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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind[Z5 Count,Z5 Analytics and Z5 Optimization services](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions), which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.

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## [Are You One Of The 90%?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/are-you-one-of-the-90)

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The vast majority of healthcare pros say that dealing with product interferes with hospital work. But here’s the thing: it is hospital work.

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 Topics: [selling medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/selling-medical-inventory), [supply chain management](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/supply-chain-management), [cardinal health](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/cardinal-health), [medical supply](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/medical-supply), [digital supply management](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/digital-supply-management), [survey data](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/survey-data), [healthcare inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/healthcare-inventory), [buying medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/buying-medical-inventory), [year of the pig](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/year-of-the-pig), [taylor swift](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/taylor-swift)

## [Does The Data Have To Agree With You?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/when-the-data-doesnt-agree-with-you)

 5/7/2018

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Much has been made lately of the results of the [**Cardinal Health Supply Chain Survey**](http://www.cardinalhealth.com/content/dam/corp/web/documents/Report/cardinal-health-hospital-supply-chain-survey-results-march-2018.pdf) – and much should. 

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