What Value Can a CIO Get Out of Their Health IT Procurement and Supply Chain Process?

Before COVID-19, I think that many of us took for granted the supply chain and the ability to procure just about anything we wanted pretty easily.  Then, the pandemic hit and we realized that there’s a lot more risk in the supply chain than we realize.  As we start to focus more on procurement and the supply chain, it turns out there’s a lot of value that CIOs and healthcare organizations can get from a better focus on it.

To dive into this topic and understand some of the value that’s available, I talked with Jeff Heenan-Jalil, CEO & Founder at GPO HEALTH.  This interview came as a suggestion from a CIO who was impressed with their work and it didn’t disappoint.

We ask Heenan-Jalil about the role of the ERP in this and why it doesn’t solve many of the procurement and supply chain problems.  He points out that the ERP is actually the cause of many of the problems.  Heenan-Jalil also shares where he often sees opportunities for healthcare organizations to save money in their procurement efforts.  Plus, he talks about the role of data and using AI and machine learning to optimize this process for a healthcare organization.  Finally, we ask him what a health IT leader should know about supply chain and procurement they may not fully understand.

If you want to find out some ways your healthcare organization needs to rethink your procurement and supply chain, you’ll enjoy this interview.

Learn more about GPO Health: https://www.gpo-health.com/

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About the author

John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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