GHX Blog

Connected or Lost: Why Business Networks Are the Backbone of Modern Healthcare

• Jason de Pol, Key Account Manager

Once connected, always connected, wherever you are: business networks offer numerous benefits to those involved. Whilst they were originally developed to facilitate the electronic exchange of data, business networks now play a different role. What are the fundamental challenges? How can platforms help overcome these hurdles? And why are business networks – particularly in the healthcare industry – not just a ‘nice to have’, but essential nowadays for tackling ever-increasing complexity?

Return Documents in Healthcare: Why Purchase Order Acknowledgements, Delivery Notes and Invoices Are Increasingly Becoming a Digital Priority

• James Vanstone, Key Account Manager

Greater transparency, lower error rates, more efficient processes – when healthcare providers receive return documents such as order acknowledgements or delivery notes electronically, they gain several benefits. It is hardly surprising that, as part of the transformation of their procurement processes, more providers want to track the status of deliveries digitally. This increases the pressure on suppliers, who must meet their customers’ requirements to remain competitive in the future.

Purchase Order Acknowledgements in Healthcare – From a Nice-to-Have to a Must-Have

• Jason de Pol, Key Account Manager

Although healthcare providers rely on electronic return documents, there are still suppliers who either send no purchase order acknowledgements at all or send non-standardised ones. Given the increased risk of supply chain disruptions in the healthcare industry, this is becoming a problem. With patient care and their customers’ new requirements in mind, suppliers of medical products can no longer avoid sending order acknowledgements – electronically and in a format that providers can process automatically.

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

Supply Chain Networks in Healthcare: Why Providers and Suppliers Should Move Away from Point-to-Point Connections

• James Vanstone, Key Account Manager

Somehow connected, yet not truly integrated – unfortunately, this is still often the case when looking at supply chains in the healthcare industry. Although providers and suppliers work together, individual contracts and processes are highly inefficient. The solution for achieving greater control and transparency in the supply chain, reducing costs and being better prepared for crises is remarkably simple: connecting to a supply chain network.

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.