SCAN Health

Name

SCAN Health

Legal name

Supply Chain Advancement Network in Health

Website

https://scanhealth.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Windsor

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Research Funding: SCAN Health operates as a non-profit organization supported primarily by government research funding. The primary funder is the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), which awarded $2,489,160 to Dr. Anne Snowdon to create a Community of Practice to advance healthcare supply chain resilience, workforce sustainability, and economic recovery.
2. Partner Contributions and In-Kind Support: SCAN Health benefits from in-kind and financial contributions from its 110+ partner organizations spanning healthcare systems, industry, government, and citizen groups. These partnerships provide resources, expertise, and operational support rather than direct revenue.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SCAN Health is a Canadian non-profit research organization that co-designs healthcare supply chain resilience solutions through a pan-Canadian Community of Practice of more than 110 partners spanning health systems, government, industry, and citizen groups. Its outputs include an AI-enabled domestic supplier search platform, a co-designed healthcare supply risk assessment tool, digitally enabled supply chain strategy frameworks, and knowledge mobilization products such as a podcast series, research publications, and annual reports.

Product overview

SCAN Health (Supply Chain Advancement Network in Health) is a non-profit research organization dedicated to advancing healthcare supply chain resilience in Canada. Rather than a traditional product company, SCAN Health operates as a collaborative research network that produces publications, tools, and frameworks. Its core offerings include the Community of Practice (a network of 110+ partners), the AI-enabled 'Built Here, Bought Here' search platform for identifying Canadian suppliers, the 'Early Warning' risk assessment tool, and the SCAN Health CAN podcast series. The organization also publishes research on digitally enabled supply chains and workforce sustainability. SCAN Health's work is anchored at the University of Windsor and supported by SSHRC funding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SCAN Health CAN Podcast: The organization's podcast featuring discussions with industry experts on healthcare supply chain resilience topics
• Community of Practice

