Matt Shimshock, Premier’s director of product management for enterprise resource planning and supply chain technology solutions, recommends health systems use analytics and data benchmarks to identify cost savings from supply utilization across the continuum of care.
Price is important, but volume and product mix have the greatest potential to influence cost. For example, using surgeon gloves when sterile exam gloves are just as acceptable can add thirty cents or more to every episode of use. Over time, this variation can add up to significant dollars for a health system.
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