Published: 01 April 2024
Given the significant impacts of recent disruptions, healthcare provider CSCOs have started implementing initiatives to mitigate risks, but they lack a risk management strategy. CSCOs can use this research to guide their efforts to build a risk management playbook and prioritize building resiliency.
Supply chain risk and resiliency initiatives play a significant role in maintaining the quality and reliability of patient care. According to the 2023 Gartner Risk and Resiliency for Healthcare Survey, 56% of healthcare providers are building a risk management strategy with a focus on the risk function within the supply chain and implementing several initiatives.
Investments in risk and resiliency have increased in the healthcare supply chain during the later years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-party standards have been deployed by 67% of the Gartner survey participants, which shows increasing awareness and collaboration by healthcare providers. Forty-four
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Salil Joshi, Eric O'Daffer
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