McKesson Strategic Supply Sourcing™ solution is the healthcare industry’s first formulary-based procurement solution using artificial intelligence to identify functionally equivalent supply items. This fully-integrated, cloud-based sourcing solution helps healthcare providers gain unprecedented visibility and control with accurate, enterprise-wide information and web-based tools. The solution is agnostic – it works with any materials management information system (MMIS) solution, not just McKesson supply chain solutions. It helps healthcare organizations:

•Support predictive value analysis and standardization efforts

•Stop supply spend leakage as it happens

•Manage costly physician preference items (PPIs) through functionally similar and functionally equivalent item identification

•Increase contract compliance and maximize tier levels

Features:

•Formulary-based procurement

•Virtual Item Master –cloud-based marketplace with over 2M+ items

•Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine - perpetually normalizes and cleanses item file

•Key Spend Indicators aid with quick identification of contract compliance, vendor performance and visibility into supply chain spend.

•Integration of entire hospital supply chain spend – off-site locations and external data sources (GPO contracts, vendor catalogs and self-contracted items)

•Virtually unlimited attributions and naming conventions for supply items

•Functionally similar and functionally equivalent product identification

•Facility-level support with organizational roll-up to central virtual item master

Prerequisites:

•An Apple device with iOS version 5.0 or newer.

•Network connectivity to the strategic supply sourcing server. This includes cellular network or Wi-Fi access.

•A valid login to McKesson Strategic Supply Sourcing. Please contact your Strategic Supply Sourcing administrator for details.