Symmetric's Clinical Supply Chain Database gives hospitals a verified foundation to identify equivalent substitutes, reduce clinical variation, and make confident sourcing decisions — before a disruption forces your hand.
Request a DemoWhen a critical product goes on backorder or a supplier goes dark, most hospital supply chain teams scramble. They rely on fragmented spreadsheets, unverified substitutes, and manual research to find alternatives — often under time pressure with clinical stakes on the line. Symmetric's Clinical Supply Chain Database changes that equation entirely. It is one of the healthcare industry's most comprehensive databases of clinically comparable products, built and continuously maintained by a team with first-hand experience in hospitals, regulatory roles, clinical settings, and ERP implementations. Every product record is enriched with verified GTINs, UNSPSC and GMDN classifications, HCPCS codes validated against current CMS standards, and country of origin confirmed through FDA manufacturer registrations and supplier label images — not self-reported data. The result is a clinically vetted, continuously updated product foundation that supports faster substitutions, stronger standardization, and decisions you can defend to clinical stakeholders.
Built from 400+ regulatory, manufacturer, distributor, and standards sources, the database goes far beyond a simple product list. It is active infrastructure for clinical decision-making.
Map products to clinically viable alternatives before a shortage forces a crisis response. The database documents equivalency relationships so value analysis and supply chain teams can act with confidence, not guesswork.
Each item record includes verified GTINs, complete packaging hierarchy, UNSPSC, HCPCS, and GMDN classifications, country of origin, manufacturer details, and contract and GPO relationships — all mapped to your ERP system.
Country of origin is confirmed through FDA manufacturer registrations and supplier label images — not self-reported vendor data — so you can accurately assess geographic concentration risk and tariff exposure.
The database is not a one-time implementation. Symmetric continuously monitors product data, origin changes, substitution relationships, and recalled items so your records stay accurate without manual rework from your team.
Product intelligence is unified from regulatory bodies, manufacturers, distributors, and standards organizations — eliminating the fragmentation that makes most item masters unreliable for clinical decision-making.
Identify high-risk items, flag products with limited substitutes, and surface concentrated manufacturing footprints — including documented identification of 1,000+ recalled items purchased in a prior year at a health system.
Symmetric's database is trusted by supply chain leaders at health systems across the country, including named clients with documented outcomes.
In supply chain savings identified at Boston Medical Center using Symmetric's data intelligence platform.
Supported through Symmetric's membership and active leadership in the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative (HIRC).
Identified as having been purchased in a prior year at an unnamed health system — surfaced through Symmetric's enriched item master and database capabilities.
Resolved at a health system client, with automated substitute lists built directly into their ERP system using Symmetric's clinically comparable product data.
“"It is my firm belief that many healthcare organizations would find Symmetric's software and expertise extremely valuable. The collection of information they have built can dramatically impact an organization's efficiencies and bottom line." — Joseph D'Amore, MDM Manager, Boston Medical Center”