title: GHX, Broadlane form latest e-commerce linkup.
abstract: Broadlane agreed in June to connect its electronic commerce system to the supplier-owned site run by GHX. As a result, contract compliance could either improve or be more easily evaded, depending on hospitals' response to the wider choice of suppliers.
mesh_terms: D003120:Colorado; D003132:Commerce / Q000639:trends*; D003284:Contract Services; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012495:San Francisco; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation