Concurrent Session: Current vs. Future: A Sustainable Business Model for Collection Facilities
Friday, September 8, 2023 01:45 PM - 02:45 PM
335 AB
Chair
Joseph Schwartz, MD, MPH, QIA(ASCP)CM, CABP(AABB)CM, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, USA
Speakers
Yara Park, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, USA – Apheresis Collections-the Hospital Perspective
Lee Buckler, JD, Blood Centers of America, USA – What Business are you in? Collection is a Process; Starting Material is a Product
Hope Guidry-Groves, BSc, NMDP/Be The Match, USA – Collection Network Transformation
Description of current model of collection facilities, challenges with existing model, innovative solutions to overcome these challenges and tying these solutions to business sustainability
Session Objectives
Joseph Schwartz, MD, MPH, QIA(ASCP)CM, CABP(AABB)CM, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, USA
Speakers
Yara Park, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, USA – Apheresis Collections-the Hospital Perspective
Lee Buckler, JD, Blood Centers of America, USA – What Business are you in? Collection is a Process; Starting Material is a Product
Hope Guidry-Groves, BSc, NMDP/Be The Match, USA – Collection Network Transformation
Description of current model of collection facilities, challenges with existing model, innovative solutions to overcome these challenges and tying these solutions to business sustainability
Session Objectives
- To highlight the challenges hospital collection facilities face in trying to meet the growing demand for apheresis.
- To describe the expanding network of out-of-the hospital collection facilities, and the potential synergy between in-hospital and independent collection centers to address gaps in availability and improve patient access.
- To discuss sustainable growth model of the hospital collection facilities.
- To emphasize the importance of involvement of collection facilities in institutional planning for the overall success of the Cell Therapy Program.
Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH, QIA(ASCP)CM, CABP(AABB)CM
Senior Member, Department of Pathology/Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Chair
Senior Member, Department of Pathology/Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Chair
Yara Park MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine Services; Director, Pathology Residency Program
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,UNC School of Medicine
Speaker
Director, Transfusion Medicine Services; Director, Pathology Residency Program
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,UNC School of Medicine
Speaker