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Advantus Health Partners appoints Rick Roycroft as Chief Commercial Officer

Roycroft will advance market impact of the end-to-end supply chain solutions company CINCINNATI, Ohio (Dec. 18, 2024) —Advantus Health Partners recently appointed Rick Roycroft to the role of chief commercial officer for the end-to-end supply chain solutions company. Roycroft will oversee business development strategies and tactics that support growth for

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3 Ways to Improve Your Supply Chain This Year

Executives in the health care supply chain are challenging how things are done. They are thinking differently about supply chain, moving it from a line item to the bottom line. Recent years have been tough, with lots of challenges, like more drug shortages than we’ve seen in almost 10 years. Success

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3 Ways High-Performing Supply Chains Enable Value-Based Care

Health system leaders look to reduce their overall costs by targeting supply chain optimization — almost half say it’s their No. 1 cost-saving initiative this year. But amid financial challenges, inflation and supply shortages, that goal is much trickier to achieve today. The traditional group purchasing organization (GPO) approach fails to

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Advantus and GE Healthcare Announce Healthcare Technology Management Agreement

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

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Advantus President, Dan Hurry, Featured in Becker’s Hospital Review

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

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Advantus featured in Cincinnati Business Courier for commitment to supplier diversity

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

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Supply Chain Plays a Vital, Strategic Role in Health Care

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

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Join our Rural Health Webinar: Bridging the Price Gap in Rural Supply Chain

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

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Reduce Health Care Supply Chain Costs While Maintaining Quality

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

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Why Physician Leadership is Critical in the Supply Chain

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

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Employees Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries

Advantus Health Partners is excited to celebrate significant work anniversaries for two team members, totaling more than a century of experience. Gloria Ruffin celebrates 51 years in supply chain Gloria Ruffin is celebrating 51 years of dedication to supply chain within the Bon Secours Mercy Health ministry and Advantus Health

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