What You Should Know:
- Clarium, Inc., a healthcare technology innovator focused on transforming hospital supply chain operations, has secured a $10.5M in strategic financing round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Venture Fund, Yale New Haven Health, and existing investors.
- With this new funding, Clarium plans to expand its team, deepen partnerships with leading health systems, and continue refining its
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Gartner Releases Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2023: Cleveland Clinic Rated #1
What You Should Know:
- The 15th annual Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking is out, offering a snapshot of the leading U.S. health systems excelling in this crucial area.
- This year, Cleveland Clinic reigns supreme, showcasing leadership in digital initiatives and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitment.
Cleveland Clinic Takes the Top Spot
Cleveland Clinic clinches the top spot in the 2023 ranking, demonstrating leadership in both digital initiatives and
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Advantus Health, SupplyCopia Partner to Enhance Healthcare Supply Chains with AI
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- Advantus Health Partners and SupplyCopia announce a strategic partnership to enhance data solutions for healthcare organizations.
- This collaboration leverages SupplyCopia's advanced AI and machine learning technologies to analyze massive datasets and deliver actionable insights, ultimately improving patient outcomes and reducing costs.
SupplyCopia collaboration enhances patient-centered decision making and reduces costs
SupplyCopia's AI and machine learning
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Healthcare Supply Chains Still in Survival Mode, Report Finds
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Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP.Ongoing challenges include economic pressures, multiple resource shortages, data visibility and labor issues.
Key Findings
To gain greater insight into these impacts, Deloitte expanded its study by conducting site visits to healthcare
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M&A: GHX to Acquire Prodigo Solutions
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- Today, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pittsburgh, Penn.-based Prodigo Solutions, Inc. (Prodigo), a supply chain and data enablement technology company.
- Prodigo was founded in 2008 by UPMC, the world-renowned Pittsburgh-based healthcare provider and insurer. Prodigo’s offerings help to broaden the healthcare supply chain’s span of control, expanding the potential for savings
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Think Retail: What the Medical Supply Industry Can Learn from the Marketplace Revolution
Through years of disruption and advancement, the retail industry has evolved tremendously to meet the increased demands of a broadening consumer base. However not every industry – and most notably healthcare — has progressed with the times and buyers’ needs.
The healthcare supply chain specifically must expand beyond its antiquated roots to better serve buyers. Just as in retail, where the U.S. has seen exponential growth over the last 20 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the
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GHX Launches Lumere Consulting Services for Clinically Integrated Supply Chain
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- GHX Lumere announced the launch of its consulting service to support healthcare providers that want to optimize savings and reduce clinical variation.
- This premium service combines clinical expertise, data, evidence and technology to help hospitals and health systems improve supply chain performance.
Lumere Consulting Services Offering
As hospital operating margins continue to lag, many organizations are looking to achieve savings through
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GHX Names The Top 50 Hospitals for Supply Chain Excellence
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GHX today announced its annual list of the Best 50 supply chains, which recognizes the highest performing healthcare provider organizations in North America. These honorees set the standard for supply chain excellence by improving operational performance while driving down costs through supply chain automation.
Healthcare Providers Modernizing Supply Chain Operations
Selected among more than 4,100 hospitals connected to the GHX digital trading network (Exchange) in
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GHX Acquires Syft, AI-Powered Hospital Supply Chain Platform
What You Should Know:
- Today GHX announced its acquisition of Syft, a leading provider of AI-enhanced inventory control and end-to-end supply chain management software and services.
- As a wholly-owned subsidiary of GHX, Syft joins GHX’s value-based care division’s growing portfolio of solutions that help modernize the supply chain.
Modernizing Healthcare Supply Chain to Overcome COVID-19 Related Challenges
As health systems shift to value-based care as well as overcome
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Why “Just in Time” is “Just Not Right” for Optimizing the Healthcare Supply Chain
The ongoing shortage of COVID-19-related masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) has sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry; we’ve all seen the newscasts and forecasts predicting these supply chain disruptions aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Since China implemented its first lockdown at the start of the pandemic, it created a cascading effect of redirecting a reduced supply to their own country amplifying supply chain issues around the world – and unprepared hospitals have
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