The Waste Gap
The Hidden Costs Draining Your Health System
Every health system has a waste gap—the difference between current spending and optimized operations. Most systems underestimate this gap by 40% or more.
67%
of health systems overestimate their supply chain efficiency by more than 20%
$4.8M
average annual waste across clinical, supply chain, and revenue cycle operations
18mo
typical delay between waste identification and corrective action
Anatomy of the Waste Gap
Understanding where waste occurs is the first step to eliminating it.
Price Variance Waste
$1.2Mavg. annual
Average annual loss from paying above-benchmark prices for identical products across vendors.
Utilization Inefficiency
$890Kavg. annual
Costs from clinical preference items that lack evidence-based justification.
Contract Leakage
$650Kavg. annual
Revenue lost through off-contract purchases and missed rebate opportunities.
Expiration & Waste
$420Kavg. annual
Direct losses from expired inventory and suboptimal par levels.
The Solution
Close the Gap with Data Intelligence
Our platform identifies waste across all categories in real-time, providing actionable recommendations that typically recover 60-80% of the waste gap within the first year.
- Automated price benchmarking across 135k+ SKUs
- Clinical utilization pattern analysis
- Contract compliance monitoring
- Predictive inventory optimization
Total Waste Gap Identified
$4.8M