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GHX UK Ltd

GHX Procure Inventory Manager

GHX Procure Inventory Manager is an inventory management solution that helps improve patient safety and deliver Scan4Safety capability. It gives healthcare providers greater visibility of stock, helps reduce the risk of over-ordering, prevents wastage, speeds up recall, and saves on costs and clinical staff time.

Features

  • Visibility of stock within and across hospitals and ICS
  • Efficient stock replenishment, stock counts and goods receipting
  • Mobile application to manage your stock on the go
  • Track the quantity and value of stock you hold
  • Batch recall, expired stock and stock-out notifications
  • Identify patient and procedure level costs, combined with consultant comparisons
  • Track and charge items to procedural costs
  • Easy access to your GHX NEXUS item data
  • Centralised visibility helps reduce variance and control spend
  • Simple and seamless integration to your ERP system

Benefits

  • Standardises processes for stock replenishment, stock counts and goods receipting
  • Reduces over-ordering and maintains levels based on your requirements
  • Improves batch traceability and highlights potential issues with batch recalls
  • Reduces wastage through more effective stock control
  • Reduces clinical staff time spent on managing and re-ordering stock
  • Easily identify incomplete, incorrect, delayed or missed deliveries
  • Helps you stay on top of supplier performance
  • Frees up valuable storage space by reducing stock held
  • GS1 UK approved and helps you meet your Scan4Safety requirements

Pricing

£8,775 to £56,250 a unit a year

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

6 5 4 3 0 1 6 7 6 8 2 4 1 6 3

Contact

GHX UK Ltd James Minards
Telephone: 0345 620 2222
Email: james.minards@ghxeurope.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes
What software services is the service an extension to
GHX Nexus
Cloud deployment model
Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
Maintenance and updates do not usually require the service to be made unavailable. Where this is required any
downtime will be scheduled between 18:00-20:00 to minimise impact to customers.
System requirements
  • Access to the Internet
  • Defined versions of web browsers

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Priority 1 - Target 1 hour. Priority 2 - Target 2 hours. Priority 3 - Target 4 hours. Priority 4 - Target next working day.
Out of hours support can be provided on request. Additional fees apply.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
GHX provides a single comprehensive level of support. When an incident is reported to the UK support team,
priority is established based upon the business impact to the customer, using the Salesforce.com CRM system.
OLA's are in place for escalations beyond the support team to technical teams. Support and an account manager is
provided as part of the annual subscription fee.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
GHX provides onsite or remote online training as agreed with the customer. Online user documentation is available
through the user interface.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Users can extract their data in CSV format through the user interface at the end of their contract.
End-of-contract process
At the end of the contract, users can download all data from the system in CSV format. There is no additional cost to
the customer for extraction of the data through the user interface. In addition, GHX works closely with the customer
on an Exit Plan to enable continuity of service with a smooth and secure transition of service to them or a
replacement service provider.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
There are no differences between the mobile and desktop service.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
GHX Procure Inventory Manager provides an intuitive user interface supporting full management of the customer's
data and applicable business processes.
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
GHX Procure Inventory Manager is designed to be highly flexible with easy-to-use functions that are accessible for
all users.
Accessibility testing
So far, GHX has had no customer requests to support assistive technology, but will look to support this where
needed.
API
No
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
To maintain high levels of service availability and provide services that scale to meet growing supply chain
demands, GHX leverages an Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) framework committed to
continual service improvement. Guided by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), GHX integrates
people, process and technology to manage its vital supply chain services. This comprehensive and coordinated
approach to service management enables GHX to continue to meet the evolving 24/7/365 demands of the
healthcare supply chain.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
GHX Procure Inventory Manager has usage reports built into the software and can be accessed or downloaded by
system users.
Reporting types
Regular reports

