IU Health distribution center plans to deliver to ASCs

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health’s Integrated Service Center, a facility that provides medical supplies to the system’s hospitals and acute care centers in the state at a reduced price, is expanding to deliver supplies to other facilities, according to Inside Indiana Business.

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1. The facility, which began shipping supplies in July 2018, will eventually provide supplies to IU Health’s ASCs and physician offices.

2. The facility has robotic technology that collects supplies from a bulk inventory and serves all 16 IU Health hospitals.

3. The facility surpassed its 2018 goal of saving the health system $4.2 million in costs.

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