SMI is pleased to announce additional new members in 2010 including:

 

-       Cook Medical – David Reed, Vice President Operations and Corporate Compliance Officer

-       University of Southern California – Jean Sargent, Director, Supply Chain

 

Cook Medical is a global leader in pioneering the development of technology to support and advance minimally invasive procedures with a special focus on the convergence of technology platforms which include devices, pharmaceuticals, cell therapy and biotechnology. David Reed comments that, “Cook welcomes the opportunity to collaborate and contribute towards the effort of enhancing the overall value of the healthcare supply chain process for the patients we serve.”

 

According to Jean Sargent who has moved from University Kentucky (UK) Healthcare, another SMI member, to University Southern California (USC), “I am excited to have been invited back to SMI. We look forward to participating with other industry leaders in development and implementation of processes that will improve the healthcare supply chain. I can now bring the SMI tools and member expertise to my new organization.” Jean is a past president of AHRMM.

 

For more information on SMI, including a complete list of members, visit their website at www.smisupplychain.com.
  

SMI is a not-for-profit organization uniting providers and suppliers in shaping an improved, more efficient healthcare supply chain.  SMI convenes seasoned executives from the various segments of the healthcare supply chain to work collaboratively to develop beneficial solutions to healthcare supply chain issues.  All work is done for the benefit of the entire industry and as such, all solutions created within SMI initiative teams are made available to the public at no cost via the SMI website under “Tools” at (SMI Tools).  Members include transactional trading partners from integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and academic medical centers; manufacturers of medical surgical, diagnostic and pharmaceutical supplies; capital equipment and medical device companies; distributors; service providers; IT companies; and other key suppliers.