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Healthcare Needs a Double Shot of Efficient and Effective

Thomas Kase - January 18, 2013 7:01 AM | Categories: Commentary, Friday Rant, Healthcare, Thomas Kase

One of the beauties of e-sourcing is that it is so efficient and time-saving, especially when it’s combined with effective supplier management. So much data is only collected once, through a web browser, disseminated between multiple users, stored, and is available for validation, use and reuse. It can be so elegant when it’s done right. Quick too — users can typically zip right through the process, expending time and effort to provide only the data points that are relevant to them. Switching to the world of healthcare, we walk straight into the opposite scenario. Reams and reams of forms to [...]

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Sourcing Construction and CAPEX: Expanding the Role of GPOs (Part 2)

Jason Busch - July 2, 2012 4:07 AM | Categories: Consortiums, Healthcare, Jason Busch

Please click here for the first post in this series. With its latest announcement that it plans to enter the construction and CAPEX sourcing realm, MedAssets is expanding the definition of what it means to be a GPO in healthcare (or any field, for that matter). The centerpiece of this agreement is relationship with Attania, a specialist provider in the market. According to the announcement, “with this new agreement, organizations utilizing MedAssets Capital and Construction Solutions gain access to … [a] solution suite for enhanced visibility and financial control of construction and renovation projects across all stages — from planning [...]

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