Autorentext

Stuart Rosenberg is an accomplished supply chain management professional with a number of years of experience using outstanding communication and leadership skills to coach, mentor, and motivate professionals in challenging environments. As the president and chief consultant of First Choice Supply Chain, his reputation as a savvy supply chain leader is beyond reproach for delivering resourceful business strategies and customer focused solutions. His work with several multi-national corporations-Johnson & Johnson, Cadbury, Reckitt Benckiser, and Linde Gas-and his far-reaching experience in launching, managing, and mentoring new programs and strategies resulted in greater customer confidence and improved business results. Stuart is a Professor of Supply Chain at Middlesex College. He sits on two advisory committees-one at Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business and the other at Middlesex College's Faculty Development Committee. Stuart is also the author of three supply chain books, with a fourth one to be released in 2026.

Klappentext

Effective supply chain management (SCM) in healthcare significantly impacts various aspects, including cost reduction, improved patient care, and enhanced efficiency. By optimizing inventory, reducing waste, and streamlining processes, healthcare organizations can improve financial performance, ensure timely access to essential supplies, and ultimately deliver better patient outcomes.

SCM is essential for delivering high-quality care to improve patient experience. There is a large network of systems and processes that guarantee the delivery of medicines and supplies to healthcare institutions and patients. In addition, there are challenges to the supply chains such as disruptions, which force innovative strategies to mitigate negative consequences from these disruptions.

Ensuring that products end up with customers is an important objective for all businesses, but it is completely critical in healthcare. Lives depend on receiving supplies and medications on a timely basis. Collaboration and communications between all involved in the healthcare supply chain-suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, healthcare institutions, clinicians-facilitate this movement of goods, services, and information. Only then will hospitals and other healthcare institutions meet patient needs.

This book addresses many of the disruptors and delays experienced in the supply chain including regulatory compliance, fluctuating demand, systems' complexity, and visibility. The author also addresses how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the supply chain as well as how digitalization has generated benefits and deliverables. The author shares his experience to examine the operational, regulatory, and strategic aspects in healthcare SCM as well as a look into the future and what is shaping the industry.

Inhalt

Part I: The Evolution of The Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 1: Understanding The Healthcare Supply Chain System Chapter 2: Procurement Strategies in The Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 3: Streamlining the Healthcare Supply Chain Inventory Chapter 4: Healthcare Distribution - Challenges and Growth Chapter 5: Regulatory Compliance Chapter 6: Technological Integration Into Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 7: Quality Assurance and The Healthcare Supply Chain Part II: The Healthcare Supply Chain and Healthcare Systems Chapter 8: Are Supply Chain Inefficiencies a Threat to Health Care Chapter 9: Healthcare Demand versus Other Demand Models Chapter 10: Healthcare's Response to Demand Fluctuations Chapter 11: Why Medical Supply Chain Shortages Keep Occurring Chapter 12: Supply Chain Transportation Barriers to the Healthcare Industry Chapter 13: Healthcare Supply Chain In A Constrained World Chapter 14: Should the Healthcare Supply Chain Be Re-structured Chapter 15: How is Artificial Intelligence Changing Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 16: How Digitalization Has Generated Benefits and Deliverables Chapter 17: Clinically Integrate The Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 18: The End-to-End Healthcare Supply Chain Part III: Changes in Healthcare Supply Chain Over the Last Ten Years Chapter 19: Medical Packaging and Labeling in Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 20: The Circular Supply Chain and Its Implications Chapter 21: Solving Structural Challenges Chapter 22: Environmental and Social Initiatives Chapter 23: Role of Standards in Post-Pandemic Supply Chain Chapter 24: Tariffs and the Healthcare Supply Chain Part IV: Ethics and Social Responsibility Chapter 25: Ethical Sourcing Chapter 26: Patient Safety and Product Integrity Chapter 27: Access and Equity Chapter 28: Corporate Social Responsibility Part V: Technology Transforming Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 29: Amazing Things Happen, When Care is Available Chapter 30: Blockchain Ramification to Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 31: Does Artificial Intelligence Improve Patient Care Chapter 32: Robotics Impact on Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 33: Big Data Transforming Healthcare Part VI: Best Practices and Strategies For Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 34: Lean Management Chapter 35: Reasons to Prioritize Agility in Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 36: Is a Hybrid Model the Best for Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 37: Cold Chain Logistics Chapter 38: Metrics for Performance and Improvements Part VII: The Importance of Medical Affairs in The Global Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 39: Understanding The Scope of Medical Affairs Chapter 40: Key Responsibilities of Medical Affairs Within The Supply Chain Chapter 41: Impact of Medical Affairs on Patient Well Being Chapter 42: Ensuring Quality, Safety through Communications Chapter 43: Medical Affairs Influence on Regulations and Standards Chapter 44: How Medical Affairs is Reshaping The Global Healthcare Supply Chain; Bridging Science and Marketing Chapter 45: Emerging Trends and Challenges for Medical Affairs Part VIII: Global Healthcare Supply Chain Without Borders; Partnerships and International Logistics Chapter 46: Models of Collaboration between Governments and The Private Sector Chapter 47: Challenges in Cross-Border Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 48: Strategies to Improve Global Healthcare Supply Chains Chapter 49: Medical Waste Management in a Global Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 50: One Global Health Approach: Integrating Humans, Animals and the Environment to Prevent Diseases Chapter 51: Why Global Health Security Chapter 52: Why Should Clinicians Care About Global Health Security Part IX: Future-Looking Perspectives for The Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 53: Equity and Supplier Mixture Chapter 54: Climate Change - Does Healthcare Need to Regroup Chapter 55: The Fragility Crisis In The Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 56: Cyber security Threats and Safeguards Chapter 57: Cloud Based System Changing the Landscape Chapter 58: How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 59: Hospital Bankruptcies and the Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 60: Will Mergers and Acquisitions Improve the Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 61: Supply Chain is the Key to Non-Acute Care Expansion Chapter 62: Workforce Strategies Transforming Healthcare Supply Chain Part X: Universal Healthcare Supply Chain As Opposed to Market Based Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 63: The Definition of Both Systems and Their Pro's and Con's Chapter 64: The Quality of Care or Lack Thereof Chapter 65: Human Centric Healthcare Supply Chain Chapter 66: The Challenges of Cost Management Chapter 67: Is Innovation Suppressed In A Universal Healthcare Supply Chain Epilogue: The Optimistic Future of the Healthcare Supply Chain