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Based on the most-read stories on Becker’s strategy channel in 2019, here are the five organizations healthcare leaders were most interested in reading about: 1. Walmart. In 2019, the retail giant rolled out and expanded several healthcare pilots, including a Featured Providers program to link employees to local physicians, and $4 telehealth visits. It also …
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Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) (Louisville, CO) announced it acquired Lumere (Chicago, IL), a provider of evidence-based data and analytics solutions that enable healthcare organizations to build clinically integrated supply chains and optimize medication formulary management. GHX believes the acquisition will allow it to “create the gold standard in data governance, providing a single source of …
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Cybersecurity is nothing new, but as hackers look to infiltrate more of the devices we use every day, there’s growing concern about those used in the medical industry. The Food and Drug Administration has increased the cybersecurity of devices being manufactured today. But it can’t force hospitals to retire older, less secure units. The FDA …
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HCA Healthcare (Nashville, TN) has acquired Valify (Frisco, TX), a technology company that helps healthcare organizations identify opportunities to cut costs in the area of purchased services. HCA will use Valify’s benchmarking tools to identify and pursue opportunities to reduce the cost of providing healthcare services and help Valify expand its platform. Valify’s platform allows …
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1. Amazon is among the tech giants making the biggest impact on healthcare, and coupled with its vast number of users and sellers, it can be a fertile testing ground for future healthcare applications, according to CBInsights. 2. Haven has been relatively quiet in since launching its website on March 6, 2019. 3. In March, …
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How suppliers can turn Value Analysis Committees into an advantage John is joined by Dee Donatelli, an expert on Value Analysis committees and Value Analysis processes for our nation’s IDNs. In this episode, Dee shares insights into how suppliers can navigate Value Analysis committees and processes and use them to their advantage. As providers deal with …
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Recap of National Accounts Summit Nov 14-15, 2019
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How do you improve diversity in healthcare, and the nation’s workplaces in general? Make it a priority. Study after study shows that gender diversity leads to better business results, says Therese Grossi, Independent Consultant and National Accounts Veteran, “so there’s a business reason that you would think everyone would want to be engaged.” Grossi says …
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John Pritchard, host of the National Accounts Today podcast and CEO of the Association of National Account Executives (ANAE), spoke with Amazon-Expert John Ghiorso, CEO of Seattle-based Orca Pacific, about Amazon’s role and future as a business-to-business distribution channel in healthcare and other industries. “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” This is famed novelist Ernest Hemingway’s …
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After 22 years on the supplier side of the table followed by a decade working for a GPO, Pete Allen has a pretty thorough understanding of all facets of healthcare contracting and national accounts. Pete started his career working for Kimberly Clark and BD. A decade ago, he was approached for a position at Novation …
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The University of Louisville has a backup plan if its plan to buy Jewish Hospital and KentuckyOne Health’s other Louisville assets falls apart. The university in June put together renderings, floor plans and a construction timeline for a $379 million expansion of the hospital. The expansion included renovating some hospital units and adding two patient …
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Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) has launched stockd. ®, an e-Commerce marketplace for healthcare and business supplies, to meet the procurement demands of providers in the non-acute care space. The stockd. marketplace unites national and entrepreneurial sellers, bringing reliable, innovative manufacturers into the alternate-site supply chain on a single online purchasing platform. Building on Premier’s supply …
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ProPublica’s Dollars for Doctors Project released a list of the device or pharma companies that paid U.S. physicians the most in 2018. 1. Genentech — $478 million 2. Zimmer Biomet — $109 million 3. Stryker — $91.9 million 4. Boston Scientific — $82.2 million 5. Allergan — $73 million 6. Arthrex — $70.3 million 7. …
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