The Healthcare Hub

Advice from Supply Chain Experts: Four Best Practices for Smooth Leadership Transitions

• Bonnie Lai, PhD, General Manager, Lumere

We’re currently living through the "Great Reshuffling," with unprecedented numbers of members of the workforce rethinking their careers. Hospital supply chain teams are no exception and managing through this change is top of mind for healthcare supply chain leaders.

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Co-sponsored by Becker's Hospital Review
The healthcare industry is no stranger to the "Great Resignation," reporting an estimated 6.4 percent quit rate in 2021, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite these workforce challenges, many individuals and organizations are discovering opportunities for growth and necessary change. Hospital supply chain is no exception.

Best in Class: GHX Lumere Partner Spectrum Health Wins Top Supply Chain Award

The past 18 months clearly have been some of the most difficult in history for healthcare supply chains. However, there are health systems that stand as beacons of tenacity, innovation and efficiency in uncertain times. Spectrum Health, the 2022 recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive's "Top Supply Chain Projects Award," is one such organization. 

The Risks of Overlooking AP Automation

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While healthcare organizations have increasingly adopted digital processes over the past decade, COVID-19 threw fuel on the fire, accelerating digital transformation as a necessity to successfully navigate the pandemic —think telehealth, remote patient monitoring, etc.

Save Your Top AP Talent from Back-office Burnout

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When we think about staff burnout in healthcare, frontline clinicians are the first people who come to mind. But the pandemic has also put extreme pressure on back-office teams, particularly supply chain in the scramble to procure and pay for critical items from both primary and secondary suppliers.

5 Questions to Assess Your Strategic Digital Direction

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Nearly all U.S. health system executives surveyed (99%) say it’s important to invest in digital transformation to improve outcomes and reduce cost of care.¹ However, when digital transformation is not fully understood, then it’s also not well planned, processes are only partially automated, and investments are marginalized.