AHRMM SME Podcast with Latifah Jackson

AHRMM Podcast

This is the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast hosted by Justin Poulin. Tune in every month as we speak with Industry Experts to highlight success stories and solutions from the field that advance the healthcare supply chain. And now, Justin Poulin with this month’s Expert… Latifah Jackson, Supplier Diversity Manager at University Health Topic: The importance of supplier diversity for supply chain, community involvement and economic impact - Intro to Latifah (local government experience) - Smaller businesses can be a big part of your resiliency planning * During the pandemic they were able to pivot quickly - Community Involvement * Feeling a responsibility to the community, not simply by providing care but helping to support the businesses to ensure the community can afford good health insurance * Using the funding that is coming from our community and putting it back into the community - Economic Impact * Lessons from local government * It may make sense to take a 2% increase to keep it local for all of the reasons above - Branding/Marketing Impact * Investing in the community helps increase brand value and build positive perception from your consumers * This can help with fund raising efforts and the perception of tax increases to support higher quality care - Success Stories * Women’s/Children’s Towers with 2 concessions stands – met with suppliers in the community and walked them through the process and now the business is thriving (Latifah invested her time and experience/knowledge into the local business) * Saved $500k with a local reseller that represents innovative clinical products (myth busting – you are not always going to spend more with a local supplier)