NORTHFIELD, IL – Medtrade exhibitor Medline has inked a Prime Vendor agreement with Ohio-based The Christ Hospital Health Network for its 100-plus locations throughout the greater Cincinnati area, including acute care facilities and physician offices. Under this agreement, The Christ Hospital Health Network will have access to Medline’s expansive portfolio of medical supplies and solutions, in addition to advanced analytics platforms to support the network in more easily monitoring key metrics such as item use, contract compliance, price accuracy and spending by product category.

“Our partnership with Medline as an industry leader provides access to quality products and supports operational efficiencies and greater visibility into our supply chain,” said Paul Tallen, executive director of supply chain for The Christ Hospital Health Network. “This strategic alignment allows us to advance our mission of providing affordable healthcare, with exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences to the patients and community we serve.”

Leading up to this agreement, the Medline Supply Chain Optimization team assisted The Christ Hospital Health Network with reevaluating and helping to refine inventory PAR (periodic automatic replacement) levels and implementing a new inventory management system to support efficiency and access to products throughout its main campus. Based on supply chain efficiencies and availability of supplies for clinicians. the network had Medline start supplying environmental services supplies as well.

“We’re thrilled to collaborate with TCHHN to help them strengthen their healthcare supply chain,” said Ryan Rutledge, Medline division sales director. “We’ll focus on supporting them in identifying and working towards clinical and operational efficiencies, with resilience at the core of those efforts.”

Visit www.medline.com/supply-chain to learn how Medline tailors solutions across all points of care as a manufacturer and distributor of medical-surgical supplies.