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healthcare northside hospital
www.northside.com / Headquarters: Atlanta / Specialty: Healthcare provider / Carl Waller, vice president of supply chain management: "We have planned the work and
are now working the plan."
Merging Ideas
The new Northside Hospital
nonprofit health system is
anchored by five hospitals in
north metropolitan Atlanta.
Northside Hospital, a
network of hospitals and
medical facilities in the
Atlanta area, merged with
Gwinnett Health System
in August - and its supCARL WALLER
ply chain orchestrated a
vp of supply chain
smooth transition.
management
Anchored by five hospitals in north metropolitan Atlanta,
the new Northside Hospital
nonprofit health system will now
operate additional outpatient centers for cancer treatment, imaging,
surgical, urgent care and other
services throughout Georgia.
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Northside Hospital's supply chain planning drives value
in its merger with Gwinnett Health System.
Together, the Northside-Gwinnett partnership features a system
with 1,636 inpatient beds, more
than 250 outpatient locations,
roughly 21,000 employees and
more than 3,500 physicians on staff.
"The main objectives of the
merger are to better serve the needs
of the combined patient population
by significantly enhancing service
line offerings across a broad geography and to position the merged
entity for future growth," says Carl
Waller, vice president of supply
chain management.
Executive leadership at
Northside and Gwinnett determined that it was imperative
for supply chain to be involved
during the initial stages of the
merger process due to the anticipated positive impact on cost and
operational performance.
"A merger under any circumstances is a complex exercise and
often fails to realize expected
synergies due to poor planning,
discounting cultural differences,
failure to effectively integrate the
organizations or losing focus on
merger objectives," Waller adds.
"It is often cited that the majori-
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