Where is the healthcare supply chain going? It’s a given that healthcare costs must come down, yet quality patient outcomes must be maintained and improved. Other industries have leveraged the supply chain to automate, increase efficiency and improve profitability. Healthcare, too, is on this path.

We believe the future combines a 360-degree supply chain with a cloud computing infrastructure, where trading partners collaborate to share data and business intelligence for improved planning results, and—most importantly—patient care. The short videos below present this emerging supply chain in more detail.

		One Future: The Healthcare Supply Cloud (Duration: 5:27) This video was used during Shape the Future, the interactive experience we presented at the 2011 Summit. It presents one possible direction for the healthcare supply chain, 3 to 5 years down the road. Its purpose was to engage the audience and spark a discussion on the validity of the vision and the obstacles that would need to be overcome to make it a reality.
		GHX CEO Bruce Johnson: Leveraging the Cloud and Collaborating for Joint Value (Duration: 12:05) In his opening address at the 2011 Healthcare Supply Chain Summit, Johnson elaborates on the challenge of balancing the cost / quality equation. He peers into the not-to-distant future where the 360-degree supply chain, cloud computing, and increased collaboration among trading partners enable us to meet the cost/quality challenge head on.