One-stop supply chain solutions

MHS now offering comprehensive one-stop supply chain solutions

Advanced MHS technology helps hospitals match supply chain functions to patient care
(Fairfield, CT) For decades, hospitals have struggled to find technology that solves nagging dilemmas embedded in their supply chain and comes close to matching the sophistication of the life-saving medical devices and equipment used on patient floors. That near-fruitless search has left a litany of cost that in difficult economic times has grown less acceptable than ever.


Now, Management Health Solutions (“MHS”), a leading, independent provider of supply chain optimization solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems nationwide, is offering the industry’s only wall-to-wall technology expressly designed to meet those challenges and present a hospital with an opportunity to adopt enhanced supply chain management. The MHS service offering leverages a range of advanced supply chain technologies that let healthcare organizations automate key supply chain functions, yet do it with the convenience of a single specialized vendor.


For example, many hospitals still log in devices and supplies manually at the loading dock before moving those items to patient floors. MHS has furnished hospitals with the tools to eliminate that inconsistency and raise supply chain management to the high standards of contemporary patient care. Services such as RFID-enabled two-bin technology help hospitals integrate disparate systems and make MHS the innovative leader in the segment.


Here are some important ways in which today’s MHS technology can move the healthcare supply chain into the forefront of modern technology:


Recall Management System - Provides hospitals a powerful patient safety function that quickly and automatically matches product recalls to inventory, delivering alerts directly to responsible and appropriate department personnel.


Centralized Item File - Using MHS technology, hospitals can host a centralized corporate item file through a convenient, fully functional “look-up” interface. The interface, positioned between a hospital’s various requestor locations, operates through a federated search tied to an MHS reference database. New item requests may be initiated easily from within the interface and submitted through the MHS Client Portal.
Flexibility - Mechanisms contained in the MHS technology are written in common Excel format and designed to handle single and bulk requests as changes, adds and activations. In addition, should a hospital decide to add or delete requestor locations those changes may be made quickly with minimal keystrokes.


Validation and Accuracy - The MHS technology has the capacity to perform request validations, de-duplication tasks, data sourcing, data cleansing and data production to client terminology standards and local preferences. The solutions, which can also develop optimal par levels, are also designed to assign standard item numbers and then deliver highly accurate results directly to a facility’s corporate database.


Real-time Visibility and Synchronization - Data produced by completed transactions is automatically pushed down to the local materials management information system (MMIS) for real-time visibility and focused control of supply chain operations. Synchronization mechanisms between corporate and local databases are provided as is built-in compliance monitoring.


William Zierolf, president and chief executive officer of MHS, says the company’s comprehensive offerings give it a leadership position in the industry. “We believe our wall-to-wall supply chain management technology furnishes hospitals with a critical boost in cost-savings and efficiency while putting MHS in a leadership position with a unique market opportunity,” says Zierolf.


Many of the nation’s top healthcare organizations utilize MHS solutions, among them Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Orlando Regional Medical Center, and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. In recent months, two large Midwestern organizations, Ascension Health and BJC Healthcare, both based in St. Louis, along with New York’s Albany Medical Center, have contracted for MHS products.


Further information about MHS products is available at www.mhsinc.com as well as on Facebook and at Linkedin.