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MASTERCLASS OVERVIEW
Clinicians are those who have the intimate knowledge of the way services are delivered, how pathways could be improved and have a major influence over patient care. They are people who initiate, investigate and treat the patients. For this, they need the support of the Organization in terms of the resources and processes necessary to implement their decisions. Supply Chain Management who have an important role in driving efficiency, thinking of new ways to step up the productivity; delivering supplies and services that cut costs while enhancing patient experience. By introducing innovations and business intelligence to the professional expertise of the Clinicians and the supply function, together they form a very powerful team leading to the success of the organization. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This course is suitable for Vice Presidents, Directors, & Managers of Supply Chain and Materials, Support Services Professionals, Purchasing Professionals, Supply Chain Managers and Supervisors, Clinical Resource Managers, Contract Administrators, Senior-Level Managers in Purchasing Organizations, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Operation Officers, Operating Room Buyers, Central Service and Supply Personnel, Senior Administrators of Healthcare Organizations and Systems, Healthcare Supplier and Manufacturer Representatives, Healthcare Resource and Materials Management Consultants and other disciplines. |
Lawrence Koh
Executive Vice President of Group Purchasing
Health Management International
Lawrence is a Healthcare Supply Chain professional with 30 years of working experience overseeing the Procurement and Logistics functions at various hospitals and clinics in Southeast Asia, China and the Middle East. In his latest position as the Executive Vice President of Group Purchasing at Health Management International, he oversees the group procurement activities of a three-hundred and five-hundred bed hospitals in Malaysia as well as an ambulatory specialist centre, a training institute for allied health, a group of GP clinics in Singapore. Prior to that, Lawrence was the Executive Director of Supply Chain at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, responsible for directing a team of a hundred Procurement and Logistics specialists at the 350-bed hospital. He is a Supply Chain consultant with Intermedika Consulting (USA), a hospital management company and DSI Academy (Singapore), a business management consultancy company. He is also a senior advisor with TVM Capital Healthcare (South East Asia), a venture capital company as well as manages his own consultancy business at Asia Healthcare Logistics in Thailand, specializing in the setting up of hospital Supply Chain and Materials Management for green-field hospitals and process improvements for brown-field hospitals. Lawrence is a regular speaker at various conferences such as Hospitalogs Asia, Healthcare Supply Chain Strategies, Hospital Supply Chain Excellence and the
International Procurement and Supply Chain conference. He is also an adjunct lecturer with HMI Institute for Health Sciences in Singapore conducting workshops and
master-classes in healthcare Procurement, Data Analytics and Supply Chain Management.
Executive Vice President of Group Purchasing
Health Management International
Lawrence is a Healthcare Supply Chain professional with 30 years of working experience overseeing the Procurement and Logistics functions at various hospitals and clinics in Southeast Asia, China and the Middle East. In his latest position as the Executive Vice President of Group Purchasing at Health Management International, he oversees the group procurement activities of a three-hundred and five-hundred bed hospitals in Malaysia as well as an ambulatory specialist centre, a training institute for allied health, a group of GP clinics in Singapore. Prior to that, Lawrence was the Executive Director of Supply Chain at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, responsible for directing a team of a hundred Procurement and Logistics specialists at the 350-bed hospital. He is a Supply Chain consultant with Intermedika Consulting (USA), a hospital management company and DSI Academy (Singapore), a business management consultancy company. He is also a senior advisor with TVM Capital Healthcare (South East Asia), a venture capital company as well as manages his own consultancy business at Asia Healthcare Logistics in Thailand, specializing in the setting up of hospital Supply Chain and Materials Management for green-field hospitals and process improvements for brown-field hospitals. Lawrence is a regular speaker at various conferences such as Hospitalogs Asia, Healthcare Supply Chain Strategies, Hospital Supply Chain Excellence and the
International Procurement and Supply Chain conference. He is also an adjunct lecturer with HMI Institute for Health Sciences in Singapore conducting workshops and
master-classes in healthcare Procurement, Data Analytics and Supply Chain Management.
