Value Chain Excellence: A Panacea for Transformation With all eyes focused on the fallout from healthcare reform and worldwide cost and pricing pressures, the need for transformation in the healthcare value chain has never been more urgent. Manufacturers, distributors, healthcare providers and payers cannot continue with business as usual - change is needed now. Last year we discussed the challenges of and opportunities for collaborating more openly and effectively with key trading partners and unveiled our first annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25. This year, we release our 2nd Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 and focus how industry executives are investing to convert the accelerating pace of change into improved care, profits and growth by: - Increasing visibility across the value chain - Linking value chain excellence to the effective and accurate measurement of patient outcomes - Focusing on the patient as the end consumer to drive greater patient outcomes at optimal economic cost.
