The Healthcare Hub

How to Reduce Hospital Waste: Cost-Saving Strategies for Healthcare

• Kara L. Nadeau, Healthcare Industry Contributor

Healthcare waste has a significant impact on the environment, human lives, and healthcare costs. Let's take a look at common categories of health care waste, the benefits of medical waste management and reduction, strategies for waste minimization, and and success stories from health care facilities that have reduced their waste generated.

ESG: A Critical Priority For Healthcare Supply Chains in 2024 

• Marlin Doner, VP of Product Management

The U.S. healthcare industry has a tremendous impact on both the environment, generating 8.5% of total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and socioeconomic health, as the largest source of U.S. jobs, representing 17.7% of gross domestic product.  

4 Ways Directed Buying Can Help You Achieve Your ESG Goals

• Marlin Doner, VP of Product Management

Your health system or hospital leaders have set environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals for your organization. It’s easy to say at a high level, “these are our priorities,” but how do you take steps to achieve them and demonstrate your impact? 

How a Virtual Item Master Can Modernize Government Healthcare

• Ted Dagnal, Strategic Account Director

From enhancing visibility of the contract portfolio to reshaping purchasing strategies and decision-making, explore how the virtual item master (VIM) can help modernize the government healthcare supply chain in terms of value, accuracy and strategic advantage. 

The Supply Chain Isn’t the Problem but Data Is the Solution

• Ted Dagnal, Strategic Account Director

Explore four key insights from government healthcare supply chain expert, Ted Dagnal, on the importance of data, managing supplier pools, cloud-based DaaS and more.

Shaping Demand to Drive Government Contract Compliance & Utilization

• Ted Dagnal, Strategic Account Director

Directing spend toward preferred sources plays a pivotal role in enabling healthcare supply chains to respond swiftly to shifts in demand, shortages and disruptions. This article discusses how shaping demand at the point of requisition can help increase government healthcare contract compliance and utilization.

How Buying Channels Can Enhance Contract Compliance and Utilization

• Ted Dagnal, Strategic Account Director

This article guide by government healthcare supply chain expert, Ted Dagnal, explores the complexities of buying channels, the potential pitfalls when not handled correctly and the value of modernizing these systems for optimal outcomes.

Acquisition Modernization: Operationalizing the Contract to Transform Healthcare Supply Chain

• Ted Dagnal, Strategic Account Director

In the healthcare sector, the supply chain stands as a pivotal component for ensuring efficiency, cost-effectiveness and innovation. In this article, government healthcare supply chain expert, Ted Dagnal, discusses how operationalizing contracts can modernize acquisition, highlighting challenges and underscoring its transformative potential for the healthcare supply chain.

Top 7 Hospital Inventory Best Practices

• Jeff Elmhurst, Inventory Solution Specialist

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities rely on a vast array of medical equipment and supplies to provide high-quality care to patients. In the fast-paced and dynamic healthcare industry, managing inventory effectively plays a pivotal role in ensuring smooth supply chain operations, cost savings and optimal patient care.

Automate Bill-Only Implant Orders: Real-World Success Stories

By automating consignment and bill-only implant orders, health systems can drive tight collaboration between hospital staff, physicians and suppliers and transform implant management processes holistically.