Healthcare Supply Chain Information Systems Via Service-Oriented Architecture

Sultan N. Turhan and Özalp Vayvay
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Sultan N. Turhan: Department of Computer Engineering, Galatasaray University, Çıraǧan cad. No: 36 34357, Ortaköy Istanbul, Türkiye
Özalp Vayvay: Department of Industrial Engineering, Marmara University, Göztepe Campus, 34722 Kadıköy Ístanbul, Türkiye

Chapter 1 in Handbook on Business Information Systems, 2010, pp 3-24 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractHealthcare supply chain management differs from other applications in terms of its key elements. The misalignment, high costs for healthcare providers and heavy dependence on third parties, distributors, and manufacturers are the main trouble making issues for the healthcare supply chain. At the same time, some of the supply chain components of the health sector have a different position compared to the other materials that are taking place in the other supply chains. In particular, the specific consumables used in the surgical operations bear a significant importance in terms of the usage and the costs. In some cases, the doctors may not have a strict opinion on the exact quantity of the consumables they will use during the operation before starting it. On the other hand, it is not always possible to have all these materials in the stock because of their high cost. Moreover, due to the inefficiencies in the social security system in Turkey, the social security institutions do not always accept to pay the price of the materials used. Worse still, the related information generally reaches with a significant delay to the hospital management.

Keywords: Information Systems; Systemization; Business Process Development; Health Care; Industrial Management; Data Management; Semantic Web Services; Knowledge Management; Risk Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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