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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GHX Launches App for Healthcare Credentialed Supply Chain
Today, GHX announced the GHX Vendormate Credentialing mobile app, the first mobile solution available to both healthcare suppliers and providers to help drive increased vendor credentialing compliance. Delivering access to the credentialing solution via mobile app helps to streamline compliance for both providers and suppliers. The new GHX Vendormate Credentialing mobile app is available now through the Apple App Store and Google Play for Android devices.In the U.S. alone there are 244,000+
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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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5 Trends Influencing Healthcare Supply Chain Innovation
In today’s fast-changing, demanding healthcare environment, the healthcare supply chain continues to advance as the strategic asset to help lower costs and improve patient outcomes. As part of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management’s (AHRMM) annual “National Healthcare Supply Chain Week,” October 2-8, 2016, Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a provider of cloud-based healthcare supply chain management solutions, revealed five key drivers of ongoing supply chain
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GHX Names “Best 50” Healthcare Providers for Supply Chain Excellence
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has announced its annual list of the healthcare provider organizations being recognized as the 2015 GHX “Best 50” Supply Chains in North America for their work in improving operational performance and driving down costs through supply chain automation. The recipients will be honored at the 2016 GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit, May 23-25, 2016, in Austin, Texas.
"Best 50" Healthcare Providers for Supply Chain Selection Criteria
To select the Best 50, GHX
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GHX Unveils 2 Healthcare Supply Chain Savings Calculators
Providers and suppliers continue to look at the supply chain as the cornerstone for transforming their operations. One of their ongoing challenges in this area, however, is having the ability to fully understand the long- and short-terms risks and cost savings associated with those investments.
Healthcare supply leader, GHX has launched two new healthcare supply chain savings tickers that track actual and potential savings available to healthcare providers and suppliers. The new tickers are
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Why Should Pharma Organizations Take a Holistic Approach to Supply Chain Management?
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In a discussion about pharmaceutical supply chain management, we must first discuss the challenges the industry faces. Take compliance. The pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated, and a single quality event or poor reporting could result in a recall or penalty. Pharmaceutical recalls have gone up tremendously in the last few years due to many factors, including the FDA cracking down on compounded pharmacies and enforcing GMP standards. According to the
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8 Predictions Shaping the Future Healthcare Supply Chain
As the healthcare industry continues to change, organizations are seeking new ways to remove waste, cut costs and improve patient care. Healthcare supply chain provider, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) recently spoke with a select group of customers, from large and mid-sized hospitals to some of the biggest suppliers in the world, for their perspectives on how the supply chain will help usher in healthcare transformation and its role in the coming two decades.
Based on those interviews,
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10 Myths about Hospital Supply Chain
Jump Technologies, a provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations, announced it will take on the challenge of debunking the myths that drive inefficient and wasteful inventory management processes, where there is an estimated $60 billion savings opportunity for the U.S. healthcare industry. Getting a better grip on managing a healthcare organization’s supply and demand will save tons of money to the organization while also increasing
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