
Healthcare providers are playing a dangerous game with medical supplies.
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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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Healthcare providers set savings goals without any of the resources necessary to meet those goals. So how are supply chain managers supposed to meet their expiration avoidance goals each year?
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The common wisdom is not to trust anything you read on the internet. Which doesn't seem all that wise.
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Z5 Inventory CEO Carl Natenstedt is a featured speaker at the AHRMM21+ virtual conference Wednesday, September 15.
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You don't have to be a supply chain expert to understand that nothing happens in a vacuum. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped make that increasingly clear to everyone.
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Hospitals' records of their PPE supplies are only accurate if their pricing is updated.
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America! Has opinions! How will changing opinions about the state of public health affect the people who provide that health?
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As the pandemic drags on, part of what's helping turn the corner for communities and the healthcare providers who serve them is the additional resources - often including cash - provided by their governments.
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Say you want to train everyone at a hospital on a best practice or keep them informed on what you're doing so that they can help. You probably won't succeed if you keep your ideas to yourself.
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