A New Year, Same Pressures — But Sharper Tools Health systems are heading into 2026 with a familiar pair of pressures: relentless financial constraints and increasingly unpredictable operational demands. Even as teams work hard to stabilize day-to-day operations, they’re also staring down another year of change, complexity, and uncertainty. The
If you’re a health system supply chain leader feeling squeezed between escalating costs and growing local demands, you’re not alone. Hospital expenses are outpacing inflation — in 2024, they grew
When costs rise and margins tighten, health system leaders often face a difficult challenge: cut spending without compromising patient care. By reimagining the health care supply chain as a strategic asset rather
It can be easy to blame the health care supply chain for rising costs. Yet when we peel back the layers, the waste often hides in plain sight. Inefficient supply chain operations quietly drain resources. Lasting savings come from tackling the root causes of supply chain waste. Below are five areas
Health care supply chain leaders face a paradox: they operate in an industry where clinical excellence and patient safety are non‑negotiable, yet every year they are expected to extract more savings from vendors. To help manage costs, most U.S. hospitals participate in group purchasing organizations (GPOs). But the traditional GPO model
Perhaps you’re already among the health care leaders who know it’s time for supply chain to move from transactional to strategic. In a world of mounting uncertainty, health care supply chain leaders can no longer afford to take a reactive stance. From pandemics to tariffs, climate-related disasters to cyberattacks, the past
Gartner Announces Ranking of the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2025 CINCINNATI, Ohio (Nov. 19, 2025) — Gartner, Inc. has released their 2025 Supply Chain top companies ranking and Bon Secours Mercy Health, whose supply chain function is powered by Advantus Health Partners, has been ranked #3 for the second year in
In the ever-changing health care industry landscape, the strategic partnership between Advantus Health Partners and Delta Health System has emerged as a beacon of innovation and cost efficiency. Delta Health System, needing to reduce supply chain costs, was searching for an alternate option to augment their Group Purchasing Organization (GPO).
There’s too much variability in U.S. health care, which leads to waste and worse patient outcomes. As a surgeon, Dr. Jimmy Chung saw this problem firsthand. Dr. Chung’s journey into health care supply chain management was not a traditional path for a physician. After more than a decade in
Health systems face numerous challenges as they migrate from a volume-based, fee-for-service model to a value-based care environment. Aligning supply chain early on is a key to successfully transitioning to this newer reimbursement model. Advantus provides members with health care supply chain expertise and products to smoothly navigate the transition:
Physician preference items (PPI) are a hot topic in ORs. But rather than catering to individual physicians’ preferences, Dr. Jimmy Chung, chief medical officer for Advantus Health Partners, proposes a different approach: Reduce variability in PPI to improve patient outcomes using data. The PPI contracts at Advantus aren’t selected by
The health care industry is increasingly focused on transforming operations to deliver better patient outcomes while managing rising costs. One area with great potential for improvement is supply chain. In the latest episode of Outcomes Rocket, Dr. Jimmy Chung, chief medical officer at Advantus Health Partners, dives into how strategic
Choosing the right healthcare GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) can shape the future of your health system’s supply chain performance including financial outcomes, operational resilience, and clinical outcomes. During the GPO RFP process, asking the right questions ensures alignment, transparency, and long-term value. Below is an article outline with 10 key
Every health care organization needs technology to deliver patient care — from diagnostic imaging and monitoring devices to life support and surgical robotics. But some health care providers are making costly mistakes that cause their technology to be more expensive than their competitors’. Smart healthcare technology management (HTM) challenges these
The quality of your healthcare technology management (HTM) program is the difference between providing reliable care with well-maintained equipment and shuffling the schedule when something breaks. The right HTM program gets you out of the endless break-fix cycle and into a unified plan to proactively manage all equipment performance and
