The day this blog is published is International Women's Day. It's actually okay if you didn't know that. It's not okay if you do nothing now that you do know.
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Healthcare Supply Chain News: The Biggest and Best of 2021
As we've all been stretched to our breaking point this year, it seemed like a good time to offer up some of the most important articles in case you missed them.
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Shortages Of Supplies, Staff To Worsen | Five To Save
Hospitals don't have enough medical or human resources to tackle their caseloads. Which begs the question: what do they have enough of? The answer...
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Hospitals Spend Less Time, Save More When Optimizing Medical Supplies with Z5 Inventory
After analyzing years’ worth of project and customer data, we've drastically expanded the capabilities of our software in order to empower health care workers to make informed supply decisions on their own every day.
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Statistics You Can Use To Stay Positive During a Prolonged Pandemic | Five To Save
How is it that the phrase "the numbers are in" immediately conjures images of danger and doom? Can't "the numbers ever be good?
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The Surprisingly Low Cost of Sustainability: How To Save By Being More Responsible
Making your normal medical inventory practices a little more sustainable is not only friendlier to the communities you serve, but to your budget, as well.
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2/3 Supply Chain Leaders Have Inaccurate View Of Inventory
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How We Can Reduce Infection Risk to Hospital Workers | Five To Save
Not to go full Buzzfeed on you, but there are a few simple ways we can make our hospitals and communities safer from COVID-19. (Number 4 will not surprise you.)
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You're Muted: How To Improve Communication Within Hospitals
At the best of times, it can seem like hospital departments hardly talk to each other. And different provider facilities within the same network? Forget about it.
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