Jason Hays

Future Famer, Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Bellwether League Feb 2015 Bellwether League Inc., the Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership, recognized six professionals for their contributions to supply chain operational excellence so early in their respective careers.Joining the inaugural Future Famers Class of 2015 are six individuals who have made great strides in the healthcare supply chain during the first decade of their employment:• William Barrette, Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Finance & Strategy, Ochsner Health System, New… Show more Bellwether League Inc., the Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership, recognized six professionals for their contributions to supply chain operational excellence so early in their respective careers.Joining the inaugural Future Famers Class of 2015 are six individuals who have made great strides in the healthcare supply chain during the first decade of their employment:• William Barrette, Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Finance & Strategy, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans• Justin Freed, Director, Supply Chain Management, Loma Linda (CA) Medical Center• Jason Hays, Regional Director, Supply Chain, Mercy Health, St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, OH• Nathaniel Mickish, Senior Director, Non-acute Supply Chain, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX• Erik Tritch, Director, Strategic Sourcing, University of Chicago Medicine• Donna VanVlerah, Vice President, Supply Chain, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, INAt Mercy Health’s St. Rita’s Jason Hays implemented a project that coordinated nursing, information technology and a vendor’s efforts to use IT to document and link supply consumption to the electronic medical record. The project involved point-of-use supply technology in the OR that integrated information directly into the OR record, regardless of a patient’s language. In fact, Hays used his technical skills to initiate programming changes for the new process that converted initial nursing resistance because of perceived workflow issues into overwhelming support once the benefits were realized. Those benefits included reduced OR record documentation time by seven minutes per case, reduced OR supply costs by nearly 12 percent and reduced nursing trips away from patients by 89 percent. Show less