GHX Blog

Inventory Management in UK Hospitals: 8 Practical Examples of the Benefits of Automated Inventory Control

• Tristan Nunn, Senior Manager Product Management Procurement

How eProcurement Boosts Efficiency and Reduces Off-Contract Spend for Hospitals

• Tristan Nunn, Senior Manager Product Management Procurement

Interoperability in Hospitals

• Joanna Chelimala, Senior Product Manager e-Invoicing

Although the NHS Digital’s Interoperability Toolkit and the Global Digital Exemplar Programme were launched years ago, hospitals have been hampered by crises and limited resources in achieving seamless data flows. Yet the benefits of interoperable processes in hospitals are immense. By establishing seamless data flows and promoting interoperability, healthcare providers can reduce costs, increase transparency and improve patient care.

Responding to an Increasingly Complex Healthcare Supply Chain

Value-based healthcare, video consultations and virtual wards - the healthcare industry is undergoing radical change as part of its digital transformation. Suppliers must keep up with their customers’ needs, provide digital experiences, increase automation and standardise their supply chain processes.

Leveraging Data for Analytics and Insights

Digital transformation brings many advantages along with an abundance of data. If suppliers can harness this data to predict future events reliably, they can gain a competitive advantage and better support decisions impacting patient care. The key to success is predictive analytics.

Embracing a Digital Transformation Strategy

Lower costs, optimised processes, stronger customer relationships: digital transformation is associated with many advantages for healthcare suppliers. However, to realise these benefits, more is needed than just introducing digital solutions. Suppliers must understand the entire customer experience and make their business processes as simple as possible.

Efficient Healthcare Item Data Management

• Adrian Bedö, Senior Product Manager Content Solutions

Procurement processes shouldn’t start with the creation of a requisition. You should first ensure that you are using accurate, up-to-date item and pricing information. However, it isn’t easy to source healthcare item data directly from each seller. So what can be done to support procurement specialists and clinicians with quickly finding the item data they need? Which item attributes are required to support better-informed purchasing and clinical decisions? And to what extent can healthcare providers benefit from an item data management solution?

2022 Predictions for the UK Healthcare Industry

• James Minards, Country Sales Manager UK & Ireland

Integrated Care Systems, Scan4Safety, data and digitalisation - as we welcome in another new year, what will be the key areas of focus for the UK healthcare industry in 2022? We asked our expert, James Minards, for their top predictions. You can read their thoughts here.

Insights from P4H England 2021

• James Minards, Country Sales Manager UK & Ireland

P4H, the leading NHS procurement and supply chain event, was back live last month. During the day-long event, procurement, inventory management and logistics experts discussed what the next 12 months might look like for the healthcare supply chain. Our own expert, James Minards, was at the event speaking to NHS professionals and identified three key takeaways.

Making Cost Savings through the Healthcare Supply Chain

• James Minards, Country Sales Manager UK & Ireland

How do you cut costs without cutting services? In his final LinkedIn article on supply chain digitalisation, James Minards takes a look at the financial benefits of digitalisation and how it can help healthcare providers address costly supply chain inefficiencies without affecting the quality and frequency of patient services.