SMI Continues to Draw Industry Leaders

The Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) is pleased to announce the addition of North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System; Universal Health Services, Inc.; and Vanguard Health Systems.

New members include Donna Drummond, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System in Lake Success, NY; John Cunningham, Vice President Supply Chain Operations, Universal Health Services, Inc. in King of Prussia, PA; and Gregg Lambert, Director of Operations, Supply Chain Management, Vanguard Health Systems in Nashville, TN.

John Cunningham said of joining SMI, “I am very excited to be representing Universal Health Services, Inc. in SMI. Providing thought leadership on healthcare supply chain is viewed by UHS as a critical component of our success in improving healthcare from within. There is power in collaboration as SMI has already and will continue to demonstrate to the healthcare supply chain industry and those we serve.”  Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, operating acute care and behavioral health hospitals and ambulatory centers nationwide and in Puerto Rico. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE:UHT). For additional information on the Company, visit their Web site:  http://www.uhsinc.com.

Founded in 1997, Vanguard has 15 hospitals located in (4) markets including a Medicare/Medicaid Health Plan in Phoenix. 

For a complete listing of the SMI Membership visit the SMI website at www.smisupplychain.com.

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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.  For additional information visit the SMI website at   www.smisupplychain.com.