Strongly positioned in automated materiel and medication management, Swisslog Healthcare’s CEO Stephan Sonderegger is working to leverage the company’s physical infrastructure to collect data and become a leading player in the ‘smart supply chain’ field – and to disrupt certain existing business models along the way.
To begin, what are some of the challenges currently facing hospitals in managing medicines and how can automation help?
"Our systems already handle significant portions of the medication management workflow. However, we aim to introduce new robots to the market in 2018 that will transport doses all the way to the patient’s bedside."