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Managed by a third party
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
In-house
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Users can export their data through the user interface. Reporting also includes download functionality.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
GHX understands the critical nature of the services provided to the healthcare supply chain community. For more
than 10 years, healthcare providers, suppliers, distributors and group purchasing organisations have been relying on
GHX to provide enterprise-grade services. Year after year, GHX customers consistently rate GHX service availability
as one of the top reasons they choose to partner with GHX. GHX provides over 99.9% annual uptime of core
Exchange services; processing approximately one million supply chain transactions per day for its healthcare
trading partners, including over 4,100 medical providers and 400 medical suppliers.
Approach to resilience
Available on request.
Outage reporting
GHX proactively monitors the availability of the services we provide. 24/7/365 automated monitoring and alerting.
Tier 1, 2, and 3 Customer Care and Application Support centres. Network Operations Centre (NOC) for incident
management and customer assurance. Prioritised incident management with response, resolution and
communication targets based upon impact and urgency.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Access is provisioned to GHX users on a "need to know" basis. GHX maintains on and off-boarding procedures that
are test 2x per year during SOC1 and SOC2 audits.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
GHX aligns with the PCI DSS requirements for a security program.
Information security policies and processes
GHX maintains information security policies that are updated at least annually. Policies that have been translated (in
Dutch, French and German) include: (1) IT Management Policy; (2) Information Security Management Policy; (3)
User ID and Password Guidelines; (4) Data Classification and Handling Guidelines; and (5) Reporting Security and
Privacy Incidents Procedures. To protect the data in its care, GHX looks to the ISO/IEC 27000 series of standards
as the framework for the Company’s information security management system. GHX also looks to best-practice
security controls in protecting data in its care, including those published by the National Institute of Standards &
Technology (NIST). The GHX security program is managed by its Global Security Operations Director, under the
direction of the GHX Vice President, Global Operations and Infrastructure. GHX also maintains a compliance
department, managed by the Director of Compliance, under the direction of GHX Vice President, General Counsel.
The compliance department is responsible for monitoring compliance with policy documents and engages an
independent 3rd party to audit compliance annually (SOC1 and SOC2 audits). The SOC1 and SOC2 audits focus on
activities in North America but also include global audit of certain strategic controls.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
Change Requests are received and reviewed by the change management team for completeness, accuracy and
operational readiness, including but not limited to: (1) targeted implementation date; (2) business and security risks;
(3) priority; (4) business justification; and (5) any other change-related information. Changes are categorised by: (1)
Informational; (2) Patch; (3) Standard; (4) Minor; (5) Major; and (6) Initial Production Release. GHX performs asset
inventories to track service components through their lifetime. Change process is used to track changes to assets, including the install and decommissions of assets. Changes are reviewed by the security team for potential security
impacts.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
GHX performs quarterly vulnerability scanning to identify vulnerabilities in the infrastructure and applications. GHX
performs quarterly penetration testing to assess if the vulnerabilities can be exploited. If exploits are discovered,
then GHX will apply applicable patches, remove Internet access to affected systems, or make other changes as
necessary to remediate the exploits. Patches are applied to systems on a quarterly basis. GHX’s Global Security
Operations Director attends security conferences and subscribes to news feeds to get information about potential
threats.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
GHX monitors the systems and investigates alerts from the monitoring tools. GHX investigates security alerts from
system logs, office productivity applications, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and tickets submitted by
end users to identify potential compromises. GHX follows its incident response procedures to evaluate the incident.
Infrastructure and application engineers will be engaged for the technical analysis on incidents and take appropriate
action to resolve the incident. GHX Global Security Operations Director oversees the incident investigation, and the
GHX Director of Compliance oversees the investigation for breaches of data and requirements for reporting.
Incident management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Incident management approach
GHX has a defined GHX Security and Privacy Incident Response Plan for responding to incidents. Customers report
incidents to GHX customer success team, and the customer success team keeps the customer informed of
progress. GHX employees use internal ticket procedure to report incidents.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Fighting climate change

GHX is committed to meeting the NHS target of Net Zero. As a company, we have reduced office space and are striving to ensure that all systems and processes have the minimum environmental impact.

Covid-19 recovery

GHX has invested in technology and processes to minimise the impact of COVID-19 and future pandemics. People and systems are resourced and deployed remotely, and suitable redundancy and scalability are planned for each area.

Tackling economic inequality

GHX continually reviews its employment policy and guidelines to ensure fair and equitable remuneration. GHX pays above the minimum wage and ensures recruitment and rewards align with market needs.

Equal opportunity

GHX has equal opportunity requirements and policies embedded in our HR policies. Regular reviews are held to ensure remuneration and opportunities are suitably balanced.

Wellbeing

GHX prioritises the wellbeing of its staff and, where applicable, its customers. As a company, we provide various free, easily accessible wellbeing services to all staff and their families. In addition, regular people leader reviews and surveys identify areas of concern, and we address them as a priority.

Pricing

Price
£8,775 to £56,250 a unit a year
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at james.minards@ghxeurope.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.