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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind Z5 Count,Z5 Analytics and Z5 Optimization services, which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.
Find out how to solve healthcare's $5 Billion inventory waste problem today. Then get back to reading what we have for you from healthcare industry.

 

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Crime In Healthcare - What Now

4/8/2019

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You were probably hoping another post on crime wasn’t coming. Or maybe you’re happy to ignore it and all the others in the series. Because you don’t deal with criminals. This isn’t your problem. Except…

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, slavery, crime in healthcare, data breaches, year of the pig, negligence

See You At The Trade Shows

3/27/2019

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We're going to several of the big healthcare conferences this summer. Will we see you there? 

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, trade shows, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, beckers, ahrmm19, hfma 2019, wshmma

Five To Save | There's Only One Thing You Need To Be Reading Right Now

3/25/2019

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You were asked, "What's the best area to achieve savings?" and said, "Supply Chain Management." Survey says...

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, survey data, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, healthcare logistics, steve harvey, syft, sage growth partners

Crime In Healthcare - Letting The Bad Things Happen

3/18/2019

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Why do bad things happen to good people? Because other good people stand by and do nothing.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, crime in healthcare, year of the pig, abuse, coverup, negligence

Time To Brag On The Boss

3/11/2019

Our CEO, Carl Natenstedt, has been featured in Thrive Global and Authority Magazine.

We think the man in charge is pretty smart. And we're not alone. 

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

Crime In Healthcare - Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain

2/25/2019

What do healthcare and slavery have in common? Too much, it turns out.

Slavery is a real problem for the supply chain. And it's up to the supply chain to solve it. 

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

Five To Save | Your Patients Are Paying More. Are You? | Feb. 18, 2019

2/18/2019

The Z5 Piggy Bank illustrates how patients are paying more than ever for care that's not getting better.

The reports went out. The numbers came in. Americans are paying more for healthcare than ever before. But their outcomes aren't getting better. Your operating margins aren't getting bigger. So what's going on? 

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Topics: Baylor Scott & White, selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, supplier relationships, year of the pig, operating margins

Z5 Inventory Unveils Online Medical Supplies Store

2/12/2019

Buy.Z5Inventory.com is live now, providing low-cost medical supplies.

From its inception in 2014, Z5 Inventory has made its mission saving money for healthcare providers by optimizing their supply chain and eliminating product expiration. The latest effort in living up to that promise is the debut of Buy.Z5Inventory.com--the online store component of the Z5 Buy solution.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, Z5 Buy

Crime In Healthcare - The Bad Apples

1/28/2019

The bad apples in healthcare are making everyone look rotten.

Despite the trust that the patient puts in their healthcare providers – that clinicians and other employees will only ever act with their best interests at heart – healthcare is just like any industry. Crime is perpetrated every day.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, crime, fraud, crime in healthcare

Five To Save | Your Hospital Is Your Business. Act Like It | Jan. 21, 2019

1/21/2019

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Here's a crazy idea: running a hospital like a business.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, amazon, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, donating medical supplies, out of stock, supplier relationships