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evaluate from a clinical perspective

how every single product that

we introduce into the supply chain

and deliver to our clinicians helps

us decide whether it’s better than

something we’re already using.”

Having taken steps to embrace

digitalisation over the past couple

of years, Steward Health Care

is currently operating two ERPs

and is well underway in its digital

transformation journey. “We’re

on a digital path,” affirms Prokopis.

“We know we’ve got to get to one

enterprise resource planning capability,

and we’re in the process of undergoing

that transformation now. What’s

critically important from there

is how you take that information

and begin to use it, in order to get

better consumption information at

the point of care and understand

what your inventory positions are.

We’re also creating a mission control

capability that will allow us to predict

our ability to deliver care in advance.

It’s not enough that we schedule

a patient for an operating room

procedure two or three weeks out.

We also then have to understand

—

Michael Prokopis,

Vice President of Supply Chain

at Steward Health Care

“We fundamentally

believe innovation

is the core”

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