Healthcare Supply Chain Management

According to the health data released by the Organization for

Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United

States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other

OECD country. Currently, U.S. healthcare spending constitutes

$2.5 trillion, or 17.3 percent of GDP, with healthcare costs increasing

9 percent annually. To reverse this alarming trend, the

Obama administration recently led the effort to dramatically

reform healthcare policy, laws, and regulations.

This book provides you (whether a healthcare policy maker,

hospital administrator, pharmaceutical company manager,

or other healthcare professional) with practical guidance for

leveraging supply chain principles to better manage healthcare

resources and control healthcare costs. It introduces

basic supply chain management concepts, terminologies,

and tenets. Other included topics are strategicalliances

among healthcare partners, value analysis of healthcare services and products,

the impact of healthcare reforms on healthcare supply chains,

and the development of performance metrics for the healthcare

supply chain and benchmarking.