The GTIN Project: Aligning UC Health’s Supply Chain

GS1 Global Trade Item Numbers (GTIN), aligned with the FDA’s UDI rule, are essential to item-level traceability, accurate claims and recall readiness across the supply chain. In this session, UC Health shares how its GTIN initiative became a catalyst for aligning supply chain, financial and clinical processes around a single source of truth. Learn how they partnered with GHX Consulting to integrate GTIN data into Oracle item master and Epic workflows, supporting barcode scanning at the point of care in the OR. Attendees will gain insight into how standardized item data reduced errors, strengthened collaboration and enabled adoption. 

Speaker: Shawn Boyle, Purchasing Analyst, UC Health Cincinnati

Driving Results with Dashboards and Data: Lessons from AdventHealth

For large health systems, data only delivers value when it drives action. In this session AdventHealth shares how it operationalized dashboards and prescriptive analytics to achieve measurable performance improvement–moving from 143rd to 57th among large hospitals in just six months. Learn how GHX Supply Chain Analytics (SCA) and capabilities like Dynamic Reporting can be embedded into daily workflows to turn insight into measurable action at scale. Attendees will see how data and can accelerate decision-making and deliver sustained results across complex, multi-state health systems. 

Speaker: Sean Bubernak, Director of Master Data and Contract Administration, Advent Health

Progress to Perfection: KARL STORZ’s Digital Order Transformation

In this session, KARL STORZ shares how it is leveraging automation, analytics and cross-functional collaboration to unlock new levels of operational performance and improve customer satisfaction. Learn how the company’s 2024 perfect order initiative elevated order accuracy, speed and efficiency across the order lifecycle. By focusing on four critical levers, the initiative reduced order friction (5.5% perfect price rate increase), improved automation (11% projected YoY growth) and enhanced the customer experience. Attendees will gain practical, transferable ideas and renewed confidence that meaningful progress comes from aligning teams around shared goals and success metrics – as opposed to boiling the ocean.  

From Audit Flag to Risk Shield: UW Medicine's Supply Chain Quality Program

In today’s high-risk healthcare environment, reactive supply chain operations increase exposure to compliance failures, patient safety events and financial loss. In this session, UW Medicine shares how it transformed internal audit findings into a proactive supply chain quality management (QM) program, driving reliability, accountability and risk reduction. Learn how structured process audits, executive governance and data-driven oversight improved perfect order performance to 97.5%, reduced invoice and inventory risk, and strengthened Joint Commission outcomes. Attendees will gain practical guidance on identifying high-risk processes, establishing sustainable executive oversight and embedding quality into daily supply chain operations to support resilient patient care.

Speaker: Kamalpreet Dhillon, Assistant Director of Strategic Operations UW Medicine
Stephanie Hughes, Project Manager, Strategic Sourcing UW Medicine

From Guesswork to Governance: Building Resilient Inventory Operations

Inventory visibility is critical to clinical continuity and operational stability. In this panel discussion, leaders from mutiple health systems examine how inaccurate data, siloed workflows and manual processes introduce clinical, financial and operational risk. Learn how organizations have redesigned inventory management to be more predictive, automated and adaptable - even during compelling events such as mergers and cloud migrations. Attendees will gain insight into practical strategies that minimize clinical disruption, strengthen governance and support a more transparent and resilient supply chain. 

Speaker: Lloyd Gravois, AVP Supply Chain-Logistics, Ochsner
Dan Veritch, Director, Supply Chain Operations, SSM Health
Dr. Casey Sowers, Senior Manager, Contracting, UHealth

Industry Outlook: AHRMM on the Future of Supply Chain Leadership

As the role of supply chain in healthcare rapidly expands from operational support to strategic enabler, AHRMM thought leaders examine the trends shaping the next generation of supply chain leadership. This session explores the emerging competencies—digital fluency, sustainability and workforce development—that are required to build resilient, data-driven organizations. Attendees will gain insight into aligning supply chain strategy with enterprise priorities such as equity, efficiency and innovation, and learn how AHRMM frameworks support leadership development and supply chain excellence across provider and supplier communities.

