnership Worth Talking About: How Kimberly Clark and LeeSar thought "Outside of the Box" for Optimal Cost Savings
The Clinically Driven Supply Chain: Strategic Sourcing and Category Management: Why the Smart Way is the Right Way	The Application of "E" in the Health Care Supply Chain: Case Study of West Penn Allegheny Health System	Cross-Category Bundling Contracts: How does it Impact Suppliers and Hospitals?
*KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Can Your Supply Chain Take the Hit?: Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness for Hospitals and Health Systems*
Value Analysis: More Than Just Buying Products	Electrifying Clinical Quality Value Analysis: Going to a Paperless CQVA	How the University of Mississippi Medical Center is Maximizing the Value of Their GPO Relationship
Increasing Visibility in Inventory Management: The Rudyard Kipling Approach	Project Management for Health Care Supply Chain and Cost Management: A Case Study of Success at Fletcher Allen Healthcare	Communicating and Partnering with Your Suppliers: Looking through the Hospital/Health System Lens for Increased Partnership Collaboration

Taking the Leap into Standardization: Breaking the Electronic Barrier between Suppliers and Patients

KEYNOTE PANEL: Product Recalls and Supply Chain Interconnectivity: The Industry-Wide Challenge

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Examining the Impact of Reform on the Supply Chain: Analyzing the Impact of Industry Reform on Long and Short Term Strategic Supply Chain Management Frameworks

Track A: Strategic Capital Management and Project Evaluation	Track B: Supply Channel Efficiency and Supply Chain Utilization	Track C: HIT Application and Data Standardization: The A-Z of Implementation and Interoperability
Part 1: Medical Equipment Procurement Strategies: A Business Case and Lessons Learned by Harris County Hospital	Cost Avoidance and Revenue Capture through Strategic Vendor Contracting and Joint Venture Opportunities	Examining the Next Steps towards Adoption: A Strategic Level Discussion on Compliance and Frameworks for Implementation
Part 2: Strategies for Implementation and Initiation: Project and Program Management that Focuses on Organizational Change Management	Open Session. If you are interested in joining the speaking faculty, please contact Ann McGrath, Director, Leadership Summits at 781-939-2506 or at [email protected]	Taking Standardization to New Heights: Getting Ahead of the Pack for Maximum Stakeholder Collaboration and Increased Supply Integrity

KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND REACTOR PANEL: The 21st Century Role of Group Purchasing Organizations: Where We Are and Where We're Going

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