VHMA’s September Insiders’ Insight survey asked managers about their participation in group purchasing organizations and associated benefits. About 43 percent of the practices that are members in a GPO just belong to one group while the others belong to two or more. More than half of those practices that belong to GPOs have done so for more than four years; the rest have joined within the last zero to three years.
80 percent of responding managers indicated that they belong to a GPO.”
Source: Insiders’ Insight, VHMA, September 2020. Link. Managers were asked about resources beyond product purchasing they rely on from their GPO. The top three responses included: education, peer community, and KPI benchmark reporting.