CHARLOTTE, NC / AGILITYPR.NEWS / October 26, 2021 / Mike Alkire is the president and CEO of the healthcare improvement company Premier Inc. Alkire has been recognized by countless platforms for his excellence in leadership and has implemented several creative solutions to healthcare problems in the modern age. Through the InsideOut podcast, Alkire elevates the voices of leaders across the country and has leveraged his position as a key player in the fight against COVID-19 by providing frontline workers with PPE during shortages and supply chain disruptions.

Alkire aligns himself with leaders across the country through the InsideOut podcast with Mike Alkire. Bringing together prominent figures in the United States such as Mark Cuban and John Nosta, each episode sheds light on the modernization and ever-changing landscape of healthcare, technology, AI and leadership. InsideOut is utilized to elevate knowledgeable voices across the industry and grants the public a peek at conversations between thought leaders and professionals across the world, focusing primarily on the healthcare vertical.

In his efforts to fight the pandemic, Mike utilized Premier’s health supply marketplace, stockd, to send much-needed PPE to frontline workers with a focus on fair pricing and bringing manufacturing stateside. His efforts went on to bring much-needed attention to insecure supply chains, even testifying before the House of Representatives and presenting Premier’s research on inventory shortages and gray market price gouging. This research resulted in congress and the president to investigate and correct the problem in the form of two pieces of bipartisan legislation.

Named in the top 24 COO’s in healthcare for 2018 by Modern healthcare, awarded the Gold Stevie Award for Executive of the year and recognized as a Gold Award Winner for COO of the year by the Golden Bridge Award, Mike has no shortage of recognition for his leadership and innovative ideas that improve modern healthcare. 

Alkire’s latest contribution to the healthcare landscape comes in the form of PINC AI, Premier’s revolutionary AI enabled technology designed to deliver evidence-based insights at the point of care while reducing cost variability. More information PINC AI is available on the Premier website, https://www.premierinc.com/pinc-ai.