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## [Five To Save | Let's Talk Emergency Preparedness (Again)](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-lets-talk-emergency-preparedness-again)

 3/3/2020

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## [Why Miracle Foundation Is The First 50 For 50 Recipient](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/why-miracle-foundation-first-50-for-50-recipient)

 2/24/2020

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Yes, we cut our first $5000 check to charity. And we couldn't be happier about who got it.

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## [We're Celebrating Hospital Savings By Donating To Charity](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/celebrating-hospital-savings-donating-to-charity)

 2/17/2020

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![Our piggy bank is breaking open to pass our savings on to worthy charities.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%2050%20For%2050%20announce.jpg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%20-%2050%20For%2050%20announce.jpg)

To celebrate our fifth anniversary, we're challenging hospitals to save $50 Million. And if they do, we'll donate $50,000 to charity. 

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## [Five To Save | Can You Throw Away Five Days A Year?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-throw-away-5-days-year)

 2/11/2020

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![The Z5 Piggy Bank is throwing away 5 days a year because it's not very tech savvy.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%205%20Days%20A%20Year.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%205%20Days%20A%20Year.jpg)

You probably couldn't afford to get one day behind, let alone five. Because you've got enough going on at work to distract you.

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## [Why Did You Start Working in Healthcare?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/why-did-you-start-working-in-healthcare)

 2/3/2020

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![We ask the question: why are you working in healthcare? Why not in any other field? And we bet we know the answer.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20Why%20Healthcare-1.jpg?width=823&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20Why%20Healthcare-1.jpg)

You could be involved in the supply chain of any industry. So why healthcare? 

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## [Five To Save | What Is The 'We Still Use Windows 7' Of Your Hospital?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-what-is-the-we-still-use-windows-7-of-your-hospital)

 1/27/2020

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![FTS - Windows 7](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20Windows%207.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%20Windows%207.jpg)

Every hospital - heck, every workplace - has ways they'd like to bring themselves into the year 2020. But they all have excuses for why they haven't, too. 

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## [Five To Save | New Year, New Resolutions for Healthcare's Supply Chain](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-new-year-new-resolutions-for-healthcares-supply-chain)

 1/14/2020

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![The Z5 Piggy Bank is drowning in excess medical product - a problem you should eliminate in 2020.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%202020%20Resolutions-1.jpg?width=823&name=FTS%20-%202020%20Resolutions-1.jpg)

Don't let anyone else tell you what's coming in 2020. You decide.

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## [Are These The Most Expired Medical Supplies In America?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/most-expired-awards)

 1/7/2020

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## [Five To Save | What We Expect From 2020 (And What We Want)](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-what-we-expect-from-2020-and-what-we-want)

 12/10/2019

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We were surprised by what experts claimed *won't* change in the new year. 

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## [5 By 5: Cyber Insurance Saves Millions](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/5-by-5-part-3)

 12/2/2019

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This is Part 3 of our series [**5 By 5**](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/5-by-5), which examines all the ways that data informs us about healthcare and some of the ways it hinders us. 

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