The recommendations resulted from a year-long collaboration between HIDA Educational Foundation and McKinsey & Company. They are also laid out in a white paper called “Healthcare Supply Chain 2015: Strategic Insights for the Distribution Channel.”
Here are the 15 recommendations:
1. Fix the contracting process.
2. Link products and outcomes.
3. Implement and champion data standards.
4. Partner in standardization/streamlining efforts.
5. Enable the home setting.
6. Address end-to-end supply chain costs.
7. Expand the scope of products in distribution.
8. Invest in new capabilities to enhance service across care settings.
9. Leverage data to create actionable insights.
10. Support new frontline care models.
11. Leverage non-acute data.
12. Evolve the go-to-market strategy.
13. Aggressively strip away supply chain costs.
14. Provide greater transparency to product and service costs.
15. Prepare to shoulder some risk burden.
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