Industry Outlook: Empowering Women Leaders Across the Healthcare Supply Chain 

Representation matters—and so does investing in the skills that prepare women to lead. Leaders from Professional Women in Healthcare (PWH) share insights on developing and supporting the next generation of women leaders across provider, supplier, and GPO communities. This session explores the critical role of mentorship, allyship, and sponsorship, while emphasizing the importance of intentionally investing in leadership and communication skills to accelerate career growth and organizational impact.

Attendees will gain practical strategies for strengthening executive presence, influencing with confidence, and building inclusive leadership pipelines through recruitment, development, and advancement initiatives. The session also highlights how gender-diverse leadership drives innovation, collaboration, and performance—and how organizations can translate these principles into measurable leadership and workforce outcomes.

Medtronic and Cleveland Clinic: Building Shared Intelligence with OTIF 

What happens when providers and suppliers speak the same language of performance? In this session, leaders from Medtronic and Cleveland Clinic examine how the On Time in Full (OTIF) metric is redefining collaboration across the healthcare supply chain. Learn how a cross-industry coalition co-developed a shared standard, guided GHX’s product roadmap and built a foundation for innovation. Attendees will gain insight into how shared data enables greater trust, accountability and resilience—turning fragmented information into actionable intelligence across the ecosystem.

Industry Outlook: From Cost to Care Excellence: Applying the AHVAP Standards of Practice to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision Making 

In this leadership-track session, AHVAP will share practical principles leaders can apply to strengthen value decisions at any level of value analysis maturity. Representatives from AHVAP will focus on the foundations that create durable clinical buy-in: clear governance, stakeholder alignment and unbiased, trusted data that supports confident decision-making, anchored in AHVAP’s Standards of Practice and value analysis positioning statements. The conversation will connect these practices to executive priorities beyond cost savings, including patient safety, quality outcomes and clinician engagement — and how organizations can embed value analysis principles into the structures they already have.

Speaker: J. Hudson Garrett Jr.Ph.D., MSN, MPH, MBA, AE-MBA, FNP-BC, IP-BC, QAS, PLNC, VA-BC, BC-MSLcert™, AAiP, QAS, HEM, CAIP, HACP, HACP-IC, MSL-BC, CPHRM, CHIPP-B, CIC, LTC-CIP, AL-CIP, CPPS, CPHFH, CPTM, CPHQ, CVAHPTM, ICE-CCP, CMRP, CPSO, CPXP, CAE, CDIPC, FACDONA, eFACHDM, FAOM, FAAPM, FRSPH, FRSM, FNAP, FACHE, FSHEA, FIDSA, FAHVAP, Executive Director and Executive Vice President, Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals, Inc. 

A clean item master is the foundation of an efficient supply chain—yet maintaining one can feel overwhelming. In this interactive workshop, users will learn proven techniques for identifying duplicates, correcting attributes and standardizing data across facilities. We’ll walk through hands-on exercises showing how improved data quality drives better purchasing, accurate analytics and stronger clinical alignment. Participants will explore tools for automated validation, ongoing cleansing and governance best practices that keep the item master “evergreen.” Leave with a clear roadmap for turning data accuracy into measurable cost savings and operational stability.

Speaker: Jayne Nelson, Solutions Specialist, GHX

Bill Only workflows often create delays, inaccuracies and unnecessary expense. This session, designed for providers and suppliers alike, gives users practical, step-by-step methods to simplify the entire Bill Only process—from vendor engagement and documentation capture to pricing validation and match rates. Participants will practice using tools that automate intake, ensure real-time visibility and enforce standard procedures. Learn how to reduce manual touches, eliminate invoice discrepancies and strengthen compliance across departments. Whether your organization struggles with variability or volume, this workshop equips you with repeatable, standardized processes that improve speed, accuracy and savings for high-value implant and specialty orders.

