The 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management and RFID in Healthcare

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"The train for change in supply chain management is moving down the track. It would be wise to get on board now so collectively we can make major improvements for our customers - patients."
— Steven W. Huckabaa, Network VP of Supply Chain Management, Kettering Medical Center Network

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Fostering Industry Collaboration to Enable Change: Addressing Critical Issues in Process Efficiency, IT Innovations and Standardization

The 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management will convene the industry's most respected, forward-thinking opinion leaders to present solutions that will drive change in the industry. This executive forum will present innovative supply chain management solutions for the acceleration of financial returns, the containment of costs and control of waste, the implementation of integrated IT systems, the streamlining of supply chain management processes and the critical push towards stakeholder collaboration in the healthcare industry.

—————— New Additions for 2008 ——————

The Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition Workshop:
Solving the Organizational Identifier Problem

The Coalition's Education Committee will present processes for providers to adopt and endorse the changes that will come with implementing Unique Identifiers and data synchronization.

How standard organizational identifier can improve efficiencies and lower costs in the healthcare supply chain
The current level of usage of various organizational identifiers in the healthcare supply chain
Steps your organization can begin to take to enable the use of a standard organizational identifier
The anticipated costs and ROI related to the adoption of a standard organizational identifier

Co-located RFID in Healthcare!

Brought to you by the RFID Journal
Pre-Conference: January 23, 2008
* The Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino and Spa
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Keynote Addresses:

Failure is Not an Option: 2008 Industry Outlook and the Impact of Value-Based Payment

Moderator

	Vance Moore President, Resource Optimization and Innovation Sisters of Mercy Health System

Eugene Schneller, PhD
Professor, Director, Health Sector Supply Chain management and Policy, W.P. Carey School for Business,
Arizona State University

Bradford S. Koles Jr.
Executive Director and National Spokesperson
The Advisory Board Company

The Enablement and Synchronization of Data Standards: How Healthcare Standards Can Reduce Supply Chain Costs and Improve Patient Safety

	John G. Charalabidis Deputy Program Manager, DoD Data Synchronization Program Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support, Defense Logistics Agency (DMLSS-DLA) Directorate of Medical Materiel, Defense Supply Center – Philadelphia

Joe Pleasant Jr., FHIMSS
CIO and Senior Vice President
Premier

Pete Alvarez
Senior Director, Healthcare GDSN
GS1 Healthcare

Shaping the Future of the Healthcare Supply Chain: The Strategic Marketplace Initiative

Dennis Orthman
Project Director
Strategic Marketplace Initiatives (Strategic Marketplace Initiatives)

Implementing Unique Device Identification: The FDA Perspective

Jay Crowley
Senior Advisor for Patient Safety, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Food and Drug Administration

2008 Advisory Board Members

	Ed Hisscock Chief Executive Officer, Appleseed Healthcare Interim Resource Officer, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Trinity Health

	Steve Huckabaa Network Vice President, Supply Chain Management & Retail Pharmacy, Kettering Health Network

	Frank Kilzer Vice President of Material and Facility Resources St Alexius Medical Center

	Jamie Kowalski Managing Director, Business Development Owens & Minor

	Vance Moore President, Resource Optimization and Innovation Sisters of Mercy Health System

	Dennis Orthman Project Director Strategic Marketplace Initiatives (Strategic Marketplace Initiatives)

	Eugene Schneller, PhD Professor, Director, Health Sector Supply Chain management and Policy, W.P. Carey School for Business, Arizona State University

	Joe Sheil Director of Contracting Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

	Hugh E. Lockhart, PhD Professor, School of Packaging, Associate Director, Center for Food and Pharmaceutical Packaging Research Michigan State University

Distinguished Faculty To Date

	Terje Aasen CEO and President Sonitor Technologies, Inc.

