title: Recent initiatives in U.S. hospital supply management.
abstract: A variety of health care industry changes affect hospital/system materiel management directors as never before. Among them: the switch to patient care in alternative sites, system integration, new health care partnerships, and evolving technology and benchmarking needs. The key drivers for management include total product cost, compliance, standardization, utilization, and long-term partnering.
authors.affiliation: Premier, Inc., Westchester, IL, USA.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sykucki
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D018166:Health Care Reform; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States