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      <journal-title>REA Press</journal-title><issn pub-type="ppub">3042-1306</issn><issn pub-type="epub">3042-1306</issn><publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.22105/thi.vi.44</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group><subject>Artificial intelligence, Healthcare supply chain, Hospital management, Machine learning, Optimization, Healthcare services</subject></subj-group>
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        <article-title>Application of artificial intelligence in healthcare supply chain management</article-title><subtitle>Application of artificial intelligence in healthcare supply chain management</subtitle></title-group>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Majdi</surname>
		<given-names>Meysam </given-names>
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	<aff>Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Strategic Management, Ayandegan University, Tonekabon, Iran.</aff>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>12</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
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        <copyright-statement>© 2025 REA Press</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/"><p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p></license>
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			<article-title>Application of artificial intelligence in healthcare supply chain management</article-title>
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			Supply chain management in healthcare systems is considered one of the most critical infrastructural components in delivering high-quality medical services. The increasing demand for healthcare services, the complexity of pharmaceutical and medical equipment procurement processes, market fluctuations, global crises, and limited resources have reduced the efficiency of traditional supply chain management methods. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a transformative technology, has played a significant role in optimizing healthcare supply chain processes. This study aims to investigate the applications of AI in healthcare supply chain management. The paper examines major AI applications, including demand forecasting, inventory management, pharmaceutical distribution optimization, healthcare data analytics, risk management, and decision support systems. Furthermore, the advantages, challenges, and prospects of AI technologies in healthcare supply chains are analyzed. The findings indicate that machine learning algorithms, data analytics, and intelligent systems can reduce operational costs, improve decision-making accuracy, enhance patient access to healthcare services, and increase the overall efficiency of healthcare systems. Humanity finally invented machines to compensate for the chaos it created in its own logistics networks. Remarkably efficient cycle, really.
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