MGAC70H3 Chapter 7: Week 7 Case 2 Pg 162.pdf
16 May 2015
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This case illustrates the use of information systems in the health care sector to improve supply chain performance. When compared with other organizations that rely on and order significant volumes of supplies and materials to run their businesses, hospitals are laggards in the deployment of information systems. Hospitals need a variety of materials, surgical instruments, and medical supplies on a daily basis. According to david yundt, president and chief operation officer at. Hospital logistics inc. , a for-profit hospital supply and logistics company launched by the university health network in. Toronto, hospitals have historically focused their energy and capital on direct patient care as opposed to improving the supply chain. This problem is compounded when one considers the tight financial budgets that constrain hospital operations and the general inertia that exists in today"s hospitals from moving away from labour-intensive, manual materials- management processes.
