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The Best Emergency Response Is Emergency Preparation

9/9/2019

A man heads away from a flood wearing galoshes, because he's at least that prepared.

Hurricanes. Fires. Earthquakes. They're attention-grabbing, especially for healthcare providers. But there are less obvious emergencies that deserve your attention.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, disruption, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, natural disasters, preparation, hurricanes, expiration

Five To Save | It's Easier Not To Do The Work

9/3/2019

The Z5 Piggy Bank sits all alone, very sad, because it can't ask for help.

It can often feel like you're just a small, disconnected part of healthcare overall - that what you do doesn't impact the success or failure of your healthcare organization. 

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, cybersecurity, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, labor

How Machine Learning Is Already Improving the Supply Chain

8/26/2019

A kid wears an adorable robot costume made out of cardboard boxes to make machine learning more palatable.

We’ve seen a lot of articles talking about what machine learning can do for healthcare’s supply chain. But we’re more interested in what it’s already doing.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, artificial intelligence, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, machine learning

Five To Save | How The Supply Chain Is Putting Patients At Risk

8/19/2019

The Z5 Piggy Bank teeters on the edge, because healthcare's supply chain is unsafe.

Faster and cheaper stops being better when patient outcomes get worse.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, cybersecurity, it security, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, data breaches, patient data

When You Want To Innovate, Communication Is King

8/12/2019

Communication was revealed to be the most important factor in implementing a culture of change.

This was the biggest takeaway from our AHRMM19 presentation on “The Culture of Change.”

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, ahrmm19, change

Five To Save | Let's Talk About Stress

8/6/2019

The Z5 Piggy Bank is a little stressed, just like everybody else in healthcare.

It's okay to feel overworked. As long as you take care of yourself.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, year of the pig, burnout

Z5 Inventory Hosts Expert Panel At AHRMM19

7/29/2019

The 5 Factors of Culture of Change - Searching, Teaching, Allowing, Reacting, and Then Doing It All Over Again.

On the first day of programming for AHRMM19 - the conference for health care supply chain professionals, held this year in the San Diego Convention Center - Z5 Inventory is hosting the panel discussion “The Culture of Change: Necessary Steps to Implementing the Next Big Thing.” Panelists will provide the requirements for establishing an environment within health care organizations that fosters innovation and speeds adjustment to industry and technological trends.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, innovation, trade shows, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, year of the pig, buying medical supplies, change, panel discussion

Z5 Inventory Facilitates Major U.S. Health System's Donation To At-Risk Communities Across the Globe

7/23/2019

A child affected by HIV/AIDS receives care from Cherish Uganda thanks to supplies from Z5 Inventory.

Every year American hospitals throw away an estimated $5 Billion worth of expired, unused, and obsolete inventory.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, donating medical supplies, year of the pig, cherish uganda, steward health care, project cure

Amazon Prime Day for Medical and Surgical Supplies

7/16/2019

Why wait all year for savings you need now?

Why wait for one day a year to get great deals, when you could be saving on every order you place?

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, amazon, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, year of the pig, buying medical supplies

Five To Save | Your Mid-2019 Supply Chain Progress Report

7/8/2019

The Z5 Piggy Bank is halfway done with the year. And so are you, like it or not.

It's hard to believe 2019 is halfway over. Have you met half of all your goals? Have you halfway met all of them? Or does it feel like you just got started?

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, internet of things, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, year of the pig, midyear, progress report, calendars