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Most supply chain professionals don’t think much about their competition down the street or across town, because they think they are miles removed from the…

Kedrick Adkins, president of integrated services for Trinity Health, the Novi, Mich.-based health system with 46 acute-care hospitals in nine states, shared some insight into…

2 — It has been two years since St. Peter’s Healthcare Services, Northeast Health and Seton Health announced plans to merge into a regional system…

News from the Bay area last week came that San Francisco-based groups were forming two ACOs. The participants include Catholic Healthcare West (San Francisco, CA),…

We all want to obtain the “best price” for all of the commodities we are buying for our healthcare organization. It’s a matter of pride,…

The following is a tip from author and speaker Greg Williams on how to negotiate successfully become proficient at conflict resolution. When it comes to…

The following is an excerpt of a JHC interview with Tom Harvieux, vice president of supply chain management, Sanford Health, one of seven health systems involved…

4 — Over the past 11 years, health care premium inflation has risen nearly four times as fast as the rest of the economy, says…

How does a hospital become an award-winning model? Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital provides an example. The challenge: Going from Good to Great. For the last…