| | DECEMBER 20186UTLOOK Healthcare Tech Alex D'souzaManaging Editoreditor@healthcaretechoutlook.comHealthcare supply chain involves a lot of stages that include process teams and movements of surgical equipment, medicines and other devices that help care providers in serving patients better. The main aim of the supply chain in healthcare is to identify the gaps among departments and assist in reducing them with the right supplies. However, with time the traditional healthcare supply chain model has changed a lot. Unlike earlier, when pen and paper-based systems were the only medium to manage equipment supplies and medicines, these days, orders are placed using different mediums, such as mobile devices, computer and many more.Also, with the arrival of data-driven technologies and cloud-based software managing health care supply chain has become more comfortable. These advancements help healthcare providers and suppliers in ensuring the availability of supplies as and when they are required, getting rid of the dangers posed by counterfeiting and medication blunders. Not only this, but this kind of arrangement also provides flawless visibility and collaboration across the supply chain and help them cut costs by making sure the available products are being used and not wasted, also additional supplies will only be provided after the older ones get used.Today, the advancement in the healthcare supply chain management has reached that level where soon it will beat the one that is used in the retail arena. According to a report from MarketsandMarkets, the healthcare supply chain management market is expected to reach $2.31Bn by 2022 from an estimated $1.55Bn in 2017, at a CAGR of 8.4 percent. Seeing these numbers, there is no doubt that the rapidly increasing market of healthcare supply is full with a multitude of solution providers. To help healthcare decision makers understand and select the best-of-breed solutions, our goal with this special edition is to highlight the top companies that can help care providers in serving their patients in the best way. This edition also blends thought leadership from subject matter experts with real stories on what selected vendors are doing for their clients, including exclusive insights from CIOs and CXOs.Write us your thoughts.Ushering the Next-generation Healthcare Supply ChainEditorialManaging EditorAlex D'souzaEditorial StaffAaron PaulArijit SarkarDivya Kishore Joe PhillipVisualizerAnil KumarDECEMBER 14, 2018HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALSalesBrian Thomasbrian@healthcaretechoutlook.comUTLOOKHealthcare Tech Copyright © 2018 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.December - 14 - 2018, volume 04 - 25 Published by ValleyMedia Inc. To subscribe to HealthcareTech OutlookVisit www.healthcaretechoutlook.com UTLOOKHealthcare Tech *Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffEmail:sales@healthcaretechoutlook.comeditor@healthcaretechoutlook.commarketing@healthcaretechoutlook.comPhone:510-230-0395Fax:510-894-8405Contact Us:
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