SMI Acknowledges 20 Years of Inaugural Members – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
November 22, 2024 – SMI® celebrated its twentieth anniversary together with 27 inaugural member organizations on the SMI Fall Discussion board in Austin, TX. These members had been honored within the presence of greater than 250 SMI members and friends. SMI members meet twice a yr in boards to debate business challenges, share classes and greatest practices, and work aspect by aspect to create options and instruments.
The 20-year organizations embody: Aesculap (Middle Valley, PA), Avanos (Alpharetta, GA), Baxter Healthcare Company (Deerfield, IL), BD (Franklin Lakes, NJ), Cardinal Well being (Dublin, OH) , DeRoyal (Powell , TN), Georgia Pacific (Atlanta, GA), GHX (Louisville, CO), Johnson& Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ), McKesson (Irving, TX), Owens & Minor (Mechanicsville, VA), Staples (Framingham, MA), AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, FL), BJC Healthcare (St. Louis, MO), Advocate Well being (Plymouth Assembly, PA), Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH) , Duke Well being (Durham, NC), Intermountain Well being (Salt Lake Metropolis, UT), Johns Hopkins Well being System (Baltimore, MD), Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), Mercy Well being (Cincinnati, OH), Mass Basic Brigham (Somerville, MA), OSF Healthcare (Peoria, IL), Sentara (Norfolk, VA), SSM Well being (Creve Coeur, MO), Yale New Haven Well being (New Haven, CT) and Texas Well being Assets (Arlington, TX). Jane Pleasants, Govt Director of SMI, stated: “I want to personally categorical my deepest gratitude to those distinctive organizations for his or her help and willingness to embrace one thing new all these years in the past. Their perception in constructing belief and respect amongst buying and selling companions and reworking the healthcare provide chain has had a long-lasting influence, fuels our mission and drives our success.”
For the previous 20 years, these organizations have labored as a part of the SMI neighborhood to advance the healthcare business with actual transformational change. Jim Francis, Chief Provide Chain Officer at Mayo Clinic, defined: “SMI membership not solely encourages connection and collaboration, but in addition gives alternatives for people to make a significant influence. SMI has created a neighborhood that evokes change and promotes development for the business. I’m grateful for the 20-year membership of Mayo Clinic.”
Scott Francis, VP & GM at BD stated, “As a proud member of SMI for the previous 20 years, BD has skilled firsthand the facility of neighborhood and collaboration. I’m grateful for the alternatives SMI gives to study, join and contribute to significant initiatives alongside this revered neighborhood of leaders.”
For extra details about SMI, together with an entire membership checklist, go to: www.smisupplychain.com.