According to a recent survey, public health purchasing decision-makers see a lot of room for improvement with many traditional procurement models. Survey respondents said their wish list of features for a better system would include easier ordering through a user-friendly website; instant price comparisons; records of past orders for fast, convenient refills; and less time spent ordering.

What many public health administrators might not know is that there are tools available to streamline the purchasing process, saving time and money that can be redirected to the organization’s mission – serving patients. emapp® is an online marketplace and procurement system that’s designed just for the healthcare community. By replacing manual, paper-based systems, emapp® enables cross communication between departments, facilitating greater fiscal responsibility across the entire organization.

emapp® offers a streamlined purchasing process that uses a familiar online shopping interface, so little training is required; captures the health center purchasing workflow and executes it automatically; allows you to choose suppliers you want and enables easy comparison shopping; and organizes and records all transaction details, establishing an audit trail with detailed reporting. The platform also offers expiration-date tracking, “favorite item” functionality so health centers can easily refill commonly ordered items, and detailed recordkeeping (helpful for 340B, grant funding, and compliance).

The end result is streamlined supply management and, ultimately, more time to spend on patients. In fact, many users have reported 50 percent less time spent on procurement and more than 50 percent improvement in procurement staffing efficiencies.

Customers have shared their experiences with emapp® and explained how it has helped them better run their organizations:

• “The process of approving each order went from 25 minutes to about 30 seconds with emapp®.” – Mary, purchase and supply manager

• “emapp® has initially saved us more than $70,000 in time and operational efficiencies.” – Kurt, chief financial officer

• “[emapp] has really pushed us forward in terms of our ability to help our center meet its challenges and mission: helping our clients. It’s been essential.” — Charlene, purchase manager

“Efficient procurement is an essential component of our healthcare system, and we at Afaxys have invested in emapp because it helps us achieve our goal to provide products and services that help public health providers better serve the needs of their patients,” said Tim Goetz, director of technical services for Afaxys, Inc.

For more information visit www.emapp.com, or contact the team at info@emapp.com or 844-943-6277.