On Our Minds

Rethinking ROI in the Hospital Supply Chain: It’s About More Than Dollars

November 23, 2025

Hospitals today are stretched thin. With clinical labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, rising costs, and overextended staff, there’s growing urgency to find ways to do more with less—without compromising care.…

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How VueStat Helped MultiCare Revolutionize Their Non-Acute Supply Chain

July 15, 2025

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the need for efficiency, transparency, and smarter supply chain solutions has never been more critical. At MultiCare, a leading not-for-profit health system with facilities…

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The Power of UDI for Safer, Smarter Healthcare

December 26, 2024

As Ed Hisscock of Trinity Health pointed out so poignantly at the recent AHRMM UDI Forum, his supermarket sends him texts when a product he bought has been recalled, but…

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Two Main UDI Compliance Problems and Why They Matter

May 31, 2024

What is UDI anyway? In 2013 the FDA created the Unique Device Identification system for identifying medical devices sold in the U.S. This standard encoding system enables track & trace from…

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Both Patients and Hospitals Are Put at Risk with Poor Recall Management

February 26, 2024

In response to a formal request on December 13, 2023 from Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Richard Blumenthal, D.-Conn, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is launching a probe into the…

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Four Takeaways about the Potential for AI in the Healthcare Supply Chain

January 4, 2024

There are legitimate concerns about the future of AI in our lives, and the debate rages on about how scared or excited we should be. But regardless of how we…

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