White Paper - Cardinal Health's Success Strategy

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For physician’s offices, Cardinal offers VitalSource GPO, a technology and business solutions package designed to help manage high-cost specialty pharmaceuticals, find new revenue streams, and ensure future business success.

Payers and Health Plans are provided with Cardinal’s Medication Therapy Management (MTM) solution. This technology can effectively improve patient outcomes, close gaps in care, and reduce hospital readmissions through improved medication adherence and optimized medication use.

Medical manufacturers are also offered Cardinal’s business solutions. With the tools available, the manufacturer can make informed supply chain decisions with the state-of-the-art inventory management solutions package. Cardinal’s manufacturing offerings also include package and materials testing, engineering and consulting services, as well as validation and cold chain solutions.

• Patients

Cardinal Health provides additional tools and services to help healthcare providers guide their patients through the complexities of their wellness journey from hospital to home. For acute-care patients, Cardinal offers naviHealth, a post-acute care management technology, to help healthcare providers identify high-risk patients and optimize post-acute care plans. Cardinal also offers medication therapy management and outpatient pharmacy services. It also helps support a smooth transition to home for the care provider’s patients by providing medical supply delivery directly to their homes.

Cardinal Health, Inc. has demonstrated a successful healthcare model of integration by providing medical care products and services to nearly all segments of the healthcare delivery system. From acute care to long-term care, from ambulatory surgery centers to physician’s offices, from pharmacies to laboratories, Cardinal Health’s integration efforts have had a wide reach in serving healthcare providers. Likewise, its endeavors in the integration of medical and business services has been outstanding. From manufacturing to logistics, they cover the entire supply chain. Cardinal then cements the integration process with all of its healthcare delivery customers through its offerings of support, training, and software packages to ensure the success of each provider.

References

About Us. (2017). Retrieved from CardinalHealth: http://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/about-us.html#1495654900543

Blust, J. (2016, October 6). What it Means to Lead at Cardinal Health. Retrieved from HR.com: https://www.hr.com/en/topleaders/all_articles/what-it-means-to-lead-at-cardinal-health_itymiky5.html

Company Profile Cardinal Health, Inc. (2017, February 16). Retrieved from Marketline.com.

FedEx and Cardinal Health Form Strategic Alliance to Offer Premier Healthcare 3PL Solutions. (2013, October 29). Retrieved from FedEx: http://about.van.fedex.com/newsroom/global-english/fedex-and-cardinal-health-form-strategic-alliance-to-offer-premier-healthcare-3pl-solutions/