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Setting Goals to Achieve a More Effective Supply Chain
A good friend once told me, “Never a ‘should’ without a ‘how.’ ” I concluded my last column, which was about how supply chain leaders need to become advocates for safer, higher-quality and more efficacious care, with some specific recommendations. … Continue reading
Recommended Reading
Check out the recent article entitled “Big Med” in The New Yorker, by famed surgeon-writer Atul Gawande, which describes how successful efforts to streamline care delivery depend on standardization of processes and products, including implants, and how getting physicians to … Continue reading
Putting Patients First
As I travel around the country working with hospitals and other providers, I have been seeing some early signs of a shift in the mindset of supply chain stakeholders. For now, it is more seedling than Sequoia; we must cultivate … Continue reading
