NCI TO LAUNCH CARE CHAIN INSIGHTS

Newsletter to Focus on Transforming the Demand Side of the Healthcare Supply Chain

Tampa, FL -- Greg Firestone, CEO of NCI, announced today that NCI will launch Care Chain Insights, a four-page newsletter that will be distributed free to healthcare industry providers and suppliers.  NCI is the leading provider of innovative supply chain education, seminars, and events.

Scheduled for first issue release in January 2008, Care Chain Insights is focused on surfacing transformational care delivery models within hospitals and health systems.  Each issue will feature a hospital or health system that has and/or is implementing transformational care delivery models that improve quality, lower cost, and streamline care delivery.  The newsletter will also feature an instructional article detailing a “how-to” for reengineering the demand side of the supply chain.

"It's clear to me that the equation for breakthrough results is knowledge + transparency + application + execution = transformation.   In every issue of Care Chain Insights, we'll share the actual methodologies and processes used to produce transformational models," stated Mr. Firestone.  “Our goal is for readers to learn from these successes, so that they too can create transformational models within their organization.  If you recall, it was once thought that breaking a 4 minute mile was impossible.  Yet once that happened it has since been broken more than 50 times," Mr. Firestone concluded.  

All profiles and articles featured in Care Chain Insights will be produced in partnership with Appleseed Healthcare Resources.  NCI has partnered with Appleseed Healthcare Resources to develop healthcare supply chain intelligence that sets the standard for current industry best practices.  Appleseed Healthcare Resources is a healthcare consultancy that provides innovative services in the areas of supply chain development and improvement. 

About NCI
Since its creation in 1986, NCI has become the leading source of innovative offerings designed to help supply chain stakeholders effectively address industry-specific challenges.  NCI is focused on creating solution-centered models for industry transformation, through collaborative networking formats and leading-edge educational models.  NCI also provides supply-side consulting services in the areas of improving customer relationships and business development strategies for the hospital and health system marketplace.  Additional information may be found at www.ncihome.com.

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