Healthcare Supply Chain Management

Pursuit of Value, Good Data Underlie Healthcare Supply-Chain Trends in 2019

January 31, 2019

The continuing pursuit of value-based healthcare is at the crux of many of the trends that will impact the healthcare supply chain in 2019.

McKesson Uses Big Data Analytics to Improve Patient Treatments, Business Outcomes

November 2, 2015

Wall Street Journal

Big-data analytics is a huge area for drug distributor McKesson Corp., says Kathy McElligott, the company's chief information officer.

Five Ways Healthcare Industry Supply Chain Can Improve Patient Care

October 7, 2015

GHX

The modern, technology-based supply chain has evolved from a back-end, transactional function to a means to not only strip waste and costs out of healthcare, but increasingly to help create better clinical outcomes. GHX, an electronic healthcare industry trading exchange, has identified five ways in which its customers are leveraging their supply chains to markedly improve patient care.

Hospital Launches Project to Learn What Its Services Actually Cost to Perform

September 10, 2015

The New York Times

What do the goods and services provided by hospitals actually cost?

Management of Accurate Data One of Healthcare Supply Chain's Primary Needs Today

February 6, 2015

Supply Chain Digital

At the core of supply chain trends in healthcare is a need for quality data so that leaders can make informed, quality decisions. Quality data means accurate data for sourcing and procurement along with normalisation of data for reporting and predictive analytics.

Healthcare Supply Chain Can Benefit from Retail Practices

May 1, 2013

News Wise

A new survey by researchers at the University of Arkansas indicates that the healthcare industry's supply chain lags behind the retail industry supply chain and could benefit significantly from adopting several of retail's best practices.