Healthcare Hodgepodge

New Technology Adoption in Healthcare with Lars Thording

Lars Thording, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Public Affairs, Innovative Health is back for another episode with HPN's Editor-in-Chief, Janette Wider.
Every year at healthcare tradeshows, medical device manufacturers are pushing out new technologies that are always more expensive than the ones they replace. Healthcare purchasing professionals need to balance their doctors’ desires to adopt new technologies with paper-thin margins and the need to control costs.

Technology's Role in Mitigating Violence Against Healthcare Workers with Yasmine Mustafa

Yasmine Mustafa, CEO of ROAR and Janette Wider, Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Purchasing News examine the increasing concern of violence in healthcare settings and how technology can offer solutions. 

2025 SPD of the Year: UF Health Shands

Associate Editor Matt MacKenzie reads our annual sterile processing department of the year article. This year, UF Health Shands showed a multi-faceted, data-driven approach to sterile processing transformation and optimization. 

Revolutionizing Healthcare: How Automation and AI Are Shaping the Future of Supply Chains

Associate Editor Matt MacKenzie reads an article on automation and artificial intelligence in healthcare supply chain from Healthcare Purchasing News' March 2025 edition. 

Navigating the Supply Chain Maze with Brad Clark

Brad Clark, Vice President of Business Development at Henry Schein joins Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider on this episode that covers the importance of IDNs working with their distributor to navigate the complexities of the supply chain.

Sustainability Initiatives with Allen Ehrlich

Allen Ehrlich is the Vice President, Healthcare and Strategic Accounts at SW Sustainability Solutions. Allen is a Medical Device Executive with over 30 years of commercial experience in medical and diagnostic device product management and development, marketing, sales, operations, and distribution. On this episode, Allen and Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider discuss sustainability initiatives. 

Off-Contract Purchasing with Ethan Weinberg

Ethan Weinberg is Cato's VP, Supply Chain Innovation. Ethan steers supply chain innovation, overseeing procurement and distribution strategies that enhance operational efficiency and service excellence. Since joining KOACORE (Cato's founding organization) at its inception, Ethan has sourced and delivered over 90 million units of medical and safety products, encompassing 1000+ SKUs for a broad range of industries and end-users. On this episode, Ethan and Healthcare Purchasing News Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider discuss off-contract purchasing.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza with Shaun Holt

Shaun Holt is CEO of Alveo Technologies. Holt joins Janette Wider, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Purchasing News on this episode to discuss three critical steps to stop HPAI in its tracks.

The Art of Pediatric Supply Chain Management: Balancing Care and Costs

Associate Editor Matt MacKenzie reads an article from HPN's February edition on pediatric supply chain challenges. 

2025 Healthcare Supply Chain Viewpoint with Tom Redding

Tom Redding is back for another episode! Tom leads the healthcare supply chain practice at St. Onge Company. On this episode he shares his perspectives on the year to come in healthcare supply chain with Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider.