Healthcare supply chain management, is important and an integral part of Malaysian hospitals. To effectively manage both service and cost to deliver top-quality care for less.
An estimate says that 25%-30% the operational cost for Malaysian hospitals goes to supply accounts. The healthcare supply chain in Malaysia is complex then other industries because it requiring accurate and specific medical supplies according to patient’s needs.
It is important to manage the healthcare supply chain to eliminating multiple numbers of resources to do the decision making at the hospital and possibly improve organizational productivity and hospitals or clinics can focus precisely on running the business.
What is healthcare Supply chain management?
The Healthcare supply chain means, regulating availability of medicine, consumables, non clinical, medical equipments at right time in coordination with all departments of hospitals, to reduce errors and short supply.
Well managed hospital supply chain aim for delivering the top quality care for less , and shift hospital/clinics to value-based system.
The Importance of Supply Chain Management in Malaysian Hospitals
Hospital Information Systems improves the Malaysian healthcare in terms of quality of patient care, reducing operational cost, making administration data error-free and shaping the entire internal management process more efficient and organized. However, hospitals and clinics have not adopted hospital information solutions in the supply chain management.
For many Malaysian clinics and hospitals, costs cutting has become one of the primary goals, however remodeling and managing hospital supply chain accelerate substantial cost savings and also improve efficiencies in patient care.
In Malaysia Healthcare supply chain management commonly refers to the procurement and distribution of products and services as they move from the affiliated manufacturer to the patient.
Hospital supply chain management comes with a different types of challenges, the important concerns include accumulation of supplies, demand for specific types of product in inventory, product expirations, out-of-stock issues that may lead to expensive delivery charges, pinching and an unwarranted increase in inventory cost based on demand. These issues subsidize to out-of-budget supply costs.
While with the Alliance global healthcare supply chain management solution regulates requirement and supply, standardize the product and automation throughout the process.
Alliance Global Healthcare’s efficient Supply Chain manages to
- Improved Operational processes,
- Resources utilization,
- Satisfied employees,
- Effective Medical care, and
- Sustain Patients.
