Healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are considered to play an integral role
in the healthcare supply chain by kee** prices low and hel** all members of the …

Hospitals are searching for ways to improve supply chain efficiency. Drawing on the success
of supply chain digitization in other industries, hospitals have increased their efforts to …

Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have been long-term players in the healthcare
ecosystem for over a century, but have gained some unwelcome notoriety in the last two …

This paper focuses on the membership aspect of collaborative purchasing by examining the
factors related to an organization's decision to change its affiliation with group purchasing …

The centralized drug bulk-buying program has played an integral role in the drug
procurement. However, it has triggered conflicts among profitable group purchasing …

Hospitals face significant pressure to reduce operational costs, particularly medical supply
costs, which account for up to 40% of a hospital's expenses and continue to grow. In this …

This paper extends the application of GPOs (group purchasing organizations) to the chain
store industry. We consider a supply chain consisting of several suppliers, a GPO, and …

针对由一个医药企业和一个GPO 以及多个医疗机构构成的药品双渠道供应链.
医疗机构可以直接从医药企业或集团采购组织购买药品, 考虑线下医疗机构分享预测信息对医药 …

It is difficult to summarize the performance of GPOs and group purchasing. As noted in prior
chapters, there is no national database on the GPO sector and no readily available and …

Performance measurement and comparisons are used to derive reliable estimates on the
productivity growth of any decision-making unit. Efficiency is the key factor in monitoring and …