	Pete Alvarez Senior Director, Healthcare GDSN GS1 Healthcare

	Harold Boeck Professor of Marketing, Academic Founder of Academia RFID Academia RFID

	Tom Bradshaw VP, Operations Wayne Memorial Hospital

	Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. Information and Privacy Commissioner Ontario, Canada

	John G. Charalabidis Deputy Program Manager, DoD Data Synchronization Program Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support, Defense Logistics Agency (DMLSS-DLA) Directorate of Medical Materiel, Defense Supply Center – Philadelphia

	Robb Clarke, PhD Associate Professor, AutoID Research & Testing Center MSU School of Packaging

	Al Cook, CMRP, FAHRMM Director, Healthcare Product Development Integrated Business Systems and Services (IBSS)

	Susan Copeland, RN, MA Network Director, Clinical Resource Mgt and Supply Chain MIS Group Seton Family of Hospitals

	Jay Crowley Senior Advisor for Patient Safety, Center for Devices and Radiological Health Food and Drug Administration

	Dean Edwards Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer Kaiser Permanente

	Mary Pat Elwood Chairperson, Organizational ID Subcommittee, Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition Order-to-Cash Process Improvement Leader, BD

	Greg Firestone Chief Executive Officer NCI

	Victor Garcia Chief Technology Officer Hewlett Packard Canada

	Dr. Verna Gibbs Professor of Clinical Surgery UCSF

	Ed Hisscock Chief Executive Officer, Appleseed Healthcare Interim Resource Officer, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Trinity Health

	Mike Hobbs Vice President, Clinical Supply Solutions Owens & Minor

	Susan Hogan Value Analysis Manager Guthrie Health

	Frank Kilzer Vice President of Material and Facility Resources St Alexius Medical Center

	Bradford S. Koles Jr. Executive Director and National Spokesperson The Advisory Board Company

	Jamie Kowalski Managing Director, Business Development Owens & Minor

	Joel Meckley Senior Director, Purchasing and Contracting Geisinger Health System

	Charles Miceli, C.P.M. Director Resource Management Newton-Wellesley Hospital

	Vance Moore President, Resource Optimization and Innovation Sisters of Mercy Health System

	William Mosser, CMRP Managing Director, Supply Chain Services, Temple University Health System

	Dr. In Mun VP of Research and Technology HCA North Florida

	Jim O'Connor Vice President, Supply Chain Henry Ford Health System

	Dennis Orthman Project Director Strategic Marketplace Initiatives (Strategic Marketplace Initiatives)

	Joe Pleasant Jr., FHIMSS CIO and Senior Vice President Premier

	Ronald L. Rardin, Ph.D Interim Department Head, Industrial Engineering, Director Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics

	Mark Roberti Founder and Editor RFID Journal

	David I. Samuels, FHFMA, MPA President, EthiCare Breakthrough Solutions, Inc.; CEO, EthiCare Revenue Cycle Management, Inc.

	Charles E. Saunders, MD Chairman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Broadlane

	Dan Scharbach Regional Director, Invasive Heart and Vascular Services Providence Health System/Portland Service Area

	Eugene Schneller, PhD Professor, Director, Health Sector Supply Chain management and Policy, W.P. Carey School for Business, Arizona State University

	Doug Sears Director of Performance Improvement/Knowledge Transfer Bon Secours Health System

	Eddie Sharp VP Supply Chain Management & Contracting Services Seton Family of Hospitals

	Joe Sheil Director of Contracting Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

	Vicki Smith-Daniels Professor of Operations Management, W.P. Carey School for Business Arizona State University

	Brad Sokol CEO Fast Track Technologies, Ltd

	Scott Troutman Product Specialist CombineMed

	Mark Van Sumeren Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development Owens & Minor

	Cory D. Wagner Director of Product Strategy & Design Patient Care Technology Systems

	Natalia Wilson, M.D., MPH Research Associate, Health Sector Supply Chain, Research Consortium, School of Health Management and Policy, W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University

	MJ Wylie President TMD, LLC.

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