Boston Scientific

: Alan Dorich; Healthcare; 05 June 2018

Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific benefits from its centralized supply chain.
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing

At the hospital, we want to feel secure that the devices needed to provide us with care will be there. Boston Scientific Corp. focuses on ensuring those items are in the right place at the right time when caregivers need them, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Brad Sorenson says.

Based in Marlborough, Mass., Boston Scientific started operations in 1979 with the goal of bringing more accessible, lower-cost and less invasive options to patients. Today, it sells a wide range of products to healthcare providers, including balloon catheters, defibrillators, pacemakers, urology products, needles, lasers, forceps, catheters, spinal cord stimulator systems and stents.

“We have a unique ability to connect our employees to our culture because we do serve patients,” he says. “The products that we make either improve patient lives or actually save lives.”

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: Kat Zeman; Healthcare; 05 June 2018

RCCH HealthCare Partners

RCCH HealthCare Partners’ supply chain is preparing for growth.

By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing

A rapidly growing organization with pending acquisitions on the horizon, RCCH HealthCare Partners relies on its supply chain department to keep its well-oiled machine running.

The Brentwood, Tenn.-based healthcare group operates 16 regional health systems in 12 states and has more than 14,000 employees and 2,000 affiliated physicians and mid-level providers.

“We have acquired many independent and national chain facilities and all of them present a unique challenge in the integration of a common supply chain platform,” says Brian Hitchcock, vice president of material resource operations. “We have two potential acquisitions pending and we are continually looking to grow.”

: Supply Chain World Staff; Healthcare; 04 June 2018

Northside Hospital

Northside Hospital focuses on mass customization of its supply chain.

By Knighthouse Media Staff

Operating three acute-care hospitals with 1,051 licensed beds and more than 150 outpatient locations, Northside Hospital in Atlanta handles roughly 3 million patient encounters annually.

The health system serves the Atlanta metropolitan area, whose population is expected to grow by more than 30 percent to more than 8 million people, by 2040, according to the Atlanta Regional Commission.

With more than 15,000 employees with a network of nearly 2,900 physicians, Northside specializes in healthcare services that include cancer care, radiology, surgery and maternity and other women’s services.

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: Jim Harris; Healthcare; 05 June 2018

Motion Specialties

Motion Specialties’ supply chain is critical to the mobility product provider’s ability to modify products specifically to its customers’ needs.
By Jim Harris, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media

Motion Specialties’ supply chain and procurement operations have helped it grow to become Canada’s most technologically advanced home health care provider, with a store network of 35 locations in five provinces.

“Supply chain put us on the map and made us the largest company of our kind in terms of footprint and network,” Executive Vice President of Operations Dipesh Pattni says. “Our suppliers know we are not going to accept things status quo and that we’re on the leading edge when it comes to thought processes and strategies.”

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: Jim Harris; Healthcare; 30 May 2018

Canadian Blood Services

Canadian Blood Services continues to improve the way it collects, processes, tests and provides life-saving blood products to patients across Canada.
By Jim Harris, Senior Editor for Knighthouse Media

The ability to meet product demand and deliver on time is more than just a goal for Canadian Blood Services’ supply chain operation – it could be a matter of life and death. “Our organizational ability to meet needs in critical situations is central to what we do,” says Rick Prinzen, chief supply chain officer and vice president, donor relations.

The nonprofit organization operates eight production sites across the country, which receive blood collected from 14,000 annual collection events and 35 permanent collection sites. Units of blood are converted into three components – red blood cells, platelets and plasma – within 24 hours of collection.

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