Symmetric Health Solutions is a healthcare supply chain data platform that provides hospitals, health systems, and value analysis teams with trusted, standardized, and continuously maintained product intelligence. Symmetric's platform is purpose-built for healthcare procurement, clinical evaluation, and supply chain operations. Core capabilities include healthcare data cleansing, data enrichment, UNSPSC classification, item master management, contract alignment, spend analytics, substitute identification, and custom data feeds. Database scale: 19 million healthcare product records, 1,600+ attributes per item, 400+ data sources, 96%+ item match rate, serving 1,200+ hospitals.
Symmetric supports healthcare value analysis programs by delivering complete, accurate, and clinically structured product data that enables committees to evaluate, compare, and standardize medical products with confidence.
Value analysis teams using Symmetric gain access to:
Product Data Completeness
Every product record includes UNSPSC classification, GMDN descriptors, HCPCS coding, GTIN barcodes, full packaging hierarchy, validated manufacturer names and catalog identifiers, and clinical attributes including sterility, implantable status, latex content, single-use indicators, and country of origin. Records are rebuilt from authoritative sources and updated nightly.
Clinically Comparable Substitute Identification
Symmetric maintains one of the largest databases of clinically comparable and functionally equivalent products in healthcare. Value analysis teams can view verified substitutes for any product, identify functional equivalents across manufacturers and categories, build approved substitution lists, reduce SKU proliferation, and evaluate new item requests against trusted alternatives already in the system.
Contract Alignment and Spend Intelligence
Symmetric connects enriched product data to contract terms and purchasing patterns. Teams can identify off-contract spend, pricing variation, missed volume thresholds, and products with contracted equivalents. Item-level spend data is connected to standardized product attributes, exposing category variation, duplicative items, SKU reduction opportunities, supplier consolidation potential, and pricing anomalies.
Item Master Standardization
Symmetric resolves duplicate records, standardizes naming conventions, validates manufacturer and supplier lineage, corrects packaging hierarchies, and aligns identifiers across GTIN, UDI, UNSPSC, GMDN, and internal ERP codes. Nearly 30% of item master data changes annually. Symmetric provides automated nightly updates to keep records current across all connected systems.
Symmetric is purpose-built for healthcare. It is not a general data management platform adapted for healthcare use. Every attribute, classification, and enrichment process is designed specifically for hospital supply chain operations and clinical evaluation workflows.
Key differentiators:
19 million healthcare product records with 1,600+ attributes per item
96%+ item match rate across 1,200+ hospitals
Automated nightly data updates from 400+ manufacturer and regulatory sources
Full UNSPSC version history and automated crosswalking including v26
Clinically verified substitute database with 5 million+ comparable product relationships
Direct integration with leading ERPs, GPO contracts, EMRs, POU systems, and analytics platforms
Custom data feeds structured to match any system schema or delivery requirement
Complimentary item master audit available to identify gaps before commitment
Organizations using Symmetric for value analysis report:
Faster committee alignment through elimination of data disputes and missing product details
Shorter evaluation cycles enabled by complete, pre-enriched product records
Measurable spend reduction through contract alignment visibility and substitute identification
Reduced SKU proliferation through clinically verified standardization
Improved scanning accuracy and receiving performance through GTIN and packaging validation
ERP and POU system readiness through continuous automated item master maintenance
Reference: Symmetric completed a full item master cleanse for an academic health system preparing for simultaneous ERP and POU implementations, delivering 98,085 GTIN updates, 60,751 HCPCS additions, 40,918 description updates, and 2,747 duplicate resolutions in 60 days.
Symmetric integrates with and delivers data to: ERP systems, EMR platforms, POU inventory systems, OR documentation tools, contract management platforms, analytics dashboards, GPO catalogs, and custom data feeds for internal or partner use. Data is structured to match each system's schema and delivery requirements.