The Industry Relations Council (IRC) is a strategically-focused Council whose mission is to identify healthcare distribution issues and to recommend policies, positions and solutions to the HDMA Board of Directors that will enhance patient safety, ensure product integrity and improve efficiencies of the healthcare supply chain.

The mission statement is achieved by:

• Identifying business processes and technology strategies and solutions.
• Driving collaborative supply chain improvements.
• Enhancing long-term business relationships between healthcare supply chain constituents.
• Identifying and prioritizing process improvements and issues, as well as evaluating emerging trends in the healthcare distribution industry.
• Identifying initiatives outside the healthcare distribution industry to serve as best practice models.
• Interacting with HDMA Staff and Committees to achieve a safe and secure supply chain.
• Providing guidance on legislative, regulatory and state issues affecting the supply chain.
• Recommends policies, position statements and guidance affecting healthcare distribution issues to the Board.
• Identifying appropriate objectives and goals that support HDMA’s mission and recommending resources to the HDMA Board.

General Information:
Industry Relations Council Roster



Council Coordinator:
Perry Fri

Council Administrator:
Jayne Tobin