Hospital systems aim to make their communities healthier. Traditionally that means simply providing health care. But more often hospitals are going a step further, trying to create healthier communities by working with local suppliers and reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
On this episode of Medically Necessary, Matt Blois looks at how health care institutions’ efforts to reach out to communities create a cycle of healthier living for the whole environment. He welcomes Shane...
Matt Blois continues his conversation with Vizient Vice President of Contracting and Program Services Mittal Sutaria and Senior Vice President, Emerging Solutions and Suppliers, David Gillan about the shining examples of resilient supply chains.
Vizient’s website lists three things the company is doing to improve the resiliency of the supply chain. The three standouts are transparency, accountability, and commitment to supply.
Gillan and Sutaria talk about what each facet means and where they...
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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians and corporate executives vowed to increase supply chain resiliency. Often, the plans to achieve that are vague so in early 2020, Vizient implemented a program that aims to do something about it.
On this episode of Medically Necessary, Matt Blois talks to Vizient Vice President of Contracting and Program Services Mittal Sutaria and Senior Vice President, Emerging Solutions and Suppliers, David Gillan, about the decision to set up this program in the...
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Under normal circumstances, health care providers simply order the supplies they need. In a disaster, the typical supply channels may not be an option, or health care providers may not be able to afford to buy products. That’s where humanitarian aid distributors come to help.
On this episode of Medically Necessary, Matt Blois looks at how the nonprofit medical distribution organization Direct Relief operates across the U.S. and in 80 other countries around the world.
He welcomes CEO Thomas Tighe...
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In the past, administrators of health systems saw the supply chain as something that was primarily a cost, and the goal was to reduce those costs as much as possible. However, more recently,...
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By now, many people are probably used to talking to a doctor on Zoom for appointments that aren’t critical. But over the past several years, some hospitals have started trying to use a...
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Many hospitals use radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track the location of expensive medical equipment or keep tabs on personal protective equipment supplies. But what is used...
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On this episode of Medically Necessary, Matt Blois dives into how BOXLOCK is making time less of a problem for the delivery of biological specimens.
Blois talks to Andew Kelley, BOXLOCK’s...
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Many people are getting vaccines from retail pharmacies or mass vaccination sites. However, those locations might be hard for some people to get to, especially if they live far away or...
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Some researchers and business leaders believe the pandemic has changed the strategic importance of the supply chain. It used to be that the health care supply chain was all about reducing...
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