Second Annual HSCN National Healthcare
Supply Chain Conference
AGENDA
Sunday, April 26th
3:00-7:00 pm
Exhibitors Set-up Time
5:00-7:00 pm Pre-Registration for Delegates and Speaker Drop-in Rehearsal
(name badge and binder pick-up, networking opportunity)
Monday, April 27th
7:30-8:15 am Registration, Breakfast, Visit Exhibits
8:15-8:30 am Opening remarks
8:30-9:30 am Session One The Clinically Integrated Supply Chain
Supply Chain at the Sisters of Mercy Health System
The presentation will describe the progression of the Sisters of Mercy Health Systems’ supply chain from a very traditional and fragmented state to its current status as an integral element of Mercy’s care delivery model. The presentation will focus on the clinical, operational, and financial significant of an integrated supply chain with clinical focus. The story will highlight their rational for change, their disintermediation model, their clinical integration success, and a brief perspective on their vision for the future.
Presenter:
Vance Moore, President, Resource Optimization & Innovation (Division of Sisters of Mercy Health System)
9:30-10:00 am Session Two
Ontario’s Operating Room Supply Chain Pilot Program: Building Capacity and Leveraging Leading Practices for Clinical Service Supply Chain Excellence.
This presentation will consist of an overview of the existing OHA’s projects, talk to the OHA and their commitment to developing a community of Supply Chain Excellence and talk about the ‘Building a Clinical Service Supply Chain Workbook’. This workbook reveals how OHA is building on their successes, capturing lessons learned, documenting leading practices, encouraging and assisting hospitals to begin to see the benefits of effective supply chain management in their operating rooms and other clinical service areas.
Presenter:
Peter Roman, Supply Chain Strategies, Ontario Hospital Association
10:00-10:30 am Networking/coffee break - visit exhibits
10:30 am-Noon Session Three
The Toyota Approach in the Healthcare Sector: Improving Supply Chain Management and Value-added Activities
Several governments around the world have been taking methods originally developed by Toyota and using them to improve the efficiency and productivity of their healthcare systems. Under the "Lean Toyota" model, non-value-added work is minimized or eliminated and the focus is instead put on activities that generate value at the professional level. This conference will introduce the various aspects of this approach to supply chain management and the techniques required to put it into practice.
Presenter:
Jean-Marc Legentil, Président, Bell Nordic inc. Conseil\Consulting
Noon-1:00 pm Networking/lunch break - visit exhibits
1:00-2:00 pm Session Four
Using the New Product Introduction Management Tool To Improve Product Introduction Processes
The Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) utilizes the New Product Introduction Management Tool from SMI to support the intense efforts required to manage a large pipeline of potential new products through the decision processes. Attendees of this session will learn how JHHS has utilized this new industry tool to streamline the new product request process, manage and document the multiple steps in the decision process, and increased communication among the many stakeholders. This session will highlight real-life examples of the day-to-day use and benefits of the New Product Introduction Management Tool, while also providing attendees with a demonstration of actual tool and insight into the new product decision process.
Presenters:
Colleen Cusick, Clinical Products Specialist, Materials Management Department, Johns Hopkins Health System and Dennis Orthman, Project Director, Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI)
2:00- 2:45 pm Session Five
OR Supply Chain: Creating a New Future
A supply chain solution for the Operating Room requires extensive research, collaboration, and commitment from key stakeholders. The solution needs to be scalable, transferable, and flexible to meet current and future needs. This presentation will answer; "Why is a supply chain solution for the OR/procedural area different from other areas of the hospital and what capabilities need to be delivered in a solution?" This presentation will discuss key learning’s and provide an overview from the UHN experience on research, evaluation of solution options, business case development, preparation and planning for implementation.
Presenter:
Wendy Watson, OR Inventory Manager, University Health Network
2:45-3:15 pm Networking/coffee break - visit exhibits
3:15-3:45 pm Session Six
Standards and Their Business Value
Find out how the Canadian Healthcare Supply Chain Project is identifying quantifiable business value related to the implementation of standards while addressing the business process pain points and highlighting the efficiencies and cost saving opportunities that can be realized through industry critical mass adoption.
Presenter:
Mike Sadiwynk, Senior Vice-president, Global Relations and Chief Standards Officer, GS1 Canada
3:45-4:30 pm Session Seven
Humour in the Workplace & Work Life Balance
Kate Davis has the unique ability to find humour in any situation, and to offer creative solutions to defuse the frustrations in the home and workplace. Kate’s generous insight and outspoken character, provides a powerful combination to help organizations empower their staff with effective tools for managing stress and sustaining motivation. Between our jobs, home, relationships with family, friends and co-workers learning how to balance our busy life demands a strong sense of Personal Development and most importantly a Sense of Humour. People, who attend Kate’s “Balancing Life with Humour” lecture, leave with an understanding of practical techniques for refueling, rediscovering and reengaging their true selves. Learning to use humour as an instrument of communication creates an atmosphere of compassion, caring and productivity.
