Critical Supplies, Critical Outcomes: The Quest for Excellence in Materials Management

Executive Summary

Published May 2025

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In acute-care hospitals, effective materials management plays a crucial role in ensuring optimal patient care. Discover the perspectives of decision-makers from large hospitals in the United States and United Kingdom responsible for managing medical devices and durable equipment, implants, consumables and medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, and/or sterile equipment and supplies. Explore insights into their challenges, the pressures to ensure clinical efficiency and delivery of safer patient outcomes, and the technologies poised to reduce errors, predict demand, and enable real-time visibility.

Topics

  • Impact of inefficient inventory management on patient outcomes.
  • Challenges of materials management in hospitals.
  • The role of technology in increasing inventory visibility and enhancing decision making.
  • Relationship between operational efficiency and the delivery of patient care.
  • Future outlook on artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics in hospital materials management.

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