Atlanta, Georgia • Holiday Inn Select Atlanta • September 25, 2008

Did you or your staff miss out on the AHRMM08 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas? Then plan on attending the “Best of AHRMM08” seminar coming this fall to Atlanta.

This seminar will feature some of the most highly-reviewed Learning Lab sessions from the AHRMM08 Annual Conference, as well as give you the unique opportunity to connect with other healthcare supply chain leaders and professionals in a more personalized and relaxed setting. Presentations will cover four key areas of the healthcare supply chain profession: distribution, clinical resource management, strategic planning, and finance.

Program Agenda

Click here to download a pdf of the full program agenda.

The Best of AHRMM08 seminar in Atlanta will feature:

Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00 am – 8:00 am

Welcome and Introduction
8:00 am – 8:15 am

Session I: Supply Chain Excellence: What are the Key Drivers?
8:15 am – 9:15 am • Strategic Planning
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.

William Brewer
Senior Consultant, Supply Chain Informatics, University HealthSystem Consortium
Chicago, IL

Session II: PPI Standardization – Is This the Right Strategy?
9:15 am – 10:15 am • Finance
It is a well known fact that if you buy in volume or you commit a percentage of your purchases to a vendor, pricing of a product typically goes down. This works well for most industries but not in hospitals. Materials managers must not only satisfy the administrative leadership team by controlling costs but also an eclectic group of physicians who typically gravitate to the latest and greatest trend or technology. This session will help you understand the physician temperament, determine which way the wind is blowing, comprehend the pros/cons of standardization, especially from a physician perspective, and shape a contracting strategy for your own climate.

Nick Sears, MD
Chief Medical Officer, MedAssets
Tampa, FL

Break
10:15 am – 10:30 am

Session III: The New Product Introduction Management Tool
10:30 am – 11:30 am • Clinical Resource Management
The Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) uses 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. This session will show how JHHS has utilized this new tool to streamline the new product request process, manage and document the many steps in decision making, and increase communication amongst stakeholders. It will also provide a demo of the tool, real-life examples of day-to-day use and benefits of the tool, and insights into the new product decision process. A complimentary copy of the tool will be given out to all attendees as a takeaway.

Colleen Cusick, CPHM
Clinical Products Specialist, John Hopkins Health System
Baltimore, MD

Dennis Orthman, CPHM
Project Director, Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI)
West Roxbury, MA

Session IV: The Importance of a Logistics Supply Chain Plan
11:30 am – 12:30 pm • Distribution
This session will provide the importance of having a Logistics Supply Chain Plan. It will validate the importance of using industry data that shows having a plan and following it will ensure a low-cost and highly efficient Materials department. Additionally, the session will review the key elements of a Logistics Supply Chain Plan and how best to implement it. The bottom line – a solid logistics plan will lead to higher customer satisfaction, supplier relations, and patient satisfaction.

Larry Dooley
Vice President, Group Purchasing, ROi (An Operating Division of Sisters of Mercy Health System)
St. Louis, MO

Networking Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Session V: An Overview of Supply Chain Best Practices
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm • Strategic Planning
In 2005, Intermountain Healthcare looked for a supply chain executive outside of the industry who could apply rigorous applications in managing the over $1 billion non-labor spend of the company. A new Vice President was hired and given significant freedom to organize a world class supply chain organization, but with it came the
mandate to save $20 million per year. In this session, learn what a world-class healthcare supply chain organization looks like and what their major initiatives are. You will come away with the motivation to look beyond the normal and will have new industry insights and a list of best practices that you can apply in your supply chain strategies when you return to your own institution.

Brent Johnson
Vice President, Supply Chain, CPO, Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake City, UT

Session VI: Value Analysis You Can Count On
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm • Finance
Most hospitals agree – Value Analysis (VA) can be an effective tool for achieving supply chain savings without sacrificing clinical performance, even though debate remains over how to structure a VA program and whether the effort required is commensurate with the results. This session will show how to develop a VA program that works as well as determine if it is truly achieving the intended results. Assembling the right team, establishing clear, actionable clinical and financial objectives, and ensuring access to accurate data for reporting and analysis, your VA team can effectively model “what if” scenarios to calculate the potential benefits BEFORE taking action. Once initiatives are underway, you can monitor whether changes are being implemented as intended as well as measure and report on the actual results. The session will put these proven principles to work to optimize your contract compliance, standardization, and new product clinical trials and analysis for savings you can count on.

Christine Creedon
Director, Customer Value, GHX
Westminster, CO

Continuing Education

Attendees will receive 6.5 Contact Hours toward CMRP recertification or 0.65 CEUS for participating in the Best of AHRMM08 seminar.

Registration

AHRMM members $299. Non-members $399. Registration includes continental breakfast and a networking lunch.

Hotel Information

A limited number of rooms have been reserved by AHRMM at a special discounted rate. All rooms are subject to availability and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Hotel rate published below does not include applicable taxes. To make room reservations, contact the hotel directly and request the special AHRMM rate.

Holiday Inn Select Atlanta
$105.00 (per night, single occupancy)
450 Capitol Avenue • Atlanta, GA 30312
(404) 591-2000
Discounted Hotel Rate Available through September 3, 2008

Cancellation Policy

AHRMM reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the Best of AHRMM08 seminar or any individual sessions due to unforeseen circumstances. AHRMM cannot be held liable for nonrefundable airline tickets or hotel room deposits. Registration fees, less a $100 cancellation fee, are refundable if written notice is received by the deadline dates outlined below. Any refunds due will be issued once the program ends. Cancellations of unpaid registrations are subject to a $100 fee. Notice of cancellation should be faxed to (312) 422-4573. After the deadline date, all fees/credits toward the program are forfeited. Attendees are encouraged to send a substitute if they cannot attend. No exceptions allowed.

Registration Cancellation Deadline:
Atlanta – Thursday, September 18