Northfield, Ill.-based Medline is on track to begin partnerships with more than 40 health systems this year, according to a Nov. 30 press release.
It's on track to complete prime vendor implementations worth over $1 billion in supplies at the partnerships since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the release said. This is in addition to $2.5 billion in new partnerships that were implemented in 2018 and 2019.
The partnerships span over 32 states and include Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, UNC Health in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, the release said. During the pandemic, persistence and communication became key in the processes this year.
"This pandemic is relentless and redefining normal as we know it," Doug Golwas, executive vice president of acute care at Medline, said in the release. "To ensure we help meet the service improvements and much needed cost savings our customers expect from us, Medline continues to modify its approach to ensure we can effectively adapt for and with system partners when it comes to our team, infrastructure, MedTrans fleet, strategic inventory and technology. I am extremely proud of the collaboration and execution between Medline and our partners during this critical time."
Read the full press release here.