title: St. Louis IDN reinvents supply chain step by step.
abstract: Ascension Health expects to save at least $43 million on medical-surgical supplies over the next five years, thanks to its new distribution contract--but that is only part of the story.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: DeJohn
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D017046:Cost Savings; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems / Q000191:economics; D020407:Internet; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008923:Missouri