title: Stop the supply chain insanity. Retail as a model for hospitals.
abstract: The healthcare supply chain has yet to embrace any single industrywide source for synchronized product data. A synchronized product data system is a keystone in other multibillion-dollar markets. University Health Care System (UHCS), Augusta, Ga., developed a pilot program that demonstrates the benefits of data standardization and synchronization and enabled the system to recognize productivity gains in the supply chain.
authors.affiliation: University Health Care System, Augusta, GA, USA. dbelkoski@uh.org
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Belkoski
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D005845:Georgia; D006785:Hospitals, University; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010865:Pilot Projects