Healthcare Supply Chain Radio with John Pritchard
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratingsHealthcare Supply Chain Radio is brought to you by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting. Join us each week as Publisher John Pritchard is joined by a thought leader from the US Healthcare Supply Chain. Healthcare Supply Chain Radio will explore progressive tactics, models and collaborations seen in today’s Healthcare Supply Chain.
You can expect to hear from leaders from our nation’s most progressive IDNs, Hospitals, GPOs, Distributors and Regional Collaboratives. The stakes have never been larger and the consequences more dire. It’s time we all connect, share and learn from each other.
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Healthcare Supplychain Radio: Managing Inventory Post-COVID
June 16, 2020 13:47 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBHost: John Pritchard, Publisher, The Journal of Healthcare Contracting (JHC) Participants: • Angela McNally, Vice President of Provider Solutions, Owens & Minor • Patrick McMahon, Vice President of Services, Owens & Minor As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, many hospitals quickly stockpiled supplies they had never sourced before, and now they have items they didn’t use during the peak of the pandemic. How do hospitals get their COVID-19 stockpile in order? Angela McNal...
Healthcare Supplychain Radio: Best Practices for Hospitals and Supply Chain Resuming Surgeries
June 01, 2020 20:28 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBAs states begin to lift restrictions on certain surgeries and procedures for hospitals and health systems, electives have restarted after being suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. John Raab and Patrick McMahon of Owens & Minor, and Mark Campbell of Tampa General Hospital discuss the supply chain and demand challenges for hospitals during the restart, the staffing issues, the financial pressures, the data points and the PPE tracking with John Pritchard of The Journal of Healthcare Contr...
Episode #20 - Michael DeLuca
March 29, 2018 19:43 - 56 minutes - 43 MBIn this episode we talk to Michael DeLuca. Michael DeLuca has been involved in supply chain systems and e-business integrations in the healthcare, manufacturing, software and consulting services sectors for the last 17 years. He is currently an Executive Vice President at Prodigo Solutions Inc. In this role, DeLuca leads the Operations side of the business responsible for software engineering, product development, quality assurance and client services (implementation and support). Prior...
Episode #19 - Raymond Davis
February 12, 2018 20:24 - 49 minutes - 37.9 MBIn this episode we talk to Raymond Davis, Vice President Supply Chain, of Universal Health Services. One of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, UHS has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Steadily growing from a startup to an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, UHS today has annual revenue nearing $10 billion. In 2017, UHS was recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in F...
Episode #18 - Ginny Borncamp
January 18, 2018 17:28 - 43 minutes - 36.1 MBIn this episode we talk to Ginny Borncamp, Senior vice president, chief sourcing officer, with Providence St. Joseph Health. Ginny Borncamp started her career in healthcare more than 20 years ago. "Very early on, I learned to approach supply chain management as a conduit to improved patient care," she says. Prior to joining Providence, she worked with Allina Health and Intermountain Healthcare in supply chain and medical informatics. While with Intermountain, Borncamp served as the medic...
Episode #17 - Mark Zacur & Jim Poggi
December 06, 2017 12:00 - 34 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode, guest host Scott Adams has a conversation about the new reimbursement schedule from Medicare known as PAMA. Scott first talks with Mark Zacur, VP & General Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific where they talk about possible impacts on our healthcare system and patients. Then Scott talks to Jim Poggi from Tested Insights on how this will impact the POL, or Physician Office Labs. Note from Mark Zacur: "Views expressed through this podcast are my own and do not represent t...
Episode #16 - Christine Torres
October 31, 2017 17:44 - 38 minutes - 31.1 MBOn this episode we talk to Christine Torres, System Vice President, Supply Chain and Biomedical Engineering, Main Line Health in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Chris Torres began her healthcare career as a high-schooler, working in a research lab in a Philadelphia hospital. While still in college, she became certified as a surgical technician and scrubbed in the OR evenings and nights. After graduation, she joined The Wistar Institute, an independent biomedical research firm in Philadelphia, but ...
Episode #15 - Steve Kiewiet
September 20, 2017 20:28 - 48 minutes - 26.9 MBOn this episode we talk with Steve Kiewiet, Vice president, supply chain operations and interim co-chief supply chain officer with BJC HealthCare. This episode is sponsored by Vantage Point Logistics. Learn more at www.VantagePointLogistics.com Steve started his healthcare career in high school, when he served as a member of the volunteer ambulance crew in his hometown. He spent 10 years as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy, after which he worked as a paramedic while finishing his co...
Episode #14 - Timothy Nedley
June 05, 2017 15:18 - 31 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode we talk to Tim Nedley, Vice President, Materials Management for UPMC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has overall responsibility for distribution, logistics, materials management, transportation, clinical engineering, print, freight management and fleet management. Nedley specializes in change management, operational enhancements and other projects that have a positive impact to an organization’s bottom line. He’s honed and applied best practices over 28 years of leadership...
Episode #13 - Randy Hayas
June 01, 2017 17:03 - 40 minutes - 33.4 MBIn this episode we talk to Randy Hayas, the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Orlando Health an eight-hospital integrated health care delivery network in Orlando, Florida with more than $2.7Billion in Net patient Revenue. Mr. Hayas joined the organization in 2007 and has over 30 years’ experience in supply chain, healthcare administration and consulting ranging from small community hospitals to large academic medical centers and integrated delivery networks. Mr. Hayas has a Bachelor in Busin...