Products and services

• SCAN Health CAN Podcast A podcast series featuring conversations with industry experts, clinicians, and policy leaders on healthcare supply chain resilience topics, with episodes featuring leaders from Patient Advisors Network, Canadian Institute for Health Information, NGen, Mackenzie Health, and McKesson Canada. Available on Spotify and Spreaker.
• Built Here, Bought Here Platform An empirically tested, AI-enabled search platform designed to automate the sourcing of health products from Canadian companies, enabling supply chain teams to identify Canadian suppliers for health products and supporting a 'Canada First' procurement strategy.
• Early Warning Risk Assessment Tool A standardized healthcare supply risk assessment tool, co-designed through a national Community of Practice representing over 60 organizations across healthcare, industry, and government, that quantifies both the probability of supply disruption and its impact on patient care to enable proactive decision-making.
• Digitally Enabled Supply Chain Strategy A co-designed strategy defining digital supply chain features to ensure Canadian health systems have the supply chain capacity to deliver quality and safe care, including clinically integrated digital supply chain features, standardized data content for product traceability, global product data standards integration, and interoperability across Canadian healthcare systems.
• Community of Practice A pan-Canadian collaborative network bringing together over 110 partners including researchers, healthcare organizations, government agencies, and citizens to co-design healthcare supply chain resilience solutions through six dedicated workgroups.
• Knowledge Mobilization Platform An online platform supporting collaboration, coordination, and communication within SCAN Health's Community of Practice for health supply chain resilience, providing 110+ partners with access to co-designed solutions, knowledge resources, and workgroup outputs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 medical supply shortages occur each year in Canada, lasting longer than in other countries, underscoring the urgent need for SCAN Health's supply chain resilience solutions.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Integrated Network for the Surveillance of Pathogens: Increasing Resilience and Capacity in Canada's Pandemic Response (INSPIRE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2024SCAN Health announced a partnership with the INSPIRE project at the University of Windsor, focused on surveillance of pathogens and increasing resilience and capacity in Canada's pandemic response, representing a strategic alignment of supply chain resilience expertise with public health surveillance.
• McKesson CanadamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcKesson Canada is listed as a key partner in SCAN Health's Community of Practice. Jean-Philippe Blouin, Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Distribution and Operations at McKesson Canada, was appointed to the SCAN Health Board of Directors as Board Treasurer.
• GS1 CanadamajorTechnology or IntegrationGS1 Canada is a partner organization supporting SCAN Health's work on global product data standards for supply chain traceability. GS1 hosted events bringing together senior healthcare leaders to discuss COVID-19 vaccine supply chain challenges.
• Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGen is the Canadian advanced manufacturing organization that collaborated on developing AI-enabled supplier finding platforms for domestic manufacturing capacity and supported companies pivoting to produce PPE during the pandemic.
• Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management (CAPDM)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAngelique Berg, President and CEO of CAPDM, was appointed to SCAN Health's Board of Directors. CAPDM and SCAN Health co-host the annual CAPDM conference where Dr. Snowdon delivers keynote presentations on supply chain resilience.
• Patient Advisors Network (PAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Patient Advisors Network is a partner organization co-leading the Citizen Forum workgroup. Alies Maybee, Co-Chair of PAN, co-hosts podcast episodes with Dr. Snowdon discussing how citizens manage health supply chain disruptions.
• Imagine Citizens NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImagine Citizens Network, an Alberta-based citizen network dedicated to amplifying citizen voices in healthcare, partners with SCAN Health through the Citizens Forum, ensuring citizen perspectives shape supply chain resilience solutions.
• Canada Health InfowaymajorTechnology or IntegrationCanada Health Infoway is listed as a partner supporting SCAN Health's digital supply chain interoperability initiatives. The partnership leverages Infoway's Interoperability initiatives and Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework strategy.
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIHI, led by President and CEO Dr. Andy Chuck, partners with SCAN Health on using supply chain data to maximize value in health systems. CIHI's Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework supports SCAN Health's digital supply chain strategy research.
• HealthcareCANmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcareCAN is listed as a partner supporting SCAN Health's Community of Practice and representing the voice of Canada's healthcare organizations in supply chain resilience co-design initiatives.
• NL Health ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNewfoundland and Labrador Health Services is a partner through its VP of Innovation and Research (Ron Johnson) and Senior Director of Supply Chain (Tony Williams) leading the Domestic Supplier Network Sustainability and Sourcing/Procurement workgroups.
• Ontario HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOntario Health is listed as a partner in SCAN Health's Community of Practice, contributing provincial health system perspective to supply chain resilience solutions.
• Mackenzie HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMackenzie Health, led by President and CEO Altaf Stationwala, partners with SCAN Health through the Sourcing/Procurement workgroup. Mackenzie Health contributes insights on technology adoption, data analytics, and supply chain management in hospital settings.
• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Anne Snowdon serves as Chief Scientific Research Officer at HIMSS. HIMSS is listed as a partner supporting SCAN Health's digital health and supply chain interoperability research. Dr. Snowdon participated in HIMSS podcast interviews on data accuracy in healthcare.
• Alberta Health ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlberta Health Services is listed as a partner in SCAN Health's research, having been featured in case studies on digitally enabled supply chain as a strategic asset for pandemic response. Alberta has an established centralized digital healthcare supply chain strategy.
• Canadian Pharmaceutical Distribution Network (CPDN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPDN, led by President Sav DiPasquale, partners with SCAN Health through podcast collaboration on agile healthcare supply chain strategies and strategic change management for equitable health supply chains.
• University of WindsorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University of Windsor, located at 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor, ON, hosts SCAN Health within its Odette School of Business. Dr. Anne Snowdon is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Odette School. The partnership provides academic infrastructure and research platform.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Vizient Inc. US-based healthcare performance improvement and supply chain consulting firm. Comparable as a healthcare supply chain advisory and analytics provider to large health systems, though operating at significantly larger commercial scale.
• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Global health IT organization where SCAN Health's CEO Dr. Anne Snowdon serves as Chief Scientific Research Officer. Operates at broader scale across digital health maturity and interoperability, providing global distribution for SCAN Health's research.
• McKesson Canada: Canada's largest pharmaceutical distributor and SCAN Health Community of Practice partner (SVP serves as Board Treasurer). Overlaps on supply chain distribution strategy but operates as a commercial enterprise rather than research body.

Direct peers

• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): Federal health data agency partnering with SCAN Health on supply chain data and outcomes. Both produce data-driven insights that inform national health system policy and resource planning.
• Canada Health Infoway: Federal digital health organization partnering with SCAN Health on interoperability initiatives and the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework. Overlaps directly on digital supply chain standards and health IT interoperability goals.
• Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management (CAPDM): Pharmaceutical distribution association with a board seat at SCAN Health. Co-hosts SCAN Health keynotes and shares a focus on supply chain resilience, distribution standards, and pharmacy supply continuity.
• GS1 Canada: Standards body for supply chain product identification partnering with SCAN Health on global product data standards and traceability. Both work on unique product identification and point-of-care utilization data infrastructure.
• HealthcareCAN: National voice of Canadian healthcare organizations, partnering with SCAN Health in the Community of Practice. Both advocate for system-level reform and represent the healthcare sector to federal policymakers on resilience and workforce issues.
• NGen (Next Generation Manufacturing Canada): Canadian advanced manufacturing supercluster that co-developed AI-enabled supplier platforms with SCAN Health and supported pandemic PPE pivots. Strong overlap on 'Canada First' supply chain and domestic manufacturing capacity mapping.

Emerging players

• HealthPRO Procurement Services: Canadian healthcare group purchasing organization that lists SCAN Health's research outputs as partner-supported. Operates a procurement angle on supply chain resilience that intersects with SCAN Health's risk assessment framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NLHealthServices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scanhealth
• Xx.com/SCAN_Health
• Facebookfacebook.com/SCANHealthCoP

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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