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Hospital Supply Chain Management
7 articles from Healthcare practitioners
Diagnosing Your Capital Asset Health: Why Asset Visibility Is the New Financial Imperative in Healthcare
Hospitals and surgery centers own millions of dollars in equipment — but owning assets and having actionable visibility into them are two different things. Most systems maintain inventories, yet many struggle with outdated records, fragmented tracking, and limited insight into useful life or service contracts. With nearly half of U.S. hospitals reporting negative operating…
Getting SPD Teams to the Table: Why Sterile Processing Deserves a Central Role in Surgical Planning and Operations
Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) remain the backbone of safe surgical care, yet across the country, they’re still routinely left out of early decision-making around products, construction, staffing, and case planning. As hospitals juggle tighter margins, higher patient acuity, and growing procedural demands, the consequences of excluding SPD voices become unmistakably real—showing up in daily…
Hospital Supply Chain Management: How to Find Scarce Equipment and Supplies
Healthcare leaders are rethinking procurement strategies to build resilience against ongoing supply disruptions and shortages
CtUC 2023 Trailblazers Transform Hospital Operations Through Medical Logistics Innovations
Healthcare leaders discover how optimized supply chain processes directly accelerate patient care delivery and operational efficiency
CtUC Connect 2023 Overview
Industry leaders share strategies for optimizing sterile processing operations and boosting departmental productivity
Using Efficiency Tasks and Maintenance Logs to Optimize SPD Operations
Sterile processing leaders reveal how systematic tracking transforms department workflows and reduces operational bottlenecks
Using Data and Asset-Management Solutions to Create Efficiencies in Healthcare and Eliminate Waste
Healthcare systems unlock significant cost savings by leveraging data-driven inventory strategies to combat equipment waste and operational inefficiency