Supply Chain
CDW Healthcare has announced an expanded agreement with one of the nation's larger healthcare group purchasing organizations to supply healthcare information technology products and services to a consortium of providers in Kansas and Missouri.
Kareo, Inc. has closed on an investment by Boston venture capital firm OpenView Venture Partners.
MedAssets, an Atlanta-based provider of supply chain management solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire The Broadlane Group for roughly $850 million in cash. The deal, expected to be completed within three months, would combine two of the top four healthcare group purchasing organizations in the nation.
Prices for products used by healthcare providers will rise 3.1 percent on the national market in the next six months, according to a new report by the healthcare supply contracting company Novation.
Seven North Carolina hospitals who formed the Southern Atlantic Health Care Alliance purchasing coalition in 2007 have reportedly saved $2.8 million in supply costs over the past two years.
When it comes to healthcare and changing an industry in ways that will benefit this country, it is important to look at organizations that are setting standards and raising the bar.
In accordance with what Mike and Ed have previously pointed out on healthcare alliances, I, too, am utterly dismayed at the allegations of nefarious goings-on within these organizations.
More than at any time in recent memory, powerful forces are buffeting the health care sector. We are in the midst of profound upheaval, driven by market and policy responses to the industry's long-term excesses.
In a recent interview, Alan Channing, president and CEO of Sinai Health Systems in Chicago, discussed the challenges that his 'have not' health system faces on a daily basis.
"Small, disease-specific hospitals care for patients who don’t need all the services offered by medical centers." This point I find of utmost interest from one who believes healthcare ought to be run like retail.