Development of an integrated medical supply information system

  • Authors:

  • Eric Xu;Marek Wermus;Deborah Blythe Bauman

  • Affiliations:

  • College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA,College of Natural Resources, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA,Division of Social Sciences, Unive ...;Department of Information Technology & Decision Science, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA;Department of Information Technology & Decision Science, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Enterprise Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The integrated medical supply inventory control system introduced in this study is a hybrid system that is shaped by the nature of medical supply, usage and storage capacity limitations of health care facilities. The system links demand, service provided at the clinic, health care service provider's information, inventory storage data and decision support tools into an integrated information system. ABC analysis method, economic order quantity model, two-bin method and safety stock concept are applied as decision support models to tackle inventory management issues at health care facilities. In the decision support module, each medical item and storage location has been scrutinised to determine the best-fit inventory control policy. The pilot case study demonstrates that the integrated medical supply information system holds several advantages for inventory managers, since it entails benefits of deploying enterprise information systems to manage medical supply and better patient services.