What is the conclusion? The CAPS 2018 trends study reveals few significant changes in continuing trends. Ongoing health reform, for example, does not emerge as a focal concern, despite the administration’s continued emphasis on medical care costs. The strong focus on cost and price persists. One reading of this year’s survey results is that supply chain managers, in both supplier and provider organizations, do not fully recognize the interrelationships between the different issues. Perhaps con- fi rming our contention that health sector supply chain is truly a “wicked problem” — with many pressures, confl icting incentives and few obvious solutions.2
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Acknowledgements: I am appreciative of the support from the Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium, an industry advisory group within CAPS Research. The survey was facilitated by AHRMM and the Journal of Health Care Contracting provision of contact information for potential respondents.
Finally, a core premise at CAPS Research is that suppliers and providers of care require a platform for developing evidence-based information on supply chain issues and practices and that such a platform requires
Eugene S. Schneller, PhD, is Director of Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium at CAPS Research, and a Prof. at the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. He can be contacted at
Gene.schneller@
asu.edu.
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www.bd.com/bd-vam-partner C Change Surgical ..............................8 1
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www.cardinalhealth.com Cardinal Health .................................45 19
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cookmedical.com/solutions Cygnus Medical ................................32 3
www.cygnusmedical.com Dale Medical Products Inc. ................BC 29
www.dalemed.com Getinge ..............................................3 4
www.getinge.com/us/ GHX ...................................................5 37
www.ghx.com/smarter Healthmark Industries .......................41 5
www.crazy4clean.com Hovertech International ....................27 27
www.hovermatt.com IAHCSMM ........................................55 6
www.iahcsmm.org Key Surgical ......................................33 7
www.keysurgical.com Midmark ...........................................21 23
www.midmark.com/hpnaug Mobile Instrument Service ...............IBC 13
www.mobileinstrument.com Molnlycke Health Care ......................25 8
www.molnlycke.us/see-the-proof Ruhof Corporation ..............................1 10
www.ruhof.com Ruhof Corporation ...........................IFC 9
www.ruhof.com STERIS IMS .......................................19 11
www.steris-ims.com Subway ...............................................9 35
www.subway.com Summit Medical ................................43 16
www.instrusafe.com The Brewer Company .......................29 24
www.brewercompany.com Vantage Point Logistics .....................47 30
www.vantagepointlogistics.com Vizient ................................................7 32
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