Supply Chain Integration: Seamlessly Linking the Pieces

Integrating these services should improve the overall care an individual receives at a facility. As health care facilities increasingly offer integrated health care packages, all the products required for provision of these services need to be available. Historically, this has contributed to an understanding of integration as putting all products together on one truck. However, integration is not only about providing holistic health services or distributing products together on the same truck; it can be a framework to characterize supply chain improvements within public health.