Today, hospital and health system leaders are navigating workforce changes and tighter margins, along with more frequent supply shortages, product backlogs, and price fluctuations.

Health care organizations must be creative and resilient with their purchasing and supply chain-management strategies, leveraging tools and technologies that enable greater efficiencies and prevent disruption to hospital operations and patient care. As procedural volumes are on the upswing and clinical staff are struggling with unprecedented staffing concerns, health care leaders are seeking ways to extend technology-driven supply solutions into procedural areas. This executive dialogue explores how health care executives are optimizing supply chain processes to improve affordability while maintaining patient care excellence.