SUPPLY CHAIN
The healthcare supply chain is evolving to address the challenges facing the industry . Here are seven steps to create solutions for success
Challenges to Transformative Change Healthcare as an industry has been slow to embrace change in the supply chain . While many leading organizations view their supply chains as strategic assets
It ’ s well known that the U . S . healthcare system is in crisis mode . U . S . hospitals and health systems are facing declining revenues due in large part to healthcare reform measures , with provider organizations being pushed to achieve certain patient care quality metrics or risk cuts in Medicare reimbursements .
Some in the industry are embracing major changes to control costs and increase business efficiencies – both paramount to the future of healthcare . And they are using their supply chains to help drive that transformation . By making their supply chains a strategic asset , forward-thinking organizations are finding new ways to meet operational , clinical and financial imperatives .
10 December 2014