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Hospital Security Has Worsened During Coronavirus Crisis | Five To Save
Topics: reallocation, five to save, excess inventory, cybersecurity, data breaches, healthcare data, emergency preparedness, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory
Are You The Whistleblower Your Organization Needs?
Hospitals should be sharing more information than ever right now. Should they also be sharing more information than they are?
Continue ReadingTopics: communication, coverup, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory, whistleblowing
Survey and Study Results on the Coronavirus Crisis Response | Five To Save
COVID-19 - and the response to it - can seem like a domino effect of unprecedented disasters. How do the facts back up - or refute - that sentiment?
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5 Supply Chain Lessons Learned In The Coronavirus Crisis
The often-revisited metaphor of the "one weak link" causing the entire supply chain to fail was in some ways proved correct this year.
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Hope For A Vaccine, But Innovate Like There Isn't One | Five To Save
At the risk of sounding like we're wearing a puffy shirt, we've got to ask: "What's the deal with that coronavirus vaccine?"
Continue ReadingTopics: selling medical inventory, five to save, healthcare inventory, voting, medical logistics, government, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, covid-19, take 5, pandemic, vaccines, uncertainty
Your Emergency Supplies Might Not Be As Helpful As You Think | Five To Save
Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, five to save, healthcare logistics, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, covid-19, hoarding
Improvement Is Impossible Without Admitting Your Mistakes
Pretending that things can go back to the way they were - or that nothing has changed - won't help.
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Five To Save | Most Hospitals Won't Close. Is That Good Enough?
We're pretty impressed with news organizations who have simultaneously overstated and underestimated the financial impact of COVID-19 on healthcare providers.
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Balancing Just-In-Time and Over-Preparing
Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, videos, youtube, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, podcasts, take 5, web series
Emergency Sourcing: Be Careful Who You Trust
Too many suppliers are promising too much product that's too good to be true. So we've got some steps you can take to avoid getting burned.
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