DISTRIBUTION
Hospital-at-Home Distribution Program Launched Cardinal Health’s Velocare™ offers last-mile fulfillment in one to two hours. Cardinal Health took a deep dive into the hospital-at-home movement this past fall with the launch of Velocare™,
a supply chain network and last-mile fulfillment service capable of reaching patients in one to two hours with products and services required for hospital-level care at home. Through what it described as a strategic collaboration with Bostonbased Medically Home, Cardinal Health at-Home Solutions was already supporting a Medically Home health system customer with Velocare.
The announcement also signaled Cardinal Health’s deepening ties with Medically Home. In January 2022, Cardinal Health joined Baxter International and Global Medical Response in a $110 million round of funding for Medically Home.
How it will work Here’s how the Velocare program works: 1. Orders are placed through the Velocare platform for specific goods and/or services to be delivered to patients receiving care in hospitalat-home programs. Common items available through delivery include medical waste containers, medically tailored meals, medical supplies, medical devices, and remote-patientmonitoring (RPM) technology. All contracting, credentialing and integration within the Velocare supplier network will be managed by Cardinal Health. 2. When an order is placed, a care coordinator team reviews and routes it to the nearest local Cardinal Health depot or warehouse for immediate service. 14
February 2023
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