Healthcare supply chain software streamlines medical supply procurement, inventory management, and overall spend management. The software also promotes and supports transparency between primary, ancillary care, and non-acute care providers in the types of services and procedures that they provide patients. Healthcare supply chain helps stakeholders like providers, distributors, and suppliers ease the ordering and receiving of medical supplies and products. With this software, physicians, nurses, and medical professionals are able to automate manual, time-consuming supply chain-related tasks, leverage workflows and business intelligence to lower costs, and ultimately improve delivery of care. Additionally, healthcare supply chain software helps hospitals and medical practices adhere to and provide value-based care.
To qualify for inclusion in the Healthcare Supply Chain category, a product must:
- Track and manage the procurement, delivery, and receiving of medical supplies, equipment, and products
- Track medical inventory
- Analyze health care finances, operations, and activities
- Improve operational efficiency
- Connect suppliers and vendors with providers
- Support collaboration between clinicians