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Atlantic Canada: The Ideal New initiative Incubator for National Suppliers


Atlantic Canada is on the forefront of innovation. Did you know the first electronic Global Wound Care Academy was piloted in New Brunswick and PEI? The provinces were selected because of their size, flexibility, and ability to implement the program seamlessly, with support from an experienced on-the-ground GPO, CMSL.

And with our proximity to Canada's French communities, CMSL is a bilingual, Atlantic Canadian-based Healthcare Partner that offers:
  • More comprehensive, cost-effective, and flexible healthcare procurement through proximity and its member-owned structure
  • Stability to help members generate savings by leveraging long relationships with facilities, clinicians and vendors
  • In-depth knowledge of Atlantic Canada's healthcare system, its regional differences, its culture and diverse needs
  • No mandatory administrative fee
  • Complete range of products and services to acute care and long-term care facilities
  • Higher contract penetration with its members, with an unmatched track record in meeting their needs more effectively and efficiently
  • An open system with the flexibility to respond to non-traditional procurement needs and clinician preferences and needs
  • Access to an industry support network from its headquarters in Atlantic Canada the enables it respond quickly and effectively to any situation
  • Contract monitoring, compliance tracking, contract support
  • On-the-ground, timely intervention whenever the need arises


National Scope. Regional Focus.


CMSL offers far more flexibility, a greater breadth of goods, increased access to all levels of the healthcare system, contract law based negotiating experience, and broader-based savings due to a more comprehensive and measurable procurement process.

New Brunswick already has a high value procurement solution, one with the capacity to bring truly comprehensive healthcare procurement and volume savings to a far broader range of New Brunswick and Maritime institutions and organizations, including hospitals, long term care homes, special care homes, paramedic programs, nursing schools and, eventually, the anticipated medical schools.

CMSL's approach, which includes monitoring cost in use, tracking compliance, and evaluating clinical outcomes while still working to reduce overall costs, is focused on achieving real value over simply lowest iunit cost, an approach that results all to often in false economy, New Brunswick has significant critical mass to ensure discounts equal or better to those achieved by national GPOs. We have the critical mass to achieve the same savings while still retaining a focus on efficiencies, outcomes and adding value to contracts through education and other support programs when available.