October 2024 Vol. 20 - No. 5 - Side by Side for 20 Years

Aug 26, 2026

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October 2024 issue (Vol. 20, No. 5) of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting focuses on healthcare contracting, supply chain innovation, and patient-centric delivery. Coverage highlights how SMI supported advancements over two decades, a more synergetic supply chain as health systems expand, inventory and fill-rate improvements, forecasting for future pandemic planning, and the importance of separating fact from AI-driven narratives. It also includes research milestones, provider views on distribution value, industry news, and distribution metrics.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages60

Reading Time2 h 31 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Publisher’s Letter: Healthcare and the Upcoming Election

A More Synergetic Supply Chain

Predicting the Next Pandemic

AI offers healthcare supply chain wonder, wisdom, whimsy and weakness

ANAE: Facing Healthcare Challenges Headfirst

Today’s Research, Tomorrow’s Healthcare

A Provider Perspective On The Value Of Distribution

Supply Chain By the Numbers

Purchased Services: A tale of two opportunities

Industry News

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FAQs

What is the theme of this October 2024 issue?

The issue centers on how healthcare contracting and supply chain improvements support patient-centric healthcare delivery, with special emphasis on innovation and long-term progress.

What does the publisher’s letter address?

It discusses healthcare in relation to the 2024 presidential election and highlights major healthcare-related statistics and concerns about political attention to healthcare.

How does the issue approach forecasting and AI in healthcare supply chains?

It presents pandemic forecasting efforts from the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics and cautions readers to separate fact from fiction when using AI-related narratives.

Aug 26, 2026

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