https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/ GHX provides a wide range of perspectives on how greater collaboration and visibility across the supply chain can improve both clinical and financial performance in healthcare. en-US https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/rss/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:28:32 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/top-5-healthcare-supply-chain-predictions-for-2026/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/bloggers/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:54:28 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/2025-predictions-vs-reality-a-mid-year-check-in-on-the-healthcare-supply-chain/ The blog discusses the challenges and advancements in the healthcare supply chain as of mid-2025, focusing on the need for resiliency breakthroughs amid ongoing disruptions such as geopolitical conflicts, regulatory uncertainties, and natural disasters. It highlights the transition of artificial intelligence from experimentation to execution, with a focus on demand forecasting and exception detection. The blog also emphasizes the importance of workforce transformation and innovative supply chain models to support non-acute care growth. Recommendations include proactive substitution management, moving AI programs from pilot to production, and integrating systems across the value chain to lower costs and enhance care delivery. GHX's role in leading these initiatives with AI-enabled solutions is also highlighted. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/hospital-inventory-best-practices/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/essential-healthcare-supply-chain-innovations-for-enhanced-efficiency/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/safety-stock-supply-chain/ Discover the benefits and drawbacks of safety stock and eight strategies for optimizing safety stock and hospital inventory management for healthcare supply chains. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/how-cloud-and-ai-are-transforming-healthcare-procurement/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/automated-invoice-payment-guide/ Learn about automated invoicing as part of the digitized procure-to-pay (P2P) continuum in healthcare, real-world success stories and the next frontier: digital payments. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/clinical-integration-future-of-healthcare-supply-chains/ By bringing physicians and clinical leaders into the value analysis process, hospitals and health systems can ensure that cost-cutting initiatives don’t come at the expense of patient care. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/order-to-cash-optimization-guide/ Discover how healthcare supply chains can optimize the order-to-cash process through digitization and automation in this guide for providers and suppliers. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/top-10-healthcare-supply-chain-predictions-for-2025/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/mobile-marketplace-healthcare-supply-chain/ GHX Marketplace Mobile Edition is a user-friendly solution that allows clinical staff to reorder supplies, while reducing administrative burden and enforcing compliance. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/marketplace-cqo-initiatives/ Find out why many healthcare organizations use GHX Marketplace to control spending and drive savings to support Cost, Quality, Outcomes (CQO) initiatives. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/compliance-via-directed-buying/ Explore the key elements of directed buying in healthcare supply chain management and how GHX Marketplace, formerly Prodigo Solutions, helps drive compliance. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/healthcare-inventory-management/ Explore inventory management in the healthcare and hospital industry today: trends, challenges, software and more, with insights from inventory management expert. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/role-supply-chain-management-healthcare/ Explore the vital role of supply chain management in healthcare, its effect on patient care, cost efficiencies and strategies for optimization. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/clinical-integration-healthcare-supply-chain/ Learn about clinical integration, strategies and challenges for healthcare supply chains and how it can improve patient outcomes and control costs. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/hospital-safety-survey-2023/ Concerns abound around clinical staffing shortages and the safety of U.S. health systems according to the Hospital Safety and Staffing Consumer Survey Report 2023. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/digital-transformation-healthcare/ Digital transformation, such as cloud-based ERP systems and predictive analytics, is reshaping healthcare supply chains. Find out what's top of mind for decision-makers here. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/patient-safety-in-hospitals/ Learn about patient safety in hospitals, consumer concerns and best practices. Discover the challenges hospitals face and explore patient safety strategies. Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/healthcare-administrative-simplification/ Administrative simplification in healthcare supply chains is helping streamline processes and reduce costs. Discover 4 strategies for achieving simplification. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/healthcare-burnout/ Explore how healthcare worker burnout affects patient care and bottom lines. Discover how to reduce the administrative burden for healthcare workers and tackle burnout. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/supply-chain-best-practices/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/pandemic-healthcare-supply-chain-impact/ Discover the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare supply chains and the five lessons learned from the pandemic for supply chain leaders in this article. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/supply-chain-healthcare-role/ Explore the importance of supply chain management in healthcare from patient care to optimizing costs and how new technologies and automation are changing the game. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/vendor-credentialing-guide-hcir/ Learn about the importance of healthcare vendor credentialing for HCIRs and explore best practices for managing credentialing requirements and maintaining compliance.  Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/ghx-named-a-healthcare-industry-notable-vendor/ GHX has been named a Notable Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Vertical Industry Context: ‘Magic Quadrant™ for Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks’. Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/hro-healthcare-guide/ Learn about high-reliability organizations (HROs) in healthcare, including benefits, challenges and strategies for achieving zero harm in care settings. Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/item-master-data-healthcare-guide/ Find out why clean item master data is crucial for supply chain optimization in healthcare. Explore data management best practices, common challenges and case studies. