Developing Digital Health and Use of Data in Scotland
Digital health data strategies across Scotland could be a significant factor in the quality of care patients receive throughout the country. Refining this has a... Read more.
How AI can help healthcare organisations optimise their final mile delivery?
Artificial intelligence is one of the fastest-growing trends in technology at the moment, with generative AI getting closer and closer. More industries are embracing... Read more.
Health care’s last-mile challenge
In healthcare, efficiency not only reduces costs but can also save the lives of patients. Solving all of the logistical issues in a supply chain is a fundamental... Read more.
The biggest issues facing senior procurement managers in health care?
The healthcare sector is one of the most important in modern society, with effective healthcare helping people to be healthier, happier and more productive. Procurement... Read more.
What are the biggest challenges for the newly created 42 integrated care boards (ICBs)?
Effective administration is one of the most important parts of healthcare, with effective planning and preparation often making the difference between effective... Read more.
ELCOM Webinar Roundup – How can data standards and inventory technology help our healthcare system?
A combination of inventory technology and rigorous data management could offer various benefits to the UK’s healthcare services. ELCOM’s recent webinar on the... Read more.
Enhancing patient safety and care with Scan4Safety
Safety is at the heart of any successful health service, but this can only happen with professionals taking action. This is the driving force behind the 'Scan4Safety'... Read more.
ELCOM awarded £2.7 million 5-year contract by Scottish Government
Elcom, the world’s first cloud-based procurement technology provider, has been awarded a £2.7 million five-year contract by The Scottish Government. The contract... Read more.
What does good look like for ICS in accordance with the WGLL framework?
When you operate an Integrated Care System, providing the best possible outcomes for your patients is your number one priority. This means ensuring a good standard... Read more.
How are Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) unlocking the potential of data analytics?
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships between organisations involved in health and care services, invented to bring them together as one working body,... Read more.
Scottish Government harnessing eCommerce in Procurement
Scottish Government’s Lynn Wisener, Deputy Director of eCommerce & Procurement Best Practice on the government’s use of eCommerce in public procurement.
The... Read more.
EVOLVE Purchase to Pay: Integrate, streamline and automate your purchasing processes.
Every organisation needs to be able to carefully manage their purchasing and their budget. The bottom line matters. But with large organisations, a manual system... Read more.
How purchase-to-pay (P2P) leads to savings
Procurement can be complex for any organisation and this can limit its cost-effectiveness. A procurement process that isn’t cost-effective can substantially increase... Read more.
Purchase to pay best practices.
Purchase-to-pay systems can offer several advantages for businesses. However, there are certain practices to carry out to get the most out of your system and increase... Read more.
Data standardisation and interoperability challenges in healthcare supply chain
Recent technological advances mean that departments and companies throughout the healthcare sector are shifting towards technological solutions and away from paper.... Read more.
Operational efficiencies in healthcare supply chains
If you’re working in the procurement departments of the healthcare sector, you might be researching the latest in inventory management technology. The truth is... Read more.
What is Scan4Safety and how can it improve supply chain management in healthcare?
Supply chain management is an important aspect of improving how organisations work - it can help reduce costs, make things run more efficiently, and use data effectively.... Read more.
How to Solve Your Company’s Tail-Spend Problem
Across the country and the world, businesses suffer a significant tail-spend problem – in particular, the public sector spends over £1 billion every year on tail-spend.... Read more.
AI as a key digital trend in supply chain management
AI as a key digital trend in supply chain management
Artificial intelligence aims to utilise computing power to emulate the decision-making and problem-solving... Read more.
Supply Chain Disruption: Omicron, a year of challenges.
The UK is currently experiencing an ongoing supply chain crisis as a combined result of Brexit and Covid-19. This supply chain crisis is impacting almost every industry,... Read more.
8 top procurement trends for 2022 and beyond
COVID-19 has affected so many aspects of our daily lives and nowhere has this been more pronounced than in industry and commerce, with most businesses having to... Read more.
Smart Supply chain solutions integrating humans, data, and AI technologies.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are expected to drive the next generation of supply chain solutions with the emergence of a self-aware platform integrating... Read more.
How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) used in Analytics? Unlocking the power of data.
Integration of procure-to-pay (P2P) processes with end-to-end automation and decision-making workflows positions procurement at the crossroads of massive data flows.... Read more.
UK Supply Chain Crisis: are Brexit and COVID-19 being blamed fairly?
According to a recent survey conducted by ELCOM amongst 2900+ buyers and suppliers, more than 50% of the respondents believe that COVID-19 has significantly amplified... Read more.
Top 5 challenges facing the healthcare supply chain
Since the onset of the pandemic, the healthcare system has struggled to get medical devices, surgical supplies, and pharmaceuticals to the frontline workers on time.... Read more.