Study of three international health systems showcases the benefits of supply chain transformation

The World Health Innovation Network (WIN) provides the first research of its kind by developing empirical case studies that quantify the operational and financial benefits of highly automated and integrated supply chain infrastructure in health systems, enabled by global standards adoption.

Examining Alberta Health Services (AHS) in Canada, the National Health Service (NHS) in England, and Mercy in the US, the research uncovers their implementation strategies, outlines the emerging impact and identifies returns-on-investment as high as 7:1 from adopting supply chain processes to strengthen health system performance. Although, the case studies profile supply chain implementations in three different countries (characterised by unique leadership approaches, implementation strategies and system governance structures), all three reported significant outcomes.