Episode #12 - Mark Cartwright
March 22, 2017 14:19 - 38 minutes - 30.1 MBIn this episode we talk to Mark Cartwright, Senior Director of Supplier Diversity for Vizient; the nation’s largest member-owned health care services company. Vizient provides insight in the critical areas of clinical, operational and supply chain performance. Following a recent acquisition, Vizient now manages in excess of $100 billion in annual contractual spend. Mark is often sought out for his insight on supplier diversity processes, practices, and strategic importance. Immediately pri...
Episode #11 - Eric O'Daffer
March 01, 2017 16:33 - 54 minutes - 42.7 MBIn this episode we visit with Eric O'Daffer who is a Research Vice President in the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain group. Mr. O'Daffer's focus is on the end-to-end healthcare value chain, starting at the point of patient care looking back. He focuses most of his time with providers and how they best manage all the components of supply chain. This involves both their internal processes as well as best practices for partnering with their trading partners to optimize the clinical effectiven...
Episode #10 - Matt Rowan
February 16, 2017 15:09 - 28 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this episode we talk to Matt Rowan. As President and CEO of HIDA since 2000, Mr. Rowan has positioned HIDA as the leading advocate for the medical products distribution industry before Congress and Federal agencies. He has been responsible for the development of new member services in areas such as market intelligence, data analytics and structured networking. Mr. Rowan also serves as Vice Chairman of the HIDA Educational Foundation (HEF) Board of Directors, which represents leading man...
Episode #9 - Jamie Kowalski
December 14, 2016 16:35 - 45 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode we talk with Jamie Kowalski. Jamie’s career as a Supply Chain Management executive in community and tertiary hospitals began in 1972. He began his consulting career in 1980, founding Kowalski-Dickow Associates, Inc. (KDA), a leading hospital supply chain management-consulting firm. He has satisfied over 1700 hospital clients and over 180 IDNs. He has also consulted with dozens of supply chain related service provider companies, including Fortune 15 and Fortune 100 companie...
Episode #8 - John Strong
December 06, 2016 05:30 - 29 minutes - 25.1 MBIn this episode we talk to John Strong. John is a 40 year veteran of the healthcare industry with leadership experience in healthcare providers, suppliers and service providers, and group purchasing organizations. On October 4, 2011 the Bellwether League (Health Care Supply Chain Hall of Fame) inducted John for “his outstanding contributions over the years to healthcare supply chain management, development, innovation and leadership.” He combines talents that include health care administra...
Episode #7 - Todd Ebert
November 15, 2016 14:19 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBIn this episode we talk with Todd Ebert, President and CEO of the Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA). Todd Ebert is a nationally recognized supply chain leader, a group purchasing industry expert, and a registered pharmacist with more than 30 years of healthcare experience. Ebert joined HSCA in 2015 from Amerinet, Inc., a national healthcare solutions organization and HSCA member, where he had served as President and CEO since 2007. After joining Amerinet from Intermountain Healt...
Episode #6 - Rand Ballard
November 08, 2016 20:07 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBOn this episode we talk to Rand Ballard who leads strategic accounts; enterprise solution sales; and sales and client management for Vizient™. Previously, Ballard served as MedAssets senior executive vice president and in the office of the chief executive since 2008 and as chief customer officer since 2006. He also served in the roles of chief operating officer, president of MedAssets supply chain systems and leader of the company’s sales team. Prior to joining MedAssets, Ballard was vic...
Episode #5 - Gary Fennessy
October 24, 2016 15:26 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBOn this episode we talk with Gary Fennessy. Mr. Fennessy is the Vice President of Corporate Supply Chain with administrative oversight and strategy development for Supply Chain across the Northwestern Medicine network. Prior to his current responsibilities, Mr. Fennessy served in various executive management positions within hospital operations and the finance division at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Mr. Fennessy received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education from Western...
Episode #4 - Dennis Orthman
September 28, 2016 14:05 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode we talk to Dennis Orthman. Orthman is the Senior Director with the Strategic Marketplace Initiative, supporting SMI executive teams in the development of innovative solutions to industry challenges. Orthman has over 30 years of healthcare supply chain experience, beginning his career as a hospital buyer and progressing through respected management, consulting, and executive positions. Orthman worked at Boston City Hospital, the Caritas Christi Health System in Boston, and...
Episode #3 - Matt Palcich
September 21, 2016 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBIn this episode we talk with Matt Palcich Senior Manager, CSC Inventory & Distribution Services, Providence Health & Services. Matt is responsible for leading the development of a system wide inventory program that optimizes accountability and control through strategic planning and direct management of all medical product inventory within the Consolidated Service Center ~25m on hand inventory with 180m annual throughput. Directs the CSC inventory strategy and implementation of all invento...
Episode #2 - Brent Petty
September 14, 2016 13:00 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBOn this episode we talk to Brent Petty. Brent is Executive Industry Consultant for Healthcare, at Lexmark International, Inc. Brent joined Lexmark in 2015 after serving 12 years as System Vice President, Supply Chain for Wellmont Health System, Kingsport TN. Brent in addition to his Lexmark responsibility currently has the distinct honor in being the 2015 Chairman of the Board of the Association for Healthcare Resource Materials Management. (AHRMM). Petty earned his professional designat...
Episode #1 - Dr. Eugene Schneller
September 07, 2016 13:37 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBIn this first episode of Healthcare Supply Chain Radio we talk to Dr. Eugene Schneller. Dr Schneller is an experienced academic leader, researcher, and administrator with extensive experience at the university, college, and departmental levels. Having held appointments in very diverse settings (business, liberal arts, medicine, and public health), Dr. Schneller has a knowledge and appreciation of a wide range of disciplines, academic and business cultures, and approaches to academic problem ...