December 13, 2024 Guest opinion piece
In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, balancing patient outcomes with value has become increasingly challenging due to rising patient numbers, evolving treatments, and budget constraints.
In a joint thought leadership piece, GS1 UK and GS1 UK partner AdviseInc, emphasise the critical role of data standards, spend analytics, and inventory management in addressing these challenges and improving healthcare efficiency and patient outcomes.
Read the full piece by AdviseInc CEO, Mat Oram, and GS1 UK head of healthcare, Glen Hodgson as they explore:

- Challenges of establishing a balance between effective resource management and delivering quality care
- The importance of GS1 and data standards in improving safety, efficiency, and reducing the risk of errors
- The value of spend analytics in informing healthcare procurement
- Benefits of effective inventory management and how to achieve success
- How to leverage these tools in conjunction to drive a unified approach to healthcare improvement
About AdviseInc
AdviseInc is an award-winning healthcare spend analytics business, specialising in spend and supply chain analytics for health and social care. The organisation works to help healthcare organisations #MakeSense of their spend data and ultimately save money, drive better outcomes. This is all done by placing actionable insight into the hands of those responsible for buying. Combining the best of artificial intelligence, disparate customer data and category knowledge with industry expertise, AdviseInc uses these tools provide stakeholders with unique insights into health and social care spend. | ![]() |