Healthcare supply chain provider GHX announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority of assets and employees from Germany-based Medical Columbus, a provider of market leading content management and healthcare procurement software across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands.With this acquisition, GHX will expand its supply chain and procurement solution offering and trading partner network in key European markets. Both companies’ solutions serve
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GHX and Hashed Health Partner on Healthcare Blockchain Solutions for Supply Chain
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC(GHX), a healthcare business and data automation company, announced today that it is partnering with Hashed Health, a leader in blockchain innovation for healthcare. As part of the partnership, the companies will collaborate on blockchain and distributed ledger innovation projects for the healthcare supply chain. GHX and Hashed Health share an interest in using blockchain technologies to solve unmet needs across healthcare. Blockchain is widely believed to have
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4 Key Healthcare Supply Chain Innovation Growth Areas to Watch In Next 12 to 18 Months
The strategic importance of the healthcare supply chain means that supply chain leaders and teams are increasingly called upon to help tackle a variety of critical healthcare issues, including the shift to a value-based care model, improving clinical performance, reducing risk, and deriving maximum value from EHR integrations.This week, in concert with the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management’s (AHRMM) annual “National Healthcare Supply Chain Week,” October 1-7, 2017,
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Temasek Acquires Majority Stake Healthcare Supply Chain Provider GHX
GHX announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, for a significant investment into the company. Thoma Bravo is selling its majority ownership stake, but remains a minority owner. The investment by Temasek and the continued participation by Thoma Bravo demonstrates a confidence in GHX’s business plan and its mission to take cost out of healthcare. The deal is estimated to close in the next 45-60 days; financial terms were not
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GHX Report: Healthcare Supply Chain Market Growth
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) released fourth quarter 2016 data and 2016 results for distributed sales in both Medical-Surgical (Med-Surg) and Clinical Laboratory (Clin-Lab) product segments in healthcare. The new GHX Market Intelligence “By the Numbers” quarterly report revealed that the Med-Surg segment grew 5 percent year over year in the fourth quarter 2016 to $9.6B in volume and the Clin-Lab segment grew 12.4 percent year over year to $2.15B in the fourth quarter.The new report also
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GHX: Predictive Analytics Named Top 2017 Priority for Healthcare Supply Chain Leaders
Predictive analytics and the use of data for informed decision making has been named as a top priority for healthcare supply chain leaders in 2017, according to a recent Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) survey. The results are based on a survey conducted by GHX with its Best 50 provider organizations on priorities and outcomes for the healthcare supply chain in 2017. The survey also revealed that top performing supply chain organizations will look to improve price accuracy between
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GHX Acquires Hap-X to Expand Supply Chain Financial Products Portfolio
GHX announced it has acquired Omaha, NE-based, privately held H-Card, LLC, (Hap-X), an automated payment management software and services firm serving U.S. healthcare providers and suppliers. The acquisition, GHX’s second in 19 months, expands the company’s financial products portfolio bringing even greater payment choice and value to customers.With the addition of Hap-X, GHX is delivering the industry’s only payment exchange with healthcare’s largest business process network – one that
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5 Healthcare Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2016
For the past several years, spurred by regulatory healthcare reform and the overarching need to make the industry more sustainable, the healthcare supply chain has evolved from simply a transaction-driven process into a strategic, data-driven operation.
As a result, the healthcare supply chain acts as a backbone for the industry’s drive to reduce costs while simultaneously improving patient care. With the last few years defined by supply chain innovation and exploration in healthcare, Global
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Healthcare Supply Chain Leader GHX Closes Vendormate Acquisition
Healthcare supply chain leader Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Atlanta-based Vendormate, a privately held company that specializes in vendor relationship management solutions for healthcare providers and suppliers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Vendormate solutions help healthcare providers better manage the process of who they do business with including vendor on-boarding, business associate management,
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GHX Acquires Vendormate to Expand Supply Chain Portfolio
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a leader in supply chain solutions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Atlanta-based Vendormate, the leader in vendor relationship management software. Vendormate's solutions add vendor credentialing capabilities to the GHX supply chain portfolio delivering even greater supply chain visibility for healthcare providers and suppliers. The acquisition is expected to close within the next 30 days.
The acquisition of Vendormate adds
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