Presenter:
Kate Davis, Speaker, Writer, Comedian and Actress
4:30-6:00 pm Networking Cocktail Reception - visit exhibits
Tuesday, April 28th
7:30-8:15 am Registration, Breakfast, Visit Exhibits
8:15-9:00 am Session Eight
The Healthcare Supply Chain: Can Hospitals Act Systemically?
Hospitals face particularly difficult problems in managing change in their supply chain operations. Change execution is hard in general. Execution is made harder by the presence of silos and silo thinking. Hospitals face multiple silo problems, thus making it difficult for them to make supply chain improvements. This presentation reviews the problems and possible solutions to busting silos in healthcare.
Presenter:
Dr, Lawton Robert Burns, Professor of Health Care Management, Health Care Management Department, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics
9:00-9:45 am Session Nine
Leading Practices in Supply Chain Management
Healthcare organizations continue to be challenged to reduce cost and improve operations. What better way to do so than to learn from the cumulative knowledge of what has been implemented from multiple facilities and operations. The presenters have worked in over a hundred hospitals and have selected a group of leading practices that have the ability to assist Materials and Clinical Managers to reduce cost and enhance operations within their facilities. While not all practices will work for everyone, the program is designed so that attendees will take away ideas that once implemented will financially benefit their organization and enhance the reputation of the supply chain function.
Presenters:
Mike Neely, President, Perimeter Solutions Group
Dr. Laura Wood, President, eXpense Management eXperts
9:45-10:15 am Networking/coffee break - visit exhibits
10:15-11:00 am Session Ten
E-Commerce Full-Circle Supply Chain
A case study of the transformation of a paper-oriented organization into an electronic supply chain in a healthcare environment, illustrating the results of moving into the digital age: savings gained, errors reduced and service increased.
Presenter:
John Damm, Materiel Manager, Concordia Hospital
11:00-11:45 am Session Eleven
Supply Chain Excellence: What Are The Key Drivers Discovered by the UHSC Project?
This session will outline a collaborative study conducted to identify the characteristics of top performing organizations and the proven strategies and tactics that would be beneficial for all organizations in improving organizational supply expenditures. A unique supply chain performance metric was devised to rank all UHC organizations, and interviews were completed to identify the key differentiators in supply chain performance. The project was overseen by a task force composed of academic medical center leaders to provide critical input and review the methodology, performance measures, interview guides, final report, and other key aspects of the study.
Presenter:
William Brewer, Purchasing Manager, Shands HealthCare, Gainesville, FL
11:45 am-12:15 pm HSCN Terry Rooney Award and New HSCN Projects
12:15-1:30 pm Networking/lunch break - visit exhibits
1:30-2:15 pm Session Twelve
Optimizing the Perioperative Supply Chain – Roles, Tools and Processes
The OR represents the most challenging supply management area in any health system. To run an efficient and effective program, hospitals must apply schedule planning systems, product evaluation and selection protocols, product utilization data and inventory management techniques to balance clinical needs with financial obligations. This presentation will identify the needed roles, resources, tools and techniques required to meet the demands of the modern surgery supply chain program, and keep costs in check.
Presenter:
Bill Bailey, Vice-president and Project Director, Sullivan Healthcare Consulting Canada
2:15-3:00 pm Provincial Restructuring Panel
Healthcare Supply Chain Restructuring in B.C., Alberta and New Brunswick
Participants:
David Loukras, Project Lead, Supply Chain, BC Health Authorities Shared Services
Jitendra Prasad, Senior VP, Supply Chain, Alberta Health Services
Guy Leger, Executive Vice-president & Chief Operating Officer, FacilicorpNB
3:00-3:30 pm Networking/coffee break - visit exhibits
3:30-4:15 pm Session Fourteen
Procurement Law and Practice: Current Issues and Trends
This session will be a practical overview of the current issues to watch out for and will touch on some practical tips for both tendering authorities and bidders, with respect to procurement practice and the "Contract A" document. The presenter will also take a look at evaluation: What is fair and what is offside?
Presenter:
Judy Wilson, Prtner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
4:15-4:30 pm Closing Remarks by Sue Smith and Nils Clausen, HSCN
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