Personalized Medicine Demands Smarter and Leaner Logistics
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Here’s how data will advance healthcare and how the supply chain will enhance and support patient-centric medicine. |
How Patient’s Consumer Mindset is Reshaping Healthcare
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They want to be more informed and active in their healthcare decision making. Here’s how logistics is supporting these new demands. |
UPS Smarter Specimen Logistics
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Between now and 2020, IVD testing will increase by $20 billion1. Demographic changes, greater focus on preventive care, and other healthcare trends are driving higher demand for lab services. But, to capitalize on the emerging opportunities, you will need to provide levels of speed, efficiency, and reliability that your competitors can’t match.
Reimbursement rates are lower, creating powerful cost pressures for labs. In turn, those pressures drive a need to improve efficiency. But the clinical need for specimen integrity remains paramount. What cost-effective transportation options exist for the diagnostics industry that don’t put specimen stability on the line? And what can give you a competitive edge when you’re under pressure to do more with less? The right specimen logistics provider can transform your business— by providing you with the speed and efficiency you need to outperform your competitors. |
Creating a Better Healthcare Cold Chain
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But companies can overcome them and thrive by adopting best practices noted in this white paper by UPS cold chain experts. Create a more efficient supply chain—and ultimately a healthier patient—with definitive advice on how to:
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UPS Lab Pak
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2017 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper-A Mobile Mindset
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Mobile matters more than ever for consumers and retailers as it’s projected to become a $250 billion market by 2020, with U.S. mobile retail sales accounting for 48.5% of retail e-commerce sales.1 As of November, 2016, more users are accessing the internet from mobile devices than desktop computers2 which is an unprecedented shift already having a significant impact on shopping.
In terms of discretionary spending, mobile commerce (m-commerce) growth is far outpacing e-commerce and brick-and-mortar.3 Over the past five years shoppers have simply become more comfortable using their mobile devices to research and buy online resulting in more time and money channeled via m-commerce. The projections for continued growth in m-commerce make it essential that retailers of all sizes be properly positioned to provide an optimal experience via mobile devices.
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Increasing Employee Productivity and Performance
According to Gallup, in the US only 33% of employees are engaged, which means that every day they are motivated to positively impact and find value for the company. 16% are disengaged and destructive, negatively impacting on the company and the rest 51…
7 Step Guide to Operational Excellence
Looking for clear, actionable steps and tips from process leaders on how to achieve operational excellence? This resource provides a 7 step general roadmap organizations can follow, independent of allegiances to any particular methodology. …
Increasing Employee Productivity and Performance
According to Gallup, in the US only 33% of employees are engaged, which means that every day they are motivated to positively impact and find value for the company. 16% are disengaged and destructive, negatively impacting on the company and the rest 51…
7 Step Guide to Operational Excellence
Looking for clear, actionable steps and tips from process leaders on how to achieve operational excellence? This resource provides a 7 step general roadmap organizations can follow, independent of allegiances to any particular methodology. …
