Healthcare eProcurement Challenges for efficiency

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Healthcare eProcurementChallenges for efficiency

• Kostis Kaggelides

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problem statement

• Increasing Healthcare expenditure
• Insurance Funds in trouble
• Low wage countries invade medical consumables
  with high risk products
• but also complaints for efficiency and service
• Standards conformance in medical supplies
• Transparency and the public nature of healthcare

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expenditure growing
Million Euro
OECD Data
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e-procurement system

• Enabled by
• Internet / Web
• Workflow

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How are things improved ?

• Process Efficiency
• Exploit Group Buying
• Better Needs Analysis
• Decrease Maverick Buying
• Centrally Managed Catalogues
• Avoid risky products
• Market Efficiency
• Transparent information introduces new players
• Advanced winner determination mechanisms
• Single European Electronic Market

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system description 1

• Codification
• Multilingual
• GMDN CPV
• Catalogue Governance

• Workflow
• Usable
• web solution
• ERP interoperable

Paper compatible Electronic Auctions
Tender Contracting Information
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system description 2
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take care of

• User Acceptance (web)
• Flexibility (no revolution overnight)
  (conventional compliance)
• Security and Trust (acceptance)
• Interoperability (technology)
• Cost of Ownership (footprint)
• Process Improvement (change management
  technology)

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increasing market efficiency 1
e-marketplaces
Pricing Clearing
Buy or Sell
Auction Design
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increasing market efficiency 2
e-auction
Award Criteria
Bid Type
Mechanism
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a special issue security

• Conventional paper procedure MS Word time
  locked documents
• Supplier authentication and non repudiation
• Organization executives authentication and non
  repudiation
• Auction bids security
• Products verification in relation with regulating
  bodies
• Global Trust Center compliant solution

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Current status

• System application in the region of Macedonia and
  Thrace
• Project implementation in 10 months
• User acceptance completed
• Deployed in 12 hospitals
• Service to be launched end of year

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and a slide for gnomon

• eGoverment
• eHealth
• eProcurement
• eCulture

IT Strategy Project Management
Active in South East Europe Private Public
Sector
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Thank You!
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• Trust Enabled eProcurement system
• The function of a DTS enabled eProcurement
  system, with the presence of independent 3rd
  party witnesses, using Digital Identities and
  operating with a common legal framework matching
  between the physical and digital worlds,
  provides

DTSDomain Trust Server
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• The establishment of the fundamental values of
  legality, integrity, accountability, security and
  privacy.
• The ability to prove the existence and
  accountabilities, of the Procuring Organisation
  by verification and references.
• The ability to prove the existence and
  accountabilities, of the Supplying Organisations
  by verification and references, enabling
  interoperability at National, pan-European
  International supplier levels.
• The ability to confirm the individuals involved
  were authorised and empowered by their
  organisations to carry out their auctions by
  supporting verification references.

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• Assurance of the integrity of the information
  the ability to detect and prove the content of
  the information has not been opened or changed
  throughout any of the procurement process by
  using time-locking.
• Assurance of the integrity of the processes, the
  organisation individuals that the agreed
  processes have been followed and all activities
  took place in the correct order. The individuals,
  in delegated roles, were empowered and authorised
  by their organisations to engage in the
  processes.
• Assurance to the suppliers and providers that all
  procurement processes are fair, transparent and
  non-discriminatory.
• The ability to enhance the protection of the
  reputations of the organisation and individuals
  and support in non-repudiation incidents or
  disputes.