Broadlane Retains Experienced Leader for Its Expanding Information Technology Contracting Services.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 20, 2002 Broadlane Inc., a leading provider of supply chain management services to the healthcare industry, today announced the appointment of Rich Dandliker to lead the company's expanding information technology (IT) contracting services. Dandliker comes to Broadlane with extensive experience in procurement services in the telecommunications services, computing hardware, and networking hardware industries. Dandliker will head Broadlane's IT contracting services group, which is headquartered in Oakland, Calif. One of Broadlane's newest specialty contracting groups, the IT group is helping Broadlane customers realize the cost savings they have experienced in the company's more traditional contracting areas. "Our hospital customers made it clear to us that they were looking to us to meet their IT equipment needs and provide strategic sourcing and deep discounts to them in the same way we do in our other contracting areas," said David C. Ricker, Broadlane's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Rich Dandliker is uniquely equipped to lead this expanding effort and I'm pleased to have him on board." Prior to joining Broadlane, Dandliker was vice president of procurement services at AlphaDog Procurement Management, a company that provided outsourced procurement services and a hosted procurement platform for mid-sized business customers. In that role he was responsible for building supplier partnerships and negotiating contracts with suppliers in telecommunications services, computing hardware, and networking hardware industries. He also had primary responsibility for driving product management and strategy. Prior to AlphaDog, he was an engagement manager at the Mitchell Madison Group The Mitchell Madison Group is a global management consulting firm that combines broad strategic capabilities with deep functional skills to deliver value to their clients. It is a business consulting firm specializing in cost cutting and savings. , a management consulting firm founded by partners from McKinsey and A.T. Kearney. He led a number of strategic sourcing initiatives at Fortune 100 clients, which achieved $50 million savings after addressing $300 million of spend. Dandliker holds a doctorate in materials science from the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. and a bachelor's degree in physics from Stanford University. He holds two patents on processing and design of advanced composite materials. In his new position, Dandliker will report to Steven T. Patterson, the managing director in charge of all Broadlane contracting services. About Broadlane Through an extensive suite of services, Broadlane delivers comprehensive supply chain management services to the healthcare industry. Those services include contract management, procurement strategy consulting, materials management outsourcing, and technology services. Among the companies that focus on improving efficiencies within the healthcare supply chain, only Broadlane offers this full array of services. Broadlane customers include leading healthcare providers such as Kaiser Permanente, Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :THC THC tetrahydrocannabinol. THC n. Tetrahydrocannabinol; a compound that is obtained from cannabis or is made synthetically; it is the primary intoxicant in marijuana and hashish. ), Universal Health Services Universal Health Services, Inc. NYSE: UHS is a Fortune 500 company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This company is one of the nation's largest health care management companies, operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers (NYSE:UHS UHS University Health Services UHS Universal Hint System (gamingy) UHS University High School UHS Urbana High School UHS University High School (Australia) UHS Union High School ), Continuum Health Partners, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH CYH Check Your Head (youth driven organization in Canada) CYH Consider Yourself Hugged ), U.S. Oncology (Nasdaq:USON), IASIS Healthcare, Alliance Imaging Inc. (NYSE:AIQ AIQ Analytical Instrument Qualification AIQ Available in Quarters AIQ Action Internet Québec AIQ Allowance Item Quantity AIQ Analyst Interest Queue AIQ Algebraic Integer Quantization ) and others. Broadlane counts among its customers more than 300 acute care hospitals and more than 1,400 sub-acute care facilities. Broadlane has offices in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.; Cincinnati; Dallas; and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . For more information visit www.broadlane.com. |
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