PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE

Abstract

Purpose: to study the problems and directions of implementation of logistics management in healthcare in Ukraine. Materials and Methods. The paper investigates and analyses the main tasks, problems, areas of application of logistics management, characterises logistics technologies used to manage flow processes in the healthcare system. The research materials are based on scientific articles by Ukrainian and foreign scientists, in particular, the main logistics technologies used to manage flow processes in the healthcare system are studied and analysed. Methods of structuring, analysing and summarising information are also used. Results. The benefits of logistics are increasingly being used to improve performance in healthcare. The use of logistics in the modern healthcare sector is driven by the emergence of a large number of barriers associated with supply chain activities, which is reflected in performance indicators. The effectiveness of logistics management is largely dependent on timely, fast and accurate information, which forms the basis for rational operations, coordinating material flow in such a way as to maximise the efficiency of medical services within existing budget constraints in healthcare today. Only comprehensive information ensures fast document flow and the formation of a single information space, which in turn contributes to the reliable and continuous operation of medical institutions and helps to improve the flow of medicines and medical equipment in the regions. Conclusions. The main problem with implementing logistics approaches is that the healthcare industry requires very specific logistics solutions, as its priority is to optimise the effectiveness of treatment, quality and only then to minimise costs.