ObjectivesProcurement's important role in healthcare decision making has encouraged criticism and calls for greater collaboration with health technology assessment (HTA), and …
This paper constitutes an analysis of the issues, relationships, emerging hospital strategies, and policy needs surrounding hip and knee implants. Demand for hip and knee …
Interest in public procurement's role in innovation has been reinforced by the directional turn in innovation policy, which highlights the social purpose of innovation. Procurement-induced …
ED Zepeda, GN Nyaga, GJ Young - Journal of Operations Management, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study we examine the effects of horizontal inter-organizational arrangements on inventory costs for hospitals facing two key environmental conditions, namely the logistics …
LR Burns, JA Lee - Health Care Management Review, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Hospital purchasing alliances are voluntary consortia of hospitals that aggregate their contractual purchases of supplies from manufacturers. Purchasing groups …
The purpose of this article is to shed light on hospital supply expenses, which form the second largest expense category after payroll and hold more promise for improving cost …
S Landry, M Beaulieu - Handbook of healthcare operations management …, 2013 - Springer
The practice of patient care is supported by a range of healthcare supply chain management activities, also referred to by many as healthcare logistics. Improving the efficiency of these …
Purchasing groups were first created in the healthcare sector, which has faced unprecedented challenges in terms of cost control for over two decades. Purchasing groups …
Providing health care involves a complex enterprise, and the trade‐off between quality and cost has been particularly stark compared to other industries. However, a recent focus on …