Mr Tom Harvieux joined Sanford Health based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2008.  As head of Supply Chain Management, he is responsible for enterprise-wide supply chain strategy, operations and clinical integration. This includes responsibility for the $1.1 billion non-labor spend of the company that supports 43 hospitals and 260 clinics across nine US States and five countries.  Tom was named one of the “Top 10 People to Watch in 2011” by the Journal of Healthcare Contracting.

Mr Harvieux has a passion for supply chain management and the integration with clinical operations to reduce the logistical burden of caregivers and provide patients with high quality and affordable care through reduction in clinical practice variation, utilisation management, collaboration with industry partners, and streamlined supply chain operations.

Prior to joining Sanford Health, he held the position of Director, Supply Chain Operations with Fairview Health Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Previously, he retired from the military where he specialised in Strategic and Logistical Operations.

Mr Harvieux earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Minnesota Metropolitan State University and his Master of Science degree in Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology.

Synopsis - Moving Past Acquisition Price: Advancing Supplier Partnership Models
For Healthcare Providers like Sanford Health, reducing cost past acquisition price requires greater Supplier alignment with organizational strategic priorities.  Join Tom for Sanford’s journey in developing win-win partnerships with suppliers that moves past buy-sell, transactional relationships by focusing on lowering total cost to serve, advancing clinical goals, transparency, and improving profitability for all parties.  This session will review challenges and successes in building trust, collaboration and business models between suppliers and health systems that historically have had completing objectives and financial incentives.

Synopsis - What’s Next:  Aligning Clinical Protocols and Supply Formularies
This session will review Sanford Health’s evolution from focusing on development of product formularies to supply chain’s realignment towards supporting larger organizational standardization of clinical practices.  Tom will discuss the next phase of supply chain capability providers need to develop to support the advancement of consistent high quality and affordable care.  With significant challenges arising from revenue compression, population health initiatives and new market entrants, health systems are recognizing that standardization of care delivery is no longer an option, but a necessity.  Supply Chain maturity in variation reduction, change management, and data driven decision making uniquely positions us to support larger organizational change and improvements.