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On February 29, 2012, the New England Society for Healthcare Materials Management (NESHMM) will host its Educational Session and Networking Night.

Location: Christina's, Foxboro, MA
Date: February 29, 2012 from 2:15 until 8:00
Cost: Educational Session is $20 for NESHMM members, $25 for non-members
           The Networking Event is provided at no additional cost as a value added service
                     to NESHMM members

Agenda:

1:45 - 2:15   Registration

2:15 - 2:20   Welcome & Opening Remarks

2:20 - 3:30   Educational Session "The Delicate Balance: Prioritizing Technology Replacement Requests"

Every hospital is different, but every hospital is the same.  Each hospital has its own unique medical technology challenges, but every hospital has too many technology requests for the available funds it has.  As the pressure to spend huge sums on healthcare IT builds, the CT scanners and cath labs must still be replaced and those physician preference items must still be purchased.

When every technology replacement request seems valid on the surface, how do you truly distribute dollars effectively?  Which factors should you consider most important?  Which new technologies must you make room for in the budget? What evidence should be gathered to support decisions?

In this session, we will review prioritization strategies and best practices to help organizations make technology decisions that balance clinical priority with fiscal priorities.  We will look at real-world replacement decisions and how they affect clinical care and patient safety.

Presented by Anthony J. Montagnolo, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ECRI Institute.

3:30 - 5:00   Educational Session "Clinically Integrated Supply Chain" 

“The Achilles heel in the healthcare supply chain is that we have poor visibility into the data.  We can’t fix what we can’t see.” Learn how the visual language of data can quickly lead to better collaboration and bottom line results.

Presenter: Brian Hallsey, Supply Chain Analythics, Cardinal Health

5:00 - 8:00   Networking Event

Educational Sponsorships are needed!  Help support our educational efforts by providing financial support of this session and future NESHMM educational sessions. All sponsors will be recognized by signage at our meeting and during the course of the annual dinner.  Sponsorship levels:

Silver $1,000
Gold $2,000
Platinum $3,000

If you or your company are interested in sponsoring this Educational Session, please contact Joe Blaney, Vendor Relations Chair at jblaney@thealliedgrp.com.

To register for this session, click here.