When every second counts: How possible happens in healthcare supply chain management

The critical role of supply chains in hospitals and patient care

Gauze, needles, IV bags, masks, cannulas—there are hundreds of critical items in a hospital’s supply closet that are essential to life-saving patient care. A hospital system can go through thousands, even tens of thousands, of each of these items in a single day—but these life-saving items don’t just fall in doctors’ and nurses’ laps. They travel through a complex supply chain system in which the stakes couldn’t be higher. In healthcare, the last mile refers to the supplies stocked at the ready in the nursing station, and materials available in medical supply closets. During a health emergency, a nurse arriving at an empty IV shelf can make the difference between life and death.

Upgrading healthcare supply chain management with Infor

Infor™ helps our healthcare customers find innovative ways to upgrade their supply chains, reduce administrative burdens, and, in turn, level up their patient care. Through migrating to Infor CloudSuite™ Healthcare, hospital systems can standardize operations across multiple provider locations to reduce confusion and administrative burden, streamline supply chains, and save critical money and time. By integrating and collating all existing data in Infor CloudSuite, administrators can spot and fix inefficiencies that go unnoticed for years.

Streamlining healthcare to prioritize patient care

For a hospital system, optimizing supply chains doesn’t just save money; it saves time, which is arguably the most important resource in patient care. Infor empowers hospitals by providing the data-driven transparency required to enhance operational efficiency. With Infor, you gain insight into demand based on clinical caseload, accurate pricing to maximize contract compliance, accurate data for billing, and alerts and insights to keep your patients and employees safe. This enables nurses to spend less time in the supply closet and more time at patients' bedsides. Infor solutions also automate tedious processes and ease administrative burdens like managing complex nursing schedules, allowing providers to spend less time on the computer and more time with patients.

Supporting healthcare’s mission with smart solutions

In healthcare, your mission is caring for your patients. At Infor, we make it our mission to give you the tools to prioritize just that. The stakes are high in healthcare, and every second counts. By making the journey to Infor CloudSuite, team members across hundreds of hospitals are able to reduce their administrative burden and costs, which allows them to refocus their time on the people who need it most.

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