Side by Side for 20 Years
How SMI has helped innovate the supply chain and improve patient-centric healthcare delivery over the last two decades. October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare…
October 2024
Healthcare and the Upcoming Election
By John Pritchard October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting I’ve been publishing the Journal of Healthcare Contracting for over 20 years. I have…
ANAE: Facing Healthcare Challenges Headfirst
By Pete Mercer October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting The challenges the healthcare industry faces daily are nothing new – anyone who works…
UPMC and its vendor community
October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting Nedley said he and his supply chain team will tell every vendor they contract with to be…
A More Synergetic Supply Chain
As UPMC grows through construction and acquisition, the leading health system is committed to finding and implementing supply chain best practices throughout its hospitals and…
Purchased Services: A tale of two opportunities
By R. Dana Barlow October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting To borrow shamelessly from the opening line of a famous Charles Dickens novel…
Analytics vs. AI: Splitting hairs or swapping chairs?
By R. Dana Barlow October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting Seeing only a vast gray area instead of a solid demarcation line, some…
Healthcare supply chain-dedicated AI czar may be more bark than byte
By R. Dana Barlow October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting With the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) as a developing but useful tool…
AI offers healthcare supply chain wonder, wisdom, whimsy and weakness
But it’s important to separate fact from fiction … and fantasy By R. Dana Barlow October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting Artificial intelligence…
Today’s Research, Tomorrow’s Healthcare
AHRQ celebrates 35 years of advancing healthcare through research and innovation. By Pete Mercer October 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting The Agency for…