Executive Summary – Critical Supplies, Critical Outcomes: The Quest for Excellence in Materials Management
This study assesses materials management's vital role in healthcare, showing how non-clinical teams affect patient care. It addresses the challenges of ensuring medical supply availability and how strategic changes can improve operations and outcomes.
Insights:
· 84% of leaders link inventory management to patient safety.
· 74% report supply shortages cancel procedures.
· 76% see a need to better report inventory-related incidents.
The study also explores how digital tools like analytics and RFID can revolutionize inventory control and patient care.
Read the full Hospital Vision Study for strategies that redefine materials management and enhance healthcare.