Healthcare consulting firm Nexera, Inc. announced in a press release the publication of its new book Healthcare Supply Chain at the Intersection of Cost, Quality and Outcomes.
The book is a complement to Nexera's Hospital Supply Chain Performance Self-Assessment, a free tool that helps benchmark and improve healthcare supply chain performance, according to the press release.
Complementary copies of the book are now available here.
The backbone of the book relies on the intersection of cost, quality and outcomes (CQO). Using the CQO principle, the book breaks down the healthcare supply chain into 12 areas that healthcare executives should focus on.
Nexera President Christopher J. O'Connor stated why Nexera consultants rely on the CQO approach.
"Under a CQO approach, supply chain management is elevated to an even more strategic level," said O'Connor. "The book illustrates how, by implementing various technologies, supply chain professionals can track patient outcome metrics, weighing results against various clinical inputs and monitoring effects of cost-avoidance through clinical measures."