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What is Healthcare Supply Chain

Chapter 36
Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare
The network of institutions, organizations and companies operating in the healthcare sector.
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Integration Issues in the Healthcare Supply Chain
Spyros Kitsiou (University of Macedonia, Greece), Aristides Matopoulos (University of Macedonia, Greece), Maro Vlachopoulou (University of Macedonia, Greece), and Vicky Manthou (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-356-2.ch036
Abstract
The efficacy, quality, responsiveness, and value of healthcare services provided is increasingly attracting the attention and the questioning of governments, payers, patients, and healthcare providers. Investments on integration technologies and integration of supply chain processes, has been considered as a way towards removing inefficiencies in the sector. This chapter aims to initially provide an in depth analysis of the healthcare supply chain and to present core entities, processes, and flows. Moreover, the chapter explores the concept of integration in the context of the healthcare sector, and indentifies the integration drivers, as well as challenges.
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Chapter 265
Governance Structures for IT in the Health Care Industry
A managed set of activities related to the health care activity of a patient, organized so that all necessary information is available all the time and the participants in the chain have a complete picture of the total process
Published in Chapter: Governance Structures for IT in the Health Care Industry; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Investigating the Influence of Supply Chain Practices on Healthcare Organizational Performance: An Integrated Framework
A network of different entities of business organizations such as suppliers, hospitals, diagnostic centers, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, distributors, dealers and retailers working together to provide enhanced service to the patient.
Published in Chapter: Investigating the Influence of Supply Chain Practices on Healthcare Organizational Performance: An Integrated Framework; From: Handbook of Research on Supply Chain Resiliency, Efficiency, and Visibility in the Post-Pandemic Era
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