HealthIT Answers April 21, 2025
By Devin Partida, Editor-in-Chief, ReHack.com
As the health IT industry has gained momentum, it has strengthened the pharmaceutical supply chain, providing many benefits to patients, medication producers and health care providers. What specific advantages can strategically applied technologies bring to supply chain management?
Improved Tracking
Many pharmaceutical products are in perpetually high demand. Additionally, some are tightly controlled substances, requiring pharmacies, hospitals and other entities to account for where these medications go and to whom.
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) trackers can show the exact locations of individual medication containers, increasing operational visibility. RFID tracking prevents medication misuse and other issues that could attract regulators’ attention if not resolved.
Like RFID tracking, blockchain technology can improve supply chain processes by allowing managers...
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