Healthcare Supply Chain Management

According to the health data released by the Organization forEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the UnitedStates spends more per capita on healthcare than any otherOECD country. Currently U.S. healthcare spending constitutes$2.5 trillion or 17.3 percent of GDP with healthcare costs increasing9 percent annually. To reverse this alarming trend theObama administration recently led the effort to dramaticallyreform healthcare policy laws and regulations.This book provides you (whether a healthcare policy makerhospital administrator pharmaceutical company manageror other healthcare professional) with practical guidance forleveraging supply chain principles to better manage healthcareresources and control healthcare costs. It introducesbasic supply chain management concepts terminologiesand tenets. Other included topics are strategicalliancesamong healthcare partners value analysis of healthcare services and productsthe impact of healthcare reforms on healthcare supply chainsand the development of performance metrics for the healthcaresupply chain and benchmarking.