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National Accounts Summit- First Annual Meeting announced!

The inaugural National Accounts Summit will be held November 13-14, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. The National Accounts Summit is being developed to help National Accounts Executives develop and hone their skills for our ever changing contracting arena. Stay tuned for more information! For now we need your help developing the curriculum for The National Accounts …

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Dennis Mullins of Indiana University Health named to 10 People to Watch

Dennis Mullins Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Indiana University Health Indianapolis, Indiana Dennis Mullins was born and raised in The Bronx, New York. He holds an MBA from Amberton University and is a candidate for a doctorate in business administration from Grand Canyon University. He served in the United States Air Force for 10 years …

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Richard Bagley named Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Penn State Health

Penn State Health is a $2.5B organization serving patients and communities across central Pennsylvania. He is responsible for developing best-in-class supply chain shared services that integrates supply chain activities across Penn State Health. Prior to arriving at Penn State Health, Richard was in a number of Strategic and Supply Chain positions at Intermountain Healthcare in …

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UPMC receives approval for $400M expansion plan

The Pittsburgh City Council approved UPMC’s proposal for a $400 million expansion. Despite objections from area residents, union members, and community activists, the city council approved the project in a 7-2 vote after a councilman negotiated with the hospital giant. In the negotiations, UPMC agreed to provide an addiction clinic, mental health services and job …

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Nominations Needed for Tomorrow’s Supply Chain Leaders!

Who’s going to shape the future of the healthcare supply chain? The smart, energetic and creative young people who are taking charge in the provider community. The under-40 crowd. Help the editors of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting spotlight some of these up-and-comers in an upcoming feature: “Future Supply Chain Leaders of 2018.” It’s easy. …

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Dr. Toby Cosgrove heads to Google

Google is hiring many healthcare stalwarts to head up its healthcare initiative. This is a clear indication they are moving forward in healthcare in a meaningful way. Dr. Toby Cosgrove, the longtime president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, is the latest health care bigwig to pick Google as a landing pad. He’ll become an executive …

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IDN Insights West to be held at Amazon September 6-7, 2018. Only 17 seats left!

We have 17 spots left for IDN Insights West at Amazon in Seattle, Wa., Sept. 6-7, 2018. These seats will be sold out this week so if you are interested please register today. This announcement goes to over 10,0000 subscribers. Space is limited so please register ASAP if you plan on attending. Thanks! Hope to …

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Netflix documentary The Bleeding Edge takes on device companies and the FDA

I learned more about the FDA and device marketing in this two hour documentary than I have in the last 20 years working in healthcare. It was really uncomfortable watching this show explore the intentions of many well-known device companies like: Bayer Depuy Synthesis (J&J) daVinci (Intuitive Surgical) The challenges raised in the documentary very …

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