Trust — or the lack of trust — between suppliers and providers is an issue that has increasingly strained the health sector supply chain.

The United States has come to a fork in the road regarding its spending on health care – it can choose a route of fewer benefits and less affordability, or choose a route of making the system work better and more efficiently.

The next step for health care is to turn big data into actionable information, according to Professor of Supply Chain Management Eugene Schneller.