Question

Consider an example from the healthcare sector: evidence-based medicine. A physician sees a patient with a set of symptoms that results in a diagnosis, and the most appropriate treatments are prescribed based upon sound medical evidence and knowledge. If that scenario is the point of production, we can ask what supply chains lead to up to that point. Where did the knowledge, evidence, and treatment plan that the physician use ultimately come from? Discuss aspects of the various supply chain elements that brought all of this together at the point of care.

Answer 1

The aspects of the supply chain that bought all of this together at the point of care are :-

- research findings

- experimental experience

- knowledge

- skills of expert scientists

- experience of utilisation of the findings of research

- application of existing theories

- innovation of new theories