Supply cost reduction

• Cardinal Health has gained recognition nationwide for designing effective clinical processes and realigning resources across the entire patient care delivery system. Learn more in our Consulting and Services area.
• Our Best Value™ program can help customers choose solutions that best match their needs—from single product lines to families of products to a full product program. The more Best ValueT products a customer chooses, the greater their potential savings.
• Capitated product modules can help health care providers standardize product usage while improving clinical care. Programs include:
  • Procedure-Based Delivery Systems: We standardize the components necessary to perform a procedure and consolidate them into one module, reducing steps, costs, and packaging waste.
  • Prepackaged nonsterile Supply ProtocolT Packs and single-use sterile packs are tailored specifically to a hospital's unique requirements, eliminating process steps during purchasing, material handling, inventory accounting, and clinical-procedure setup.

• Special programs developed by Cardinal Health manufacturing teams to evaluate product usage and find the most appropriate balance between cost and features include:
  • Gloves Management Program: A full suite of services to help customers choose and manage the most protective and cost-effective mix of gloves for their employees, ensuring that they are using the right gloves for the right reasons.
  • Medi-Vac Maximum Value Program: A detailed cost comparison of suction and drainage products, including hidden costs in your current system.
  • Convertors Drape and Gown Utilization Review: A program that brings staff and clinicians together to first review procedures and protocols and then identify the right product at the right time for maximum efficiency.