Insights

Deploying effective strategies to maximize MRO spend can help ensure that maintenance, repair and operations remains the invisible hero of your hospital. read more

Vizient's EPP dashboard is arobust, one-of-its-kind tool that helps healthcare organizations identify sustainable products andevaluate the amount of their spend that contains products with harmful ch... read more

No care is delivered if physicians and health care providers lack the medicines, supplies, devices, and equipment needed to treat patients. It is at this intersection of clinical care and supply chai... read more

Jane was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. She had already received two therapies and was on a treatment that appeared to have decreased the size of her cancer per her most recent scan. When Jan... read more

While suppliers are working to mitigate blood collection tube shortages through protective allocation strategies and focusing production on tubes with thehighest demand, those actions alone won’t imm... read more

Strategy to ensure business continuity and improve contract management practices lies in the recent trend of outsourcing the contract management function. Optimizing contracts means healthcare system... read more

3D printing has many relevant applications for healthcare, including onsite production of surgical devices, medical device development, and enhanced education for clinicians and patients. Even more f... read more

Environmental, Social and Governance is generating buzz (and confusion) across the industry — but at its core, it’s about improving human health. read more

As complements to angiography, intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve give physicians a far more complete picture of patients’ coronary conditions. read more

Sustainability isn’t a ‘special project’ for healthcare supply chains. Instead, it’s part of a larger framework that maximizes the impact of health systems’ spending power and their larger role in be... read more