The Healthcare Hub

Streamline Healthcare Supply Chains with Strategic Sourcing

• Kara L. Nadeau, Healthcare Industry Contributor

The convergence of myriad factors has driven healthcare organizations to adopt an approach to strategic sourcing. The broadening scope of value-based care and payments necessitate organizations demonstrate how they are delivering value to patients and payers - high quality outcomes in a cost-effective manner. 

Helping Healthcare Supply Chain Adapt for a Modern World

• Rob Alcock, Chief Corporate Development Officer, GHX

As healthcare systems continue to be challenged with talent shortages, margin pressures, and supply chain disruptions, more and more organizations are carrying out a digital transformation with a shift to cloud-based ERP systems. However, this is a relatively new concept in healthcare business and many technology partners just don’t have the healthcare supply chain experience required to support the mission.

Administrative Simplification for Healthcare Supply Chain Management

• Denise Odenkirk, Vice President, Supplier Sales

Learn how healthcare administrative simplification can help providers work more efficiently, reduce costs and improve patient care using strategies and technologies that minimize paperwork, turn data into actionable insights and improve collaboration.

Hospital Safety and Staffing Consumer Survey Report 2022-2023

• Kara L. Nadeau, Healthcare Industry Contributor

A 2023 GHX survey explores consumer preferences and concerns in terms of hospital safety and staffing, emphasizing the growing appeal of non-acute care options.  Get the key takeaways in this article and discover consumer expectations on safety, staffing, and quality to shape a future-focused patient experience.

Healthcare Burnout: Impact, Consequences & Administrative Burden

• Suzanne Smith, Solution Advisor, Lumere

Healthcare worker burnout and job-related stress have always been a concern for many healthcare organizations. As hospitals and other care providers continue to navigate the post-COVID environment, workforce stabilization and the well-being of their front-line caregivers continues to be top-of-mind for many healthcare leaders.

10 Key Aspects of Interoperability in Healthcare Everyone Should Know

• Kara L. Nadeau, Healthcare Industry Contributor

While healthcare delivery is dependent on the interconnectedness of people and processes within a health system or hospital - from those performing back office operations (e.g., supply chain, finance) to clinicians at the patient bedside - health information technology (IT) in these different areas has evolved separately and at different paces. Even within the clinical care function, different departments and specialties might use disparate healthcare information systems.

Patient Safety in Hospitals: Best Practices & Strategies

• Kara L. Nadeau, Healthcare Industry Contributor

Recent survey data shows that consumers are worried about the care and security in healthcare facilities. Leveraging recent findings on the topic, this article explores consumer perception of patient safety in hospitals as well as best practices and strategies for ensuring a safe care environment.

COVID-19 and Healthcare Supply Chains: 5 Lessons Learned

• Kara L. Nadeau, Healthcare Industry Contributor

Three years on from the pandemic that shook the industry to its core, we take a look at the impact on healthcare supply chains and the lessons learned the pandemic. From skyrocketing prices to the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, discover the five lessons from COVID-19 for supply chain leaders.

Equity, Environment, Resiliency and Risk: Future Considerations for Healthcare Value Analysis

• Karen Conway, Vice President, Healthcare Value

As health systems prioritize resiliency, sustainability and equity, value analysis teams must consider an expanding list of factors beyond cost and quality. From the impacts of climate change to reducing health disparities, Karen Conway, MSc, CMRP, met with a panel of industry leaders to discuss future considerations for healthcare value analysis teams. Read on to learn about their key takeaways and insights into how value analysis and strategic sourcing professionals can support sustainable, affordable and equitable care. 

GHX named a Healthcare Industry Notable Vendor in 2022 Gartner® Vertical Industry Context

We’re excited to share that GHX was named a Notable Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Vertical Industry Context: ‘Magic Quadrant™ for Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks’. We believe this is meaningful in showing how we help our customers achieve strategic digital transformations and unlock value through collaboration by engaging internally and with trading partners. The expansion of digitization industry-wide helps to modernize and build resiliency in the healthcare supply chain.