5 evolution metrics for hospital supply chains: Gartner

Becker's Healthcare December 5, 2023
Paige Twenter

The healthcare supply chain industry has evolved over the last 15 years in five significant ways, Eric O’Daffer, a Gartner research vice president, wrote in a Dec. 4 piece in Supply Chain Management Review.

In 2009, when Gartner began its annual ranking of the top 25 health system supply chains, roles leading healthcare supply have grown in titles and governance.

Here are five ways hospital supply chains have evolved over the last 15 years, according to Mr. O’Daffer, Gartner’s research vice president in the organizational development and healthcare, life sciences team.

1. Hospital supply chains have matured since 2009, especially in regard to health system C-suite investment. Fifteen years ago, the title of chief supply chain officer in...

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