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What you need to know about product sourcing: Part 2 of our 2019 update on the hospital purchasing process


Editor's note: This post is the second in a three-part series about shifts in hospitals' service, product, and IT sourcing processes.

Last week's blog dug into the non-clinical purchased service market. For the second installment of our purchasing Q&A series, I sat down with Raj Tharakan, a director within Optum Advisory Services who helps hospitals improve clinical product sourcing processes. While we haven't seen any dramatic shifts, Raj confirmed a continued movement towards centralization and standardization and explained how those trends impact hospital value-analysis, GPO contracting, and more.


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