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The Healthcare Hub blog focuses on how greater collaboration and visibility across the supply chain can improve both clinical and financial performance in healthcare. Working with hospitals, manufacturers, distributors and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in North America and Europe, GHX provides a global perspective on issues such as healthcare reform, standards adoption, automation, e-commerce and demand planning, among others.
Karen Conway works with industry associations, standards bodies, government agencies, analyst firms, academic institutions and the media to identify opportunities for hospitals and suppliers to optimize supply chain operations and improve business and clinical performance.

Karen was recently elected to a three-year term on the AHRMM board of directors, She also serves on the leadership council of the Arizona State University Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium and as co-chair of the HIMSS Supply Chain Special Interest Group. In addition, she is active in the Strategic Marketplace Initiative or SMI and serves on the editorial board of Healthcare Purchasing News. Conway’s work has been published in numerous trade publications as well as Redbook and Parent magazines. She was also a contributing writer to the book "e-Business in Healthcare" published in 2007.

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By Karen Conway on 1/19/2011 10:57 AM
Surprising, but I actually read something about politicians and healthcare reform this morning that gave me hope. Former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist have formed a partnership to find creative ways at the state level to implement healthcare reform. Read the story in politico.com. While the two gentlemen certainly have very different viewpoints on the issue and the bill passed last year, I must credit them for focusing their attention on finding solutions to the challenges of implementation as opposed to staying mired in the debate over whether the bill should be repealed or not. As I have stated previously, keeping the conversation at that level does no one any good, especially those working in healthcare who need to take action now and the patients that depend upon them. I am also particularly pleased that both Senators have agreed to speak at the GHX Supply Chain Summit,...