Of the ASC administrators asked what supply chain initiatives they would pursue in the next 12 months:
• 34 percent plan to standardize products used in their center
• 24 percent plan to evaluate their GPO
• 19 percent plan to implement an order management system
• 6 percent plan to change or join a GPO
• 6 percent plan to change distributors
• 3 percent plan to do something else
• 2 percent plan to hire a consultant
• 27 percent plan none of the above
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