# How AI Is Automating Hospital Supply Chain Management

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Published: 2026-06-17T19:47:49+00:00
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## Resource

Episode 57 of Healthtech Talks dives into the intersection of AI and hospital supply chain management—a $200 billion headache for U.S. hospitals where stockouts and expired inventory cost billions annually. Lucas and Luna examine how a mid-sized health system in Ohio deployed AI to predict demand for surgical gloves, catheters, and medications, cutting expired inventory write-offs by 30 percent and reducing stockout rates from 12 percent to under 3 percent. They discuss the role of real-time data, machine learning models trained on historical usage and surgery schedules, and why most hospitals still rely on spreadsheets. The episode also touches on the broader trend of hospital supply chains going digital, inspired by retail giants like Walmart and Amazon, and the barriers to adoption, including IT debt and fragmented vendor systems. #HealthtechTalks #AI #HospitalSupplyChain #SupplyChainAI #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #InventoryManagement #HospitalOperations #PredictiveAnalytics #Business #Technology #MachineLearning #HealthcareLogistics #CostReduction #OhioHealth #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #HealthtechTalksPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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