Articles and Publications
GreenHealth March 2014
"Sustainable Road" from Greenhealth, explores the
impact that physical integration can have on a health system's
sustainability goals.
Sustainable Road
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HealthLeaders Media December 2013
The healthcare industry has seen a 50% increase in consolidation
since 2009. To get a sense for how successfully hospitals and
health systems have been at integrating new facilities, MedSpeed
conducted a survey in conjunction with HealthLeaders Media's
Leadership Council.
Unleashing the
Power of Integrated Healthcare Transportation
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Roundtable Report
"The Next Step" is a summary of the recent roundtable discussion
MedSpeed facilitated with forward-thinking healthcare supply chain
executives to gain insight from them about the important role that
supply chain plays in health system integration and how healthcare
transportation can serve as a catalyst.
The Next Step
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Becker's Hospital Review November 2013
In "The Next Big Step for Health System Integration: Healthcare
Transportation" a new webinar and an article from Becker's Hospital
Review, Mark Dixon, president of The Mark Dixon Group, Jake
Crampton, CEO of MedSpeed, and Steve Statz, senior vice president
of business development at Avera Health join together to discuss
the strategic benefits of physical connectivity.
The Next Big Step
for Health System Integration: Healthcare Transportation
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Roundtable Report
"The Time To Act Is Now" is a summary of the third roundtable
discussion MedSpeed facilitated with forward-thinking healthcare
supply chain executives to gain insight from them about the future
of the healthcare supply chain and it impact on patient care.
The Time To Act Is
Now
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Healthcare Purchasing News July 2013
MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton, joins logistics experts to weigh in
on the state of the healthcare freight in "Does Supply Chain need a
freight awakening?"
Does Supply Chain
need a freight awakening?
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Becker's Hospital Review May 2013
In "Healthcare Transportation as an Integration Agent" from
Becker's Hospital Review, healthcare leaders from Advocate
Health Care and Mercy talk about leveraging transportation as a
mechanism for integration..
Healthcare
Transportation as an Integration Agent
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Roundtable Report
"Supply chain executives speak out about the impact of
healthcare transportation" is a summary of the second roundtable
discussion MedSpeed facilitated with healthcare supply chain
leaders to gain insight from them into the value that healthcare
transportation can play in supply chain management.
Supply chain
executives speak out about the impact of healthcare
transportation
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White Paper
Using third party industry resources, MedSpeed developed the
white paper "To Outsource or Insource: Today's Healthcare
Conundrum" to help executives better understand the value of
outsourcing and whether or not it is the right choice for their
organization.
To Outsource or
Insource: Today's Healthcare Conundrum
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Roundtable Report
"Examining healthcare transportation and its value to the IDN
supply chain" is a summary of the roundtable MedSpeed facilitated
with forward-thinking healthcare supply chain leaders at the 2012
Spring IDN Summit.
Examining
healthcare transportation and its value to the IDN supply chain
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Healthcare Purchasing News July 2012
MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton, joins experts in freight and
shipping to weigh in on hidden inefficiencies and their impact on
the healthcare supply chain in "The freight escape."
The freight
escape
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HFMA Healthcare Cost Containment February
2012
Vice president, supply chain and clinical resource management
for Advocate Health Care, Tom Lubotsky, and MedSpeed CEO, Jake
Crampton, share how the two organizations worked together to
carefully review transportation services across the organization
and uncover significant savings.
Improving
Transportation Services Delivers $1 Million in Savings
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In "Uncovering Additional Value in Transportation Services"
MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton, shares strategies organizations should
consider to gain greater efficiency and reduce healthcare
transportation costs.
Uncovering
Additional Value in Transportation Services
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HFMA Educational Update December 2011
Leading supply chain executives describe how transportation is
an often overlooked source of waste within health systems in
"Focusing on Transportation Services to Improve Efficiencies."
Focusing on
Transportation Services to Improve Efficiencies
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Healthcare Finance News November 2011
MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton offers his perspective on why
healthcare transportation is an important strategic asset and some
tips to help healthcare executives better understand their current
operations in "Healthcare transportation: An overlooked
opportunity."
Healthcare
Transportation: An Overlooked Opportunity
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Healthcare Purchasing News July 2011
In "Supply chain must address freight loss fears" by Rick Dana
Barlow, MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton and other industry leaders
discuss opportunities for value and efficiency in freight, shipping
and healthcare transportation.
Supply chain must
address freight loss fears
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Journal of Healthcare Contracting May 2011
Dr. Robert Handfield reveals the results of his national study
on healthcare transportation in the May 2011 Journal of Healthcare
Contracting cover story, "Get on the move!"
Get on the move!
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Healthcare Purchasing News July 2010
MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton, was asked to share his insights
about the untapped opportunities in healthcare transportation with
HPN in July of 2010
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Value Paper
The Value Paper is MedSpeed's newest publication about advancing
transportation to create a strategic asset.
Read the Value
Paper
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Healthcare Purchasing News November 2009
MedSpeed CEO, Jake Crampton, was interviewed by HPN in November
2009 about effective healthcare transportation management
Read the Article
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MedSpeed is truly a great business partner. They provide customer focused, cost-effective, technology and processes that we were unable to achieve with our prior courier model.
Rich Mencel, Director of Materials Management, North Memorial Health Care