This panel session will include representatives from the top three group purchasing organizations along with an owner representative for each GPO, and a facilitator. The sessions will focus on concrete examples of utilizing GPOs as a tool within your professional portfolio and leveraging GPOs within your facility. Discussion and examples will provide insights into how GPOs work, their advantages to the healthcare industry, and how you, as an owner, or someone working with an owner, can better understand and utilize the GPO to reach your objectives. This session enables attendees to:
- Understand the value of GPOs to both the facility and to their professional portfolio through direct examples and lessons learned.
- Apply what they learn to make quality and valuable decisions utilizing key GPO strategies
- To hear first hand from GPO and owner representatives how to leverage GPOs as a professional tool and develop initiatives to save money and time in the purchasing process.