The pandemic impacted you as a healthcare provider almost as much as the communities where you’re providing care.
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Diversity The Key To Surviving Supply Chain Crisis | Five To Save
90% of industry leaders are aligned on their top supply chain challenges and the best means of overcoming them.
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Marking To Market: The PPE Struggle No One Is Talking About
Hospitals' records of their PPE supplies are only accurate if their pricing is updated.
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Healthcare Industry Waste Estimates Are Off By Billions
Industry estimates put the amount of perfectly good medical product wasted every year around $15 Million. We think they're wrong by about $4.85 Billion.
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How Will A New Administration Change How You Administer Healthcare? | Five To Save
The United States is probably about to get a new President. That will probably impact your day-to-day very little.
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How To Learn the Tech Skills Supply Chain Managers Need
We get that the struggle right now is just to keep your head above water. But that can easily turn into treading water.
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Your Vendors Need To Be Prepared For Your Protocols
Whether it's bringing their own masks or knowing where they're free to go within the facility, any hospital partner needs to be prepared before they walk through the door.
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FEMA Doesn't Know How Much PPE It Has. Do You?
(We're asking if you know your PPE quantities, not FEMA's. Although, if you could help them, we're sure they'd appreciate it.)
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Medical Supply Donations - How To Give & Receive
The need for respirator masks and personal protective equipment is dire. But not all supply shortages or excesses are that obvious.
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Five To Save | Can You Throw Away Five Days A Year?
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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