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Webinar: Comprehensive Lab Formularies – The Financial and Clinical Impact

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Overview:

It’s estimated that hospitals waste billions of dollars on unnecessary medical testing every year. To address this issue, some health systems are implementing lab formularies that reduce unnecessary or duplicative tests, save money and improve patient outcomes via optimized testing. 

Listen to Accumen and fellow experts in healthcare supply chain and lab stewardship, who will share their take on developing laboratory formularies and the collaborative opportunity this initiative brings to all members of health systems’ labs and beyond.  

Expected Learning Points:

▪Explain Lab Stewardship as Part of the Healthcare Continuum 
▪Identify and Implement a Lab Formulary
▪Collect and Analyze Lab Data
▪Overcome Physician Objections

Speakers:

▪ Andrew Fletcher, MD, MBA, CPE CHCQM, FCAP
Founder (Eutilogic Consulting)
Lab Stewardship Advisor (Accumen)

▪Rachel Hulshizer, MBA
Value Based Medicine (Mayo Clinic)

▪Karen Brownell, MLS
AVP, Laboratory Services (Intermountain Health)

▪Chris Crossett, PhD
Director of Lab Stewardship (Accumen)

▪Brent Bolton, CPSM, MBA
VP/GM of Supply Chain and Lab Stewardship (Accumen)

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Brent Bolton, MBA, CPSM

Brent Bolton, MBA, CPSM

Brent Bolton is the VP/GM of Supply Chain and oversees the national Accumen Supply Chain team. His team is responsible for all strategic sourcing, negotiations, and contracting for over 500+ hospitals and 40+ health systems. ​Brent is a Supply Chain and Materials Management expert with over 20 years’ experience in the manufacturing and healthcare industry. He is results driven, and has a proven track record of cost reduction, continuous process improvement, and strategic partnerships.​ Brent has an MBA from Point Loma Nazarene University and a BS in Business Management with an emphasis in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University. Brent is an Adjunct Professor for the College of Business at San Diego State University, teaching graduate courses in management of operations and supply chain systems. He is a Certified Professional in Supply Chain (CPSM), and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
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