Smoothing It Out: Military Health Care Supply Chain in Transition

Health care provision in the US can be characterized by its ongoing consolidation of systems and facilities in its efforts to achieve clinical and business integration. An important goal in health care systems is integration to reduce fragmentation and gain value. Functional integration has a long h...

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Published in:Hospital topics 2022-07, Vol.100 (3), p.132-139
Main Authors: Ramos, George, Schneller, Eugene S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Continuity of care
cost avoidance
fully integrated supply chain organization (FISCO)
Hospital administration
Hospitals
integration
mergers
military medical health care
Military medicine
Quality of care
Supply chain
Supply chain management
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Summary:Health care provision in the US can be characterized by its ongoing consolidation of systems and facilities in its efforts to achieve clinical and business integration. An important goal in health care systems is integration to reduce fragmentation and gain value. Functional integration has a long history of association with clinical performance. Supply chain can dramatically support the goals of cost avoidance, improved clinical outcomes, and buffer the system from external dependencies. This paper examines the efforts by the Department of Defense to consolidate the medical supply chain and explores lessons for and from the civilian health sector supply chain.
ISSN:0018-5868
1939-9278
DOI:10.1080/00185868.2021.1927923