A medical group can negotiate strong contracts and still lose control of supply costs at the clinic level. One site buys outside contract because staf...
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A purchasing issue may seem minor at one medical office. Across 3, 7, 10 locations, the same issue can become a recurring cost that leadership struggl...
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Your practice signs a strong contract with a distributor. Six months later, three of your five locations still buy the same supplies from another vend...
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Your surgery center opens at 7 a.m. The instrument tray is missing two items when it arrives. The rep says the backorder could last six weeks. Your fi...
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Supply chain management rarely takes up much mental space in a physician office or surgery center until something goes wrong. Then it can take over th...
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Healthcare inventory management best practices are not hard to find. Search the topic, and you'll see the same advice repeated across dozens of pages:...
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A group purchasing organization (GPO) helps healthcare organizations access competitively negotiated contracts across the products and services they u...
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Detailing the Benefits of Buying Capital Equipment Through a GPO In the world of GPOs, "capital equipment" commonly refers to big ticket items such a...
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A medical equipment purchase can look perfect on approval day and become a costly problem six months later. The device may not fit the room. The warra...
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