Welcome to BlueBin's Resilience Focus newsletter! We're excited to bring you insights on the intersection of comprehensive resilience, including supply chain resilience, patient care, and staff safety. This newsletter will provide valuable analysis and strategies to help you navigate the challenges of maintaining a truly resilient healthcare organization and supply chain. Stay tuned for expert insights and actionable tips to strengthen your decision-making in the face of adversity!
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ROBB SWAN
Why I'm Passionate About Healthcare Supply Chain
Being part of BlueBin’s impact on hospitals for over a decade has been incredibly rewarding. What drives me is watching supply chain leaders transform their organizations and improve clinician workflows—and, ultimately, patient care. Seeing hesitant teams become full BlueBin believers and go on to lead change at other facilities is especially fulfilling.
Outside of Work
I love spending time with my wife and four kids, especially on vacation. When I get the chance, I golf, ski, or fish.
Industry News
Learn what's happening in healthcare resilience.
Healthcare Ready:Guide to Developing Critical Supplies Lists for Health Centers and Clinics Disasters can strike unexpectedly, and having a well-prepared critical supplies list is key to maintaining patient care when it matters most. This guide helps clinicians identify essential items tailored to their facility and population, ensuring faster, more effective responses and stronger community resilience.
As healthcare faces growing complexity and uncertainty, the supply chain must evolve to meet new demands. This article outlines 10 key trends—from artificial intelligence (AI) execution to workforce transformation—that healthcare leaders predict will shape a more resilient, efficient, and future-ready supply chain in 2025. It is a must-read for resilience leaders seeking to understand the forces impacting care delivery and operational stability.
Colorado State University: Hospitals and schools are two main pillars of a community's resilience, research shows Healthcare workers play a vital role in community resilience, especially during disaster recovery. This article reveals groundbreaking research showing that hospitals and schools are deeply interdependent—and that synchronizing their recovery can significantly accelerate a community's return to stability. Understanding this relationship can help clinicians advocate for more effective disaster preparedness and response planning.
BlueBin Client Success Story
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COVID-19 exposed critical vulnerabilities in healthcare supply chains. Learn how Montage Health leverages advanced solutions to enhance supply chain efficiency and resilience. Partner with experts, automate data processes, and invest in robust reporting systems to ensure your organization is prepared for future challenges.
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Request a Complimentary Supply Chain Resilience Assessment
For a limited time, BlueBin is offering a complimentary supply chain resilience assessment for healthcare organizations, including acute and non-acute facilities, to evaluate their resilience framework against industry-leading practices.
Note: BlueBin’s mission is to transform healthcare by enhancing the supply chain process, ensuring that patient care staff have the right supplies at the right time and maximizing efficiency. In line with this mission, BlueBin advocates for and supports the AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence. By focusing on improving inventory management, optimizing supply chain processes, and minimizing waste, we aim to reduce costs, accelerate operational efficiency, and enhance clinical outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence serve as key performance indicators (KPIs), establishing essential standards for supply chain management in the healthcare field. Learn more about the AHRMM Keys.
Blog summary: Hospitals must evolve from reactive risk management to comprehensive resilience by adopting a proactive, interconnected approach that addresses cascading threats like cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions, climate disasters, and staff burnout. Key steps include diversifying supply chains, hardening IT systems, climate-proofing infrastructure, cross-training staff, fostering mental health support, and partnering with communities. Resilience requires continuous learning, data-driven planning, and leadership commitment to transform vulnerabilities into adaptive strengths—ensuring uninterrupted care amid crises. Start by auditing gaps, prioritizing high-impact areas, and embedding resilience into organizational culture. The goal isn’t to predict every threat but to build systems and teams capable of weathering the unexpected.
Did you know? BlueBin enables hospitals to transition from reactive risk management to proactive resilience by providing real-time inventory visibility and automated replenishment of critical supplies. This prevents stockouts during emergencies, reduces backorders through supplier collaboration, and identifies substitute items—ensuring continuity during disruptions. By optimizing fill rates and minimizing emergency purchases, it strengthens disaster readiness while cutting waste. BlueBin’s data-driven approach further enhances supply chain agility, allowing hospitals to anticipate shortages and adapt swiftly to crises. BlueBin transforms inventory management into a resilience engine, ensuring uninterrupted care when it matters most.
Resilience Tip
System Outage?
In the event of a system outage (e.g., ERP, MMIS downtime), all critical reorder data for maintaining supply chain continuity is stored directly on the BlueBin Kanban bins. This ensures uninterrupted access to essential supply information during emergencies.
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