IV shortage tests providers and suppliers
Smarter usage policies, conservation strategies, protect patients’ well-being From adversity can come good things. Take the recent (and at press time, ongoing) shortage of IV…
August 2014
Mark Welch
Mark Welch Vice president, supply chain and strategic sourcing, Novant Health, Kannapolis, N.C. Novant Health is a not-for-profit integrated system of 15 medical centers and…
Bob Taylor
Bob Taylor Assistant vice president of supply chain, UAB Health System, Birmingham, Ala. Flagship UAB University Hospital, plus five affiliated community hospitals; University Hospital has…
Lana Smith
Lana Smith Corporate director, service lines, Adventist Health, Roseville, Calif. Adventist Health consists of 19 acute-care hospitals; more than 2,700 beds; more than 220 rural…
Kevin Hines
Kevin Hines Associate vice president, network materials management, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN), Bethlehem, Pa. Six hospitals; over 150 sites in Pennsylvania and New…
Fred Genter
Fred Genter Vice president supply chain, Commonwealth Health Corp., Bowling Green, Ky. Commonwealth Health is a holding company for 13 nonprofit and for-profit corporations and…
Patrick Flaherty
Patrick Flaherty Senior director, integrated performance solutions and transformational economics, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pa. UPMC is an IDN that consists of more than 22 hospitals; 4,700…
Gary Fennessy
Gary Fennessy Vice president of corporate supply chain and hospital operations, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Chicago, Ill. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is an academic medical center affiliated…
Teresa Dail
Teresa Dail Chief supply chain officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. Four hospitals; 151 employed physician clinics; 1,065 beds; $500 million annual supply chain…
Ron Collins
Ron Collins Vice president supply chain, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tenn. University of Tennessee Medical Center is a standalone academic level one trauma…