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Supply chain management (SCM) for healthcare

Solutions for medium healthcare organizations

In the healthcare industry, it is vital to have the materials you need when you need them. In addition, cost savings is a constant goal without sacrificing patient care. IBM and IBM Business Partners provide supply chain management (SCM) solutions that improve healthcare organizations' productivity.

The advantage

Some advantages to implementing our SCM solutions include:

  • Simplify and automate your business processes
  • Strengthen your supplier networks
  • Increase patient and staff satisfaction with deliveries

Benefits

IBM and IBM Business Partners provide comprehensive SCM solutions that can improve relationships between patients, physicians and suppliers. Some key benefits you may receive include:

  • Improve service levels and reduce inventory
  • Streamline hospital processes to achieve operational efficiencies
  • Collaborate with suppliers to integrate supply and demand

Supply chain management (SCM) solutions

  • IBM and BlueWare

    Provides electronic medical and patient record systems, transcription and dictation systems, along with healthcare-specific customer relationship management (CRM), intranets and extranets for healthcare facilities.

  • IBM and Cerner

    Delivers a comprehensive, technically advanced, enterprise-wide healthcare information platform.

  • IBM and Eclipsys

    Provides healthcare organizations with advanced, knowledge-driven software and service solutions built on a single, open, modular Web architecture.

  • IBM and Healthcare Management Systems, Inc.

    Specializes in financial and clinical systems for multifacility organizations, and community-based hospitals.

  • IBM and Healthland

    Offers financial, ancillary and clinical systems to small and midsized hospitals, home health facilities, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities.

  • IBM and Keane

    Provides a complete line of information systems for integrated delivery networks (IDNs), hospitals, long-term care facilities and medical group practices. Keane offers the RISC processor, Windows NT®, and IBM iSeries™ platform-based solutions, providing a client with flexibility in choosing the technology platform that best suits their needs.

  • IBM and Lawson

    Provides business-process software solutions that help services organizations in the health care, retail, professional services, public sector, financial services, and other strategic markets achieve competitive advantage.

  • IBM and McKesson (Per-Se Technologies)

    Provides software and services that enable healthcare organizations to effectively manage resources, improve productivity and drive operational effectiveness.

  • IBM and MEDITECH

    Provides healthcare organizations with cohesive, easy-to-use healthcare information systems.

  • IBM and Misys Healthcare Systems

    Designs, develops, and supports a comprehensive suite of information products for physician practices, hospitals, home-health providers and other related organizations.

  • IBM and Valco-DataGlider

    Delivers portal solutions that combine back-end integration with interactive portal front-end technology.

We're here to help

We'll work with you to understand your needs, determine the best options and find the IBM representative and/or IBM Business Partner that is right for you. Contact the Express Advantage Concierge, a team of specialists dedicated to mid-sized business at 1-877-IBM-ACCESS
(426-2223).