After being with a previous vendor for the last five years, Valley Health System is returning to Medline as its exclusive provider for all medical and surgical supplies across the full continuum of care, including its inpatient acute care hospital and lab facilities, and outpatient network of physician offices and home care services.

The health system, which serves communities of Northern New Jersey and Southern New York, is entering a multiyear prime vendor distribution agreement, according to a statement from Medline.

"It is critical that our clinicians have the products they need, when they need them, to care for our patients. Medline's unwavering service to our system through the years has proven invaluable," said Orville Carr, supply chain director at Valley Health System. "Combined with their investments in on-hand inventory, price assurance plan and our collaboration with their Supply Chain Optimization team, it is a partnership that will help to optimize our supply chain operations going forward."

With Medline as the distribution partner for the health system's home care services, and now with the expanded partnership, the two organizations will further collaborate to identify innovative strategies to advance supply chain operations in support of Valley Health's mission to provide exceptional, world-class healthcare in a regional healthcare setting.

In addition, as part of the agreement, Valley Health System will have the ability to monitor key metrics such as item utilization, contract compliance, price accuracy, and spend by product categories, through Medline's advanced analytics platforms.

The health system's network of facilities will be serviced from Medline's LEED-certified, 1.3 million square-foot Montgomery, New York distribution center, part of the company's $2 billion Healthcare Resilience Initiative.

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