title: In search of best practices. Hospital, vendor group makes strides on supply-chain issues, but GPOs are rankled over being excluded from the SMI.
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rhea
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D040541:Marketing; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States