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Leadership Transformation of the Supply Chain Executive

Overview: What are the attitudes, skills, and qualities necessary for the Supply Chain Executive to be considered a strategic leader in the healthcare organization of tomorrow? With the true impact of healthcare reform still in question and the instability of today’s economic environment, Supply Chain Executives need to have the ability to combine the vision and curiosity of an idealist with the practicality of a realist in order to become more strategic leaders within their organizations. This session will identify key elements that today’s Supply Chain Executive must focus on to become the leader for tomorrow.

Speakers: Jay Kirkpatrick, CMRP, CEO, HCA’s Nashville Supply Chain Services
Christopher J. O’Connor, CMRP, FACHE, President, GNYHA Services and Nexera

Cost: $99 per recording link – AHRMM Members; $139 per recording link – AHRMM Non-members

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This webinar was recorded on January 19, 2012.

About the Presenters
Jay Kirkpatrick is CEO, HCA’s Nashville Supply Chain Services. He is responsible for $420 Million in supply cost for the TriStar Division of HCA, all supply chain activities for 35 hospitals and 54 additional locations across Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia including; all Customer Service, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Medical Surgical/Pharmacy Distribution, Regional Contracting, Capital Procurement, Order Entry, and Facility Supply Chain Operations.

Christopher J. O’Connor has worked in the management consulting and healthcare industry for nearly two decades. Currently, he serves as Executive Vice President for GNYHA Ventures, the parent company of a number of for-profit businesses and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association. He also functions as President of GNYHA Services, an acute care Group Purchasing Organization, and President of Nexera, a healthcare consulting firm he created in 2003.