Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance

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Date:
September 10, 2008
Location:
Owens & Minor Medical, Inc.

Keynote Speaker: Charles R. Morris, business Historian and Author discusses the future of healthcare from the OR to the boardroom.

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Healthcare Symposium on Supplier Diversity
Forecasting the Healthcare Market for Supplier Diversity: Where Is It Going and Where Do I Fit?

Click here for article in the Richmond Times Dispatch on September 11, 2008.

Presentations from the Healthcare Symposium
	Keynote, Charles Morris, Author Click here for PowerPoint Presentation » Overview: An overview of emerging trends in the healthcare market from a high level view. Based on his research in both healthcare and economics, Morris provides some challenging insights into the future of the healthcare value chain. Health Care: Largest US Industry and Among Fastest Growing Canny Investors Love Health Care Growth Driven Primarily by New Products and Expanded Markets Some Striking Improvements in Resource Efficiency Improvement Over 1968 Heart Disease Death Rate = ~1 million Lives a Year Prompts Opportunities Ideal Industry for Diversity Initiatives History of AA Initiatives and Current Successes	Books by Author Charles Morris The Trillion-Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash. The Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center. The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy. Money, Greed, and Risk: Why Financial Crises and Crashes Happen. American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America’s Most Powerful Church. The AARP: America’s Most Powerful Lobby and the Coming Clash of Generations. The Coming Global Boom. Iron Destinies, Lost Opportunities: the Arms Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, 1945-1987. A Time of Passion: America, 1960-1980. The Cost of Good Intentions: New York City and the Liberal Experiment, 1960-1975.

	Akhil Agrawal, President, American Medical Depot (AMD) Click here for PDF. Industry Overview: How it really works Market challenges from a HUB Perspective The GPO Position Guide to Partnering The Customer Strategies for Tomorrow

	Mike Hobbs, Vice President Clinical Supply Solutions, Owens & Minor Implications of Changes in Healthcare for the Healthcare Supply Chain Click here for PowerPoint Presentation » Overview: Clinical Market – Devices & Implants Supply Chain Issues Elements of a Solution Opportunities for Diversity

	Phil Graham, President, Perspectives, Inc. Opportunities through the Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance Click here for PowerPoint Presentation » Overview: HSDA Mission: Our mission is to lead healthcare supplier diversity by building awareness through education and creating pathways to potential opportunities for historically underutilized businesses and all healthcare supply chain stakeholders. HSDA Objectives: Build Relationships Explore Ideas for Business Development Reflect on Potential Strategic Partners Raise Questions @ Restraints Determine a Specific Course of Action Informal Group Discussions: What are the potential opportunities within the value chain for MWBE businesses to be able to play in a new arena and capture market share in a changing market?