This report summarizes our findings from interviews with medical and information technology leaders at payors across the country regarding their efforts to apply connective technologies to their medical management functions. This paper offers a future state model that can help health organizations improve their supply chain operations and realize greater margins. This report summarizes findings from interviews with executives and Webmasters at 26 managed care organizations. It explores how they govern and manage their eBusiness, how they develop strategies and set priorities, and what capabilities are in place or under development. By David Mish and Richard Phillips.
Health organizations can realize substantial savings from a connected supply chain solution.
But adopting new technologies is not enough. It couples clinical information and decision support with materials management processes. Read our Point of View to learn more about how to integrate your supply chain. The rise of the Internet and other connective technologies has already caused significant change in many industries. Although applications in health care are still being explored, eCommerce has the potential to redefine business processes and relationships.