Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System has signed a lease and broken ground on a $32 million logistics operations center in Sparrows Point, Md.
"Our vision is for this new center to function as a logistics hub for the system, which will allow for safer and more efficient operations at every hospital and in every care location," Mohan Suntha, MD, president and CEO of UMMS, said in a March 7 news release shared with Becker's.
The 400,000-square-foot center will also house pharmacy operations to help manage high-cost drug purchasing and utilization, better serve UMMS facilities, and reduce waste. Clinical engineering operations will also be housed at the center, with laboratory and sterile processing operations possible add-ons in the future.
"The Logistics Operations Center will allow UMMS to stage, store, process and deliver critical supplies and services across the system, facilitate efficient staging and repair of medical equipment and create additional capacity within system member organizations," the release said. "The center will also enable UMMS to leverage key partnerships with key supply chain and logistics partners."
The center is expected to open in the second quarter of 2025.
UMMS is a private, academic health system that comprises 11 hospitals, urgent care centers, and more than 150 additional locations.