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/introducing-the-ghx-5-part-framework-for-vendor-credentialing-compliance/ Healthcare leaders need a comprehensive view of vendor credentialing compliance, vulnerabilities and opportunities to help forge a more compliant path forward. Discover helpful steps for hospital vendor credentialing compliance with the GHX 5-Part Framework.  Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/why-optimizing-the-supply-chain-matters-most-to-nurses/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/top-supply-documentation-challenges-nurses-face-and-how-to-solve-them/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/four-ways-to-engage-nurses-in-supply-chain-optimization-initiatives/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/bill-only-healthcare-product-delivery/ The bill only process can be complex. Learn how it works in healthcare and the benefits of ensuring the timely delivery of products and medical procedures. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/supply-chain-issues/ Discover common reasons behind supply chain issues in healthcare and learn how to prevent them. Find expert insights on healthcare supply chain optimization to help support better patient outcomes. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/automate-bill-only-implant-orders/ Supply chain leaders and GHX customers from Froedtert Health, Mount Sinai and Stanford Health explain the benefits of automating bill-only implant orders and what it takes to get started. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/how-to-transform-implant-order-management-in-health-systems-with-vendor-partners/ Supply chain leaders at Froedtert Health, Mount Sinai Health System and Stanford Health Care all had to navigate through change management during the process of automating implant orders with suppliers. During the 2022 GHX Summit Automating Bill-Only Implant Orders panel presentation, they shared these challenges and steps taken to overcome them. Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/how-data-supports-consignment-implant-order-automation/ Discover the planning and pre-work, collaboration and the importance of building a solid and accurate data foundation when automating implant orders in healthcare. Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/how-will-suppliers-respond-to-increasingly-complex-healthcare-supply-chains/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/leveraging-data-for-analytics-and-insights-leading-healthcare-suppliers-know-the-shared-value/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/embracing-a-digital-transformation-strategy-leading-healthcare-suppliers-make-doing-business-easier/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/best-in-class-ghx-lumere-partner-spectrum-health-wins-top-supply-chain-award/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/finally-a-kanban-system-that-works-for-nurses/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/inventory-count-services-yield-significant-benefits-for-hospitals/ Discover the lesser-known benefits of hospital inventory count services such as identifying opportunities for efficiency gains and navigating systemwide changes. Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/the-risks-of-overlooking-ap-automation/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/inventory-count-uncovers-safety-and-compliance-problems-at-one-hospital/ In two cases, GHX Inventory Count specialists identify information related to safety and compliance problems associated with controlled substances. Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/save-your-top-ap-talent-from-back-office-burnout/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/inventory-count-uncovers-46-million-in-hidden-value-at-one-hospital/ GHX Inventory Count specialists uncover $46 million of inventory at a hospital that expected to find $5 million worth of supplies. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/5-questions-to-assess-your-strategic-digital-direction/ Fri, 06 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/the-hidden-cost-of-expired-supplies-lessons-from-hospital-inventory-counts/ Find out how GHX Inventory Count specialists found dozens of expired items that amounted to nearly $200,000 worth of inventory at a 2,000-bed health system. For healthcare provider organizations, large amounts of expired products tend to indicate that the hospital has significant supply chain management challenges. When hospitals aren’t able to determine how much inventory they need, they purchase too many supplies, and often those supplies expire before they can be utilized. Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/there-s-no-mystery-behind-the-clinically-integrated-supply-chain-only-teamwork/ Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/want-to-improve-physician-supply-chain-collaboration-use-physician-level-data/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/countering-the-rise-of-workplace-violence-in-healthcare/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/ghx-named-winner-of-the-2022-workday-partner-innovation-awards-in-the-healthcare-industry/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/automate-or-delegate-digitizing-your-strategy-for-supply-chain-data-management/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/trends-for-2022-and-beyond-for-medical-device-company-to-hospital-supply-chains/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/why-evidence-matters-to-your-clinically-integrated-supply-chain/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/how-can-health-care-systems-better-manage-the-supply-chain/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/standardization-and-measurement-keys-to-the-next-phase-of-healthcare-compliance/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/ghx-acquires-explorer-surgical-to-accelerate-value-based-healthcare-delivery/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/healthcare-credentialing-5-reasons-your-business-should-lean-into-managed-services/ Discover five compelling reasons for replacing in-house management with credentialing managed services in hospitals and healthcare facilities to strengthen compliance. Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/national-health-care-supply-chain-week/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/compliance-and-credentialing-does-an-open-door-policy-leave-your-organization-at-risk/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/how-a-value-analysis-evolution-led-to-a-performance-based-contract-revolution/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/pandemic-presses-supply-chain-to-new-levels-of-automation/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/ghx-acquires-lumere-to-advance-clinically-integrated-supply-chains/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/ghx-and-workday-align-in-the-cloud-for-healthcare/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/going-beyond-supply-chain-basics-pricing-alignment-in-healthcare/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/standardizing-and-automating-order-confirmations-the-long-tail-effect/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/what-us-healthcare-providers-should-know-about-gdpr/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ghx.com/the-healthcare-hub/healthcare-automation-explained/ Discover the latest in healthcare automation, technology trends and digital transformation from robotics and AI to the benefits of automation for staff satisfaction. 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