A Disciplined Approach to Data Quality Is Essential to Healthcare’s Future

The healthcare supply chain has faced extraordinary challenges over the past few years, and a need for modernization has become apparent. Today, the supply chain is ready for a major upgrade that will drive operational improvements across the industry, while providing safer, better patient care. The manufacturers of medical devices and pharmaceutical products can lead the way by prioritizing adoption and implementation of data standards that enable industry stakeholders to share supply chain information in real time. When the standards are adopted by all healthcare trading partners, including wholesaler/distributors and healthcare providers, a dramatic, technology-enabled transformation will unfold.