In today’s fast-changing, demanding healthcare environment, the healthcare supply chain continues to advance as the strategic asset to help lower costs and improve patient outcomes. As part of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management’s (AHRMM) annual “National Healthcare Supply Chain Week,” October 2-8, 2016, Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a provider of cloud-based healthcare supply chain management solutions, revealed five key drivers of ongoing supply chain
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GHX Names “Best 50” Healthcare Providers for Supply Chain Excellence
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has announced its annual list of the healthcare provider organizations being recognized as the 2015 GHX “Best 50” Supply Chains in North America for their work in improving operational performance and driving down costs through supply chain automation. The recipients will be honored at the 2016 GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit, May 23-25, 2016, in Austin, Texas. "Best 50" Healthcare Providers for Supply Chain Selection Criteria To select the Best 50, GHX
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GHX Unveils 2 Healthcare Supply Chain Savings Calculators
Providers and suppliers continue to look at the supply chain as the cornerstone for transforming their operations. One of their ongoing challenges in this area, however, is having the ability to fully understand the long- and short-terms risks and cost savings associated with those investments. Healthcare supply leader, GHX has launched two new healthcare supply chain savings tickers that track actual and potential savings available to healthcare providers and suppliers. The new tickers are
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Why Should Pharma Organizations Take a Holistic Approach to Supply Chain Management?
This post is sponsored by Webinax In a discussion about pharmaceutical supply chain management, we must first discuss the challenges the industry faces. Take compliance. The pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated, and a single quality event or poor reporting could result in a recall or penalty. Pharmaceutical recalls have gone up tremendously in the last few years due to many factors, including the FDA cracking down on compounded pharmacies and enforcing GMP standards. According to the
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8 Predictions Shaping the Future Healthcare Supply Chain
As the healthcare industry continues to change, organizations are seeking new ways to remove waste, cut costs and improve patient care. Healthcare supply chain provider, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) recently spoke with a select group of customers, from large and mid-sized hospitals to some of the biggest suppliers in the world, for their perspectives on how the supply chain will help usher in healthcare transformation and its role in the coming two decades. Based on those interviews,
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10 Myths about Hospital Supply Chain
Jump Technologies, a provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations, announced it will take on the challenge of debunking the myths that drive inefficient and wasteful inventory management processes, where there is an estimated $60 billion savings opportunity for the U.S. healthcare industry. Getting a better grip on managing a healthcare organization’s supply and demand will save tons of money to the organization while also increasing
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