Supply Chain
Lower supply spending doesn't have to translate to lower-quality care, an important consideration as providers look to tighten up their supply chains.
"Three dimension" delivery service ramps up competition between CVS, Walgreens, Amazon and others.
A tiny fraction of healthcare executives, 5%, said clinical integration is their supply chain't top priority.
Sunny Grewal, co-founder and COO of startup OMNY Health, whose distributed ledger tech was the top pick at the "Shark Tank"-like competition, explains the untapped value of supply chain data.
The IoT: "Every something that comes on the market is in essence it's own small computer with an ability to find its way into something."
Ridgecrest Regional spent $72 million on a building that withstood an earthquake, but broken water pipes forced an evacuation anyway.
To leap from price optimization to total performance optimization, it's paramount to establish a clinically integrated supply chain.
This is the first time Civica Rx is producing generic drugs since the company was launched last year by the Mayo Clinic, Intermountain, HCA and others.
Supply chain activity by group purchasing organizations could affect close to 60 percent of hospital and nursing home non-labor spend, HSCA report says.
One of the components fueling the growth includes powered devices such as pacemakers and MRI machines.