Overview

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a $103 billion health care services company that improves the cost-effectiveness of health care. As the business behind health care, Cardinal Health helps pharmacies, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physician offices focus on patient care while reducing costs, enhancing efficiency and improving quality. Cardinal Health is an essential link in the health care supply chain, providing pharmaceuticals and medical products to more than 60,000 locations each day. The company is also a leading manufacturer of medical and surgical products, including gloves, surgical apparel and fluid management products. In addition, the company supports the growing diagnostic industry by supplying medical products to clinical laboratories and operating the nation's largest network of radiopharmacies that dispense products to aid in the early diagnosis and treatment of disease. Ranked #21 on the Fortune 500, Cardinal Health employs more than 30,000 people worldwide. More information about the company may be found at cardinalhealth.com and @CardinalHealth on Twitter.

Customers

Retail and mail-order pharmacies, hospitals and health systems, medical and surgery centers, clinics, long-term care centers, physicians, pharmacists, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other providers of health care.

 

Products and services

Operates a sophisticated network of 22 pharmaceutical and 42 medical/surgical supply distribution facilities, strategically located throughout the United States to provide cost-effective, product delivery to more than 60,000 health care sites across North America each day.

Makes more than two million self-manufactured medical and surgical products daily - including surgical drapes, masks, gowns and gloves, fluid management products and surgical and procedure kits. Products manufactured by Cardinal Health are used in half of all surgeries in the United States.

Offers a wide array of value-added services, customized to the unique needs of each customer, to improve health care cost effectiveness and enable providers to focus on patient care. 

• Retail Pharmacies
  Helps national and regional retail chain pharmacies and mail order pharmacies improve the efficiency of pharmaceutical distribution. Offers independent pharmacies services to improve reimbursements, streamline operations, diversify revenue streams and expand marketshare. Also operates Medicine Shoppe International and Medicap Pharmacies, leading franchisors of retail, apothecary-style pharmacies in the United States and abroad.
• Hospitals and Health Systems
  Consulting services help hospitals contain costs and improve workflow, efficiency and the internal management of pharmaceuticals and med/surg supplies. Key services include surgical kit development, freight management, internal supply chain optimization, category management, on-site and remote pharmacy management.
• Nuclear Pharmacies
  Operates largest network of nuclear pharmacies in the United States, delivering twelve million doses of radiopharmaceuticals every year, to help hospitals and outpatient care centers detect and treat disease. Also serves the PET market with manufacturing of PET agents used in diagnostics, therapies and clinical trial studies.
• Ambulatory Care Sites
  Cardinal Health provides products and services to ambulatory care sites such as surgery centers, physician offices and clinical laboratories.