title: The supply chain and clinical quality.
abstract: Improving quality of care has become a major consideration when it comes to buying supplies. Here's how leading-edge hospitals are changing the process, including adding clinicians to their buying staffs and standardizing how they choose and use products.
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017008:Negotiating; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States