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Supply Chain
Entering into a Medical IT Contract? Here are 7 Factors to Consider.

From looking at scope of work to dispute resolution clauses, there are several nuanced approaches hospitals can use to achieve success in contracting for information technology services and equipment... read more

Supply Chain
Financial Sustainability
Steps to Improve Supply Utilization With Clinicians

By taking actions that are within your control, you can help your hospital with supply costs, waste reduction, and bolstering human and environmental health. read more

Supply Chain
Financial Sustainability
A Roadmap to Improving Efficiencies and Removing Costs at Hospital Labs

It is crucial for labs to improve quality, financial performance and processes, and to transition (when necessary) from transactional assets to strategic assets while reducing costs and improving lab... read more

Supply Chain
Disasters Are Striking at Increasingly Odd Times: Do You Have What You Need to Weather the Storm?

Natural disasters are more common and affect a larger geography than ever before — and with manmade disasters like acts of terrorism, cybersecurity threats and utility shutdowns also on the rise, “th... read more

Financial Sustainability
Supply Chain
Physician Preference Cards: How a Small Card Can Lead to Big Savings in The Operating Room

It is critical that health systems drive new efficiencies to increase revenue and cost savings and that’s especially true for the OR, which represents both the largest revenue driver for health syste... read more

Data & Analytics
Supply Chain
The Top 8 Must-Haves for More Effective Analytical Reporting Within Category Management

Though analytical reporting is becoming more automated over time, Excel reporting is nowhere near its sunset. With that in mind, here is a list of necessities to provide clear, concise and consistent... read more

Supply Chain
Financial Sustainability
Evaluating the Benefits, Drawbacks of Reusable vs. Single-use Endoscopes

It can be tricky for clinicians and supply chain leaders to determine whether (and in what cases) to select reusable or single-use endoscopes – but looking at the clinical, environmental, financial a... read more

Supply Chain
The Five Major Benefits of Domestic Sourcing

Discussions around domestic manufacturing of medical supplies have picked up steam in recent years as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the risks and challenges of the global supply chain. read more

Supply Chain
Considerations and Best Practices for Building a Successful Hospital Item Master

The hospital item master is the source of truth for supply chain and finance to assist in managing inventory — meaning it is crucial to understand some of the problems that can occur and how to comba... read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Supply Chain
Top Trends, Technology and Themes from the Radiology Society of North America’s Radiology Conference & Annual Meeting

For more than 100 years, diagnostic imaging professionals from around the globe have reserved the week following Thanksgiving to attend the world's largest medical imaging convention in Chicago hoste... read more