HealthLeaders Media March 2, 2022
Deborah Abrams Kaplan

The Dallas-Fort Worth area health system used the pandemic to increase supply chain transparency and add technologies to increase diversity in its vendor pool.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– Shorten the supply chain by partnering with an on-shore vendor for critical items.

– The purchased services area can increase vendor diversity in the local community.

– Making information transparent can help with planning at all levels, and calm fears in those who want to hoard supplies.

– By allowing online bids, health systems can reach more diverse vendors.

Shaun Clinton is one of the few supply chain leaders who can admit to not running short of personal protective equipment during the early days of COVID-19. Texas Health Resources staff was able to...

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