Speaker: April Imel, Sr. Clinical Solution Specialist, GHX

Take control of the most frustrating part of the procure-to-pay cycle: exceptions. This hands-on workshop—relevant to teams on both the provider and supplier side—walks users through real scenarios involving pricing mismatches, contract gaps, missing data and receiving discrepancies. Participants will learn how to use exception management tools to pinpoint root causes, automate corrections and prevent issues from recurring. Explore dashboards, workflows and rules that align contract pricing, item data and vendor practices across the system. By the end, users will understand how to reduce cycle times, improve match rates and regain staff capacity with more predictable, exception-free processes.

Speaker: Kathy Palmentere. Sr. Solution Specialist, GHX

Designed for suppliers, this session provides an in-depth look at how to achieve true, scalable order automation with provider partners. Participants will walk through real configuration workflows that eliminate manual order touches and ensure clean data exchange. The session also highlights how automation analytics can be created and used, along with best practices that increase provider adoption. Whether the goal is higher EDI utilization, fewer order discrepancies or full straight-through processing, this session equips supplier teams with the insight needed to deliver reliable, end-to-end digital ordering.

Speakers: Andrea Bundermann, Solution Specialist, GHX
 

Behind every invoice and every payment is a story that connects providers and suppliers. When parts of that story are manual, friction grows for both sides. This session demonstrates how GHX helps organizations automate the steps of the invoice-to-pay cycle. Participants will see how these automated flows come together in the GHX Invoice & Payment Dashboard—a shared view that reveals exceptions, cash-flow patterns, rebate opportunities and payment timing. In a hands-on breakout, attendees will learn how to navigate the dashboard to gain insight that drives action, and how automation and visibility create more predictable, collaborative relationships.

Speaker: Trudy Lotter, Sr. Solution Specialist, GHX

Hear from Ezkanazi Health System on how they are optimizing their item master strategy by leveraging the combined strengths of GHX Exchange and Marketplace. Discover how shifting from resource-heavy manual management to hosted content helps reduce operational burden, improve accuracy and streamline updates across the supply chain. Acquire actionable knowledge—including practical steps and lessons learned—and gain deeper, real-world advice from teams who have navigated this transition. Connect with peers using the same tools for shared learning and collaboration. 

Join leading supply chain teams as they share proven strategies to streamline rush orders without sacrificing accuracy or compliance. Learn how suppliers and providers are collaborating to reduce errors, improve turnaround times and leverage GHX tools for maximum efficiency. Gain practical, real-world advice on avoiding common pitfalls, aligning supplier-provider communication and implementing automation and data integrity principles. You'll also hear tips from experienced power users and have opportunities to compare approaches with peers facing similar, high-pressure ordering challenges. 

Discover how a leading Health System transformed their daily reporting from time-consuming and manual to automated, actionable and insight driven. They will share the strategies, tools and process changes that helped them modernize reporting, improve visibility and empower teams with reliable data every day. Learn the steps they took—and the outcomes they achieved—by revolutionizing their analytics workflow. Through practical demonstrations and discussion, see firsthand how power users structure their reporting processes. 

Learn how the Vanderbilt Health team is elevating their best-in-class performance by leaving behind legacy sourcing practices and embracing evidence-based insights to inform strategic initiatives. Discover why success centers on clinician-driven decision-making paired with a conscious understanding and commitment to contract compliance. Gain deeper perspective from those who've implemented these methods – including lessons learned, practical tips and opportunities to engage with peers who use similar sourcing tools and framework.

Join Smith + Nephew for a supplier eInvoicing panel discussion where they will share real-world strategies for implementing, streamlining and scaling eInvoicing processes across diverse business models. Discover what’s worked (and what hasn’t) when it comes to invoice automation, including lessons learned when managing exceptions and ensuring invoice-to-order alignment. Walk away with provider and supplier collaboration tips to accelerate eInvoicing adoption and measure ROI—time savings, error reduction and improved payment cycle visibility. Gain insights from experienced power users and the opportunity to compare approaches with peers. 

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