Cardinal Health announced that Baylor Health Care System has selected the company as its preferred provider of medical product supply chain services for its hospitals, specialty facilities and other care locations.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cardinal Health will provide medical product supply chain services to Baylor's network of health care facilities, with a goal of reducing inventory costs and improving safety for patients.

"Baylor was seeking an organization with a proven track record of helping leading health systems improve the efficiency and safety of medical products distribution across operations," said Pamela L. Scott, vice president of Supply Chain Management for Baylor. "Focusing on improving our medical supply chain capabilities will improve how we order, stock and safely deliver medical products across our facilities, which ultimately benefits our patients."

Leveraging its supply chain expertise, Cardinal Health will support Baylor Health Care System in its provision of full-range inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation and emergency medical services.

"By focusing on an efficient supply chain, we'll enable Baylor to focus on delivering patient care," said Mark Rosenbaum, Chief Customer Officer at Cardinal Health. "We work continuously to improve efficiencies across the chain of health care, and we're proud to provide the products and integrated, end-to-end services that will help Baylor Health Care System provide safe, quality care."

Source: Cardinal Health