Effective supply chain management is no longer a back-office function—it’s a strategic imperative that directly impacts patient care, clinician satisfaction and financial outcomes. This shift in approach requires a shift in your team, too. These two specialized roles are revolutionizing health care supply chains: surgical navigators and clinical resource program
A 49-hospital health system dramatically reduced medical waste and saved $4.9 million by implementing a strategic electrophysiology equipment reprocessing program that balanced environmental sustainability, financial innovation and quality care. Medical
Movemedical collaboration enables point-of-use technology to optimize procedural inventory levels and eliminate product expirations CINCINNATI, Ohio (March 25, 2025) — Advantus Health Partners (AHP) and Movemedical (MM) have formed a strategic collaboration to reset
Purchased services keep health care running. But these essential purchases — like technology maintenance, hospitality services and business supplies — can easily become a financial drain on your health system. And simply achieving a lower price won’t create long-term cost savings. It takes many small steps of continuous process improvement to achieve a
Retail approach to health care supply chain sparks new partnership Cincinnati, Ohio and Anchorage, Alaska (May 14, 2024) — The pandemic caused many organizations to adapt and make changes, which holds true for Advantus Health Partners and Warrior Outdoor, LLC. The leaders of Advantus Health Partners accelerated the launch of the
Indirect procurement firm fills important supply gaps Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, KY (May 09, 2024) — Advantus Health Partners announced a new strategic collaboration with indirect expenses and supplier management experts, Alliance Cost Containment (ACC). ACC is an award-winning procurement firm that specializes in printing services, telecom, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations
At Advantus Health Partners, we believe in the next generation of health care supply chain. We recently announced an agreement with GE HealthCare of up to $760M over 10-years to provide GE HealthCare’s Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) services to our clients. “We are constantly working to bring next-generation supply chain
Dan Hurry, president of Advantus Health Partners, was featured in an article in Becker’s Hospital Review about “Healthcare Supply Chain’s No. 1 Issue: A Language Barrier.” In the article, Dan discusses the biggest problem for the medical supply chain. Dan believes we don’t have the consistency and intelligence to make
Noah Dunlap, VP, Insights, Innovation, PMO at Advantus Health Partners, has been featured in the Cincinnati Business Courier in an article about our commitment to supplier diversity. The article details our willingness to share critical information across supply chain to optimize business opportunities for minority suppliers. In the article, Advantus
Health care organizations face many challenges in their supply chain that add to its complexity. “In health care supply chain, we lack a universal language. If you look at the retail world, you have universal product codes that help the intelligence for the digital supply chain and the flow of
Are your rural hospitals paying higher supply chain costs? Did you know that rural and community hospitals are some of the most underserved when it comes to supply chain operations? The data shows that these hospitals pay about 30-40% more on supply chain costs than an IDN. Rural hospitals are
At Advantus Health Partners, we’re passionate about helping health systems reduce their supply chain spend. On a recent episode of PSQH: The Podcast, Jimmy Chung, M.D., chief medical officer of Advantus Health Partners, shares lessons learned from 2022 and areas of opportunity for health systems. Shortages are still expected to
Between 2010 and 2021, 136 rural hospitals closed their doors, an average of about 12 a year. In 2020 alone, however, 19 rural hospitals were forced to close, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rural hospitals have experienced higher material costs, difficulties hiring and retaining staff, and less revenue due
At Advantus Health Partners, we know how crucial physician leadership is to supply chain. That’s why we have a Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jimmy Chung. We help our own clients harness their clinical leadership for supply chain expertise. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we supported Bon Secours Mercy Health’s physician
We had the privilege to speak with our own Scott Miller, system director of purchased services at Advantus Health Partners, about his career at Advantus and his time in the United States Air Force. Can you describe your role at Advantus Health Partners? In my role of System Director of
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