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Technological Innovations Reshaping the Healthcare Supply Chain
Almost every industry is exploring the groundbreaking potential of new technologies involving automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and the healthcare supply chain is no exception. While rapid innovation always brings some degree of uncertainty, the healthcare distribution industry has already found exciting opportunities for automation, AI and ML to assist employees, while also creating efficiencies that ultimately benefit providers and their patients.
Distributors' Sustainability Efforts: Protecting Patients and the Planet
A new report estimates that the overall health costs of climate change already exceed $820 billion each year. The healthcare sector alone is responsible for nearly 5 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. According to a December 2020 Health Affairs study, “health damages stemming from U.S. [healthcare] pollution in 2013 [are] on the same order of magnitude as deaths from preventable medical errors.” Unfortunately, many of the most vulnerable communities are impacted by the harmful effects of climate change.
How Distributors Facilitate Patient Access to Specialty Therapies
Specialty pharmaceuticals — complex medications that require special handling, administration and ongoing clinical support — are reshaping healthcare delivery. These therapies offer hope for patients living with serious or chronic conditions; however, specialty medications are also introducing unprecedented complexity in how products are being manufactured, transported and accessed.