Health Care Supply Chain Management: Elements, Operations, and Strategies

Health Care Supply Chain Management: Elements, Operations, and Strategies
Author: () (Jerry) R. R. R. Ledlow
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 605
Release: 2016-06-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1284123626

Ledlow BCC Supplies currently account for up to 45% of a healthcare organization’s annual operating expense. The supply chain ensures that the technology of care is available to the health care professional at the right time, at the right place and in sufficient quantity and quality for superior health outcomes for patients within the health system. As such, a clear understanding of the workings of the healthcare supply chain is vital to successful healthcare management today. Health Care Supply Chain Management examines supply chain management within the unique context of healthcare services delivery. The authors, with over 60 years combined experience in healthcare administration, supply chain, and academia, examine the critical topics of sourcing, logistics, security and compliance, purchasing, storage and inventory management, distribution, vendor management, as well as future challenges in health care. Students of health administration, public administration, public health, nursing and other allied health professions will learn the most current and effective methods for the management of the supply chain that will contribute to success in the delivery and financing of healthcare services. Key Features: • Offers an overview of the elements of the healthcare supply chain • Examines both the operational and the strategic aspects of supply chain management • Includes a discussion of the integration of the supply chain with the clinical delivery of care • Provides a sound basis of knowledge for students so that healthcare supply chain improvements can be achieved for the mutual benefit of the healthcare industry

Healthcare Supply Chain Management

Healthcare Supply Chain Management
Author: Hokey Min
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1606498959

According to the health data released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other OECD country. Currently, U.S. healthcare spending constitutes $2.5 trillion, or 17.3 percent of GDP, with healthcare costs increasing 9 percent annually. To reverse this alarming trend, the Obama administration recently led the effort to dramatically reform healthcare policy, laws, and regulations. This book provides you (whether a healthcare policy maker, hospital administrator, pharmaceutical company manager, or other healthcare professional) with practical guidance for leveraging supply chain principles to better manage healthcare resources and control healthcare costs. It introduces basic supply chain management concepts, terminologies, and tenets. Other included topics are strategicalliances among healthcare partners, value analysis of healthcare services and products, the impact of healthcare reforms on healthcare supply chains, and the development of performance metrics for the healthcare supply chain and benchmarking.

Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015

Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015
Author: Mitsuo Gen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1085
Release: 2015-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662472007

This volume provides a complete record of presentations made at Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015 (ICIMSA 2015), and provides the reader with a snapshot of current knowledge and state-of-the-art results in industrial engineering, management science and applications. The goal of ICIMSA is to provide an excellent international forum for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to share cutting-edge developments in the field and to exchange and distribute the latest research and theories from the international community. The conference is held every year, making it an ideal platform for people to share their views and experiences in industrial engineering, management science and applications related fields.

Building a Better Delivery System

Building a Better Delivery System
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2005-09-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309133580

In a joint effort between the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, this books attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness divide separating health care professionals from their potential partners in systems engineering and related disciplines. The goal of this partnership is to transform the U.S. health care sector from an underperforming conglomerate of independent entities (individual practitioners, small group practices, clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, community health centers et. al.) into a high performance "system" in which every participating unit recognizes its dependence and influence on every other unit. By providing both a framework and action plan for a systems approach to health care delivery based on a partnership between engineers and health care professionals, Building a Better Delivery System describes opportunities and challenges to harness the power of systems-engineering tools, information technologies and complementary knowledge in social sciences, cognitive sciences and business/management to advance the U.S. health care system.

The Health Care Value Chain

The Health Care Value Chain
Author: Lawton R. Burns
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-04-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780787960216

Written by Lawton R. Burns and a panel of expert contributors, from the prestigious Wharton School, The Health Care Value Chain analyzes the key developments and future trends in the United States' health care supply chain. Based on a groundbreaking research initiative underwritten by the industry/university consortium-- the Center for Health Management Research-- this important book offers an in-depth examination of how the health care supply chain helps create value and competitive advantage. The Health Care Value Chain offers a thorough examination of the trading relationships among the manufacturers of health care products, the distributors, the group purchasing organizations, and the hospital customers and end users of those products. And the authors show how health care professionals and manufacturers can work together to form beneficial strategic alliances.

Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain

Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain
Author: Eugene S. Schneller
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2006-02-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain provides students, faculty, managers, and researchers with a clear understanding of the health care supply chain and its role in health care strategy. It builds on fundamental concepts including sourcing of materials, forecasting demand, selecting and employing distribution models, and assessing risks, showing how they aid in the pursuit of supply management excellence in the health sector. Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain is filled with in-depth interviews with leaders in exemplary organizations and presents best practices in progressive supply chain management from many exemplary institutions. Praise for Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain "Based on Schneller and Smeltzer's recent empirical research, and drawing on contemporary cases, this book presents compelling arguments for the value-added through effective supply chain performance and for repositioning the supply chain function to a strategic position within organizational structures." —Howard Zuckerman, senior advisor, Center for Health Management Research "This book reveals insights into possibilities for rapid, meaningful, and measurable improvements to the health care supply chain. It provides a futuristic view of the possibilities of the health care supply chain and provides workable solutions for improvement and market-based approaches for health care executives. This is a must read." —Mark McKenna, president, Novation

Optimize Your Healthcare Supply Chain Performance

Optimize Your Healthcare Supply Chain Performance
Author: Gerald R. Ledlow
Publisher: Executive Essentials Book
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Business logistics
ISBN: 9781567939507

If you are not optimizing supply chain performance, you are missing the opportunity to control costs, improve patient safety, and increase nurse and physician satisfaction. This book provides the information you need to understand and improve supply chain management at your organization. Written for senior leaders, this book explains how to enable your team to make sound supply chain decisions. Selecting where to make changes, when to use different supply chain approaches, and how to find greater value are at the heart of this book. This practical resource provides guidelines for ensuring optimal supply chain operations, including how to: Minimize supply chain tasks for clinicians Increase staff knowledge of supply chain operations Develop supply chain metrics for service, quality, and cost Develop supply chain goals and objectives by service line Focus on the management of billable supplies Get started right away by implementing one of the supply chain improvement projects described in the book. Each project description includes estimated costs and potential benefits to help you determine the best fit for your organization. This book also provides tips for managing relationships with various stakeholders, including manufacturers and distributors.

Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management in Home Healthcare: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management in Home Healthcare: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Euchi, Jalel
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799802701

With advancing technology and the digitization of the modern era, businesses are required to adopt the latest innovations computer science and information technology have to offer. The field of home healthcare must utilize the finest available operations management systems in order to remain relevant in a globalized world while also providing the best treatment possible to its patients. Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management in Home Healthcare: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that provides theoretical and empirical research on logistics management and transportation and scheduling routing and their applications in home healthcare and logistics. While highlighting topics such as hybrid energy, scheduling optimization, and forecasting techniques, this book is ideally designed for outpatient doctors and nurses, transportation professionals, logisticians, home healthcare managers, computer scientists, logistic engineers, health practitioners, academicians, researchers, and students.