A decision support tool for healthcare providers to evaluate readiness and impacts of adopting supply chain data standards

Healthcare providers are under increasing pressure to reduce waste, eliminate unnecessary costs and redundant efforts, thereby improving the quality and consistency of healthcare delivery. Lack of automation and the lack of use of global identifiers for products and locations, also known as supply c...

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Autores:
Burbano Collazos, Angélica
Varghese, Vijith
Buyurgan, Nebil
Rardin, Ronald L.
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/81440
Acceso en línea:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19488300.2013.790860
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/81440
Palabra clave:
Cadena de abastecimiento
Production engineering
Cadena de suministro
Ingeniería de procesos
Ingeniería de producción
Salud - Aseguramiento de la calidad
Herramienta de gestión
Software de gestión
Sistemas de Salud
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description
Summary:Healthcare providers are under increasing pressure to reduce waste, eliminate unnecessary costs and redundant efforts, thereby improving the quality and consistency of healthcare delivery. Lack of automation and the lack of use of global identifiers for products and locations, also known as supply chain data standards, are two critical factors that can help streamline providers operations and improve process efficiency. Despite widespread consensus among various stakeholders, healthcare providers lack a well-defined approach towards adopting and implementing data standards. Supply chain data standards can be defined as a set of product and location identifiers which are used in supply chain related processes and transactions.