Mike Ferris, Co-Founder of MHS, Earns Lifetime Fellow Honor from AHRMM

The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) awarded “Lifetime Fellow” status, its highest achievement in the resource and materials management field, to Management Health Solution’s co-founder and executive vice president, Mike Ferris. “This prestigious recognition reflects over 30 years as a leader in healthcare, and we are very proud of Mike’s achievement in our industry,” said Bill Zierolf, CEO of MHS.

AHRMM is a personal membership extension of the American Hospital Association, comprised of over 3,000 executives in healthcare resource and materials management. Certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP) members earn Fellow status through continuing education, experience, professional activities and writing an original paper on a current aspect of materials management. There are only 23 Lifetime Fellows who have distinguished themselves over the period of at least 15 years and been recertified as a Fellow at least three times. Mr. Ferris earned his initial Fellow status in 1997.

“Lifetime status is the highest designation offered by AHRMM. Mike Ferris earned his Fellow and Lifetime Fellow through continued, long-standing hard work for AHRMM, including serving three years on the Board of Directors. Mike embodies the meaning of an AHRMM Lifetime Fellow,” commented AHRMM past president, Bob Perry.

As co-founder of MHS, Mike Ferris has spent his career focusing on improving processes around inventory, data management and the integration of technology to optimize supply chain performance, a passion that still fuels MHS, now the leading provider of clinical inventory services.  “Hospitals need to focus on patient care, but all health systems are compelled to manage their bottom line.  I thrive on helping hospitals identify and implement better supply chain practices and tools that deliver not only savings and improved efficiency, but also enhanced staff productivity, and ultimately, patient satisfaction,” added Ferris.

MHS works with leading hospital and health systems to reduce the cost of clinical supplies, combining extensive experience in supply chain best practices and management with state-of-the-art technology to help hospitals build a flexible, yet tightly-controlled clinical supply chain.