The S.M.A.R.T. Choice
for Transforming Healthcare Education

HPC’s Education Management System is the only comprehensive solution for creating a centralized, sustainable, cost-effective and controlled foundation for all the complex needs and components of healthcare education.

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We recognize that hospitals and health systems have unique needs. That’s why we offer flexible, value-driven services designed to help your organization streamline operations, optimize resources, and reduce costs on books, education, library services, and training.

Discover how HPC services can help you improve efficiency and unlock savings for your organization. Get started today!

Book and Training Product Distribution

Stop juggling multiple vendors. BooksourcePlus Distribution offers a single, efficient solution for all your book and training material needs. Order what you need, when you need it, directly through our online store.

Why Choose BooksourcePlus Distribution?

  • A hassle-free, no-commitment way to get your books and training materials
  • Flexibility, order as much as you need whenever you need it
  • No minimum order requirements
  • Consolidate purchases of books, magazines, medical reference manuals, medical coding books, patient education and other training resources with one reliable vendor
  • Reduce administrative burden with fewer vendor setups
  • Utilize your existing Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)
  • Monitor all orders and delivery ETAs in one place
  • Dedicated customer support
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Continuing Education Expense Management

HPC offers three practical ways to centralize continuing education-related purchases, delivering bottom-line savings, simplifying your team’s workflow, and bringing transparency to this area of corporate spending.

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The NEW! BookManager annual subscription service manages all your book and training resource purchases, ensuring the lowest prices and seamless delivery across a broad spectrum of categories, such as:

HPC manages the entire process, from price research and lowest-cost supplier invoicing to payment processing and scheduling book delivery. You also receive a dedicated support team and access to the
HPC S.M.A.R.T. Hub online portal to manage purchases and achieve annual net savings.

To provide even greater value, the NEW! SubscriptionManager allows HPC to expand its spend management over educational subscription resources in addition to books and training materials.

SubscriptionManager includes:

  • All HPC BookManager service support
  • +PLUS, sourcing, price negotiation, and management of all your educational subscriptions, such as:
  • Online learning management system subscriptions (LMS)
  • Journal subscriptions
  • Newspaper subscriptions
  • Database license fees
  • Training platform fees

With this enhanced service, we manage everything – price research, utilization analysis, license reviews and renewals, invoicing, payments, scheduling book deliveries, and assisting with subscription setup. Benefit from the same dedicated support and access to the HPC S.M.A.R.T. Hub and drive significant annual net savings to your bottom line.

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With our top-tier EducationManager savings solution, you’ll enjoy all the benefits of BookManager and SubscriptionManager services in addition to management of all other education and training expenditures for your organization and individual staff members, including:

  • All SubscriptionManager services
  • +PLUS Management of:
  • Conference fees
  • Continuing education course and workshop fees (CME/CE/PD)
  • Association memberships and dues
  • Professional license and certification fees

EducationManager provides your organization with an administrative support team led by your own dedicated HPC Program Manager and an implementation specialist to lead and manage the rollout of your enterprise-wide savings initiative.

Your organization will also gain access to our most advanced features and tools through the HPC S.M.A.R.T. Hub – streamlining processes for your employees, saving management and accounting teams time, and delivering an average of 10%–20% in annual net savings to your bottom line.

  • Tap into proven library expertise without the learning curve.
    HPC’s librarians all hold master’s degrees and have deep, hands‑on experience running every facet of a clinical or academic medical library, so no extra training is needed.
  • Go live fast with a true turn‑key solution.
    Our established workflows enable us to take the reins and fully implement within two weeks, minimizing onboarding time and disruption.
  • Gain built‑in continuity and flexible coverage.
    A team-based model ensures reliable succession planning as staff retire, along with the ability to scale service levels up or down as your organization’s needs evolve.

Medical Library Oversight

HPC virtual hospital librarians manage your individual or institutional library, oversee library subscription renewals, negotiate the costs of library resources, build and provide ongoing maintenance for the library website, offer library education and instructional sessions to staff, and provide research support that fuels evidence-based practice and ensures compliance with healthcare accreditation guidelines and professional development requirements.

Librarian can offer supplemental assistance to expand your current library team, fill a vacancy, or if your current librarian is set to retire HPC Librarian can be implemented to assume full responsibility for all librarian duties, including research support, budget management, library website, and operational oversight.

HPC’s librarians work remotely to support your staff in a virtual model. Implementation of this service is easy and quick, delivering the turnkey expertise and know-how necessary to oversee your library with no up-front training needed.

Developed With You in Mind

The HPC S.M.A.R.T. Hub is our proprietary online portal that centrally tracks and measures educational activity and spending across hospitals, providing transparency without requiring integration or setup from your IT team.

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A Centralized Portal

Usability

  • Secure, user-friendly portal accessible 24/7
  • Track all your education and training purchases, employee licenses and certifications, and continuing education (CME) credits
  • Review and track purchases, orders, and delivery schedules for the books and training products sourced by HPC 
  • Browse evidence-based electronic library resources and submit requests to your HPC Librarian

Asset Management

  • Streamline & Simplify: User friendly portal keeps track of all relevant policies and documentation like approvals and receipts for educational purchases.
  • Metrics & InsightsTrack transactions, research requests, usage patterns and more to make informed decisions 
  • Free online store for books and other educational products

Quick Start

  • Easy Set-Up, No Hassle: The right way – the only way – to efficiently manage hospital education spending that’s as easy to implement as turning on the lights.
  • Scalable to accommodate healthcare organizations of all sizes.
  • All of HPC’s services are implemented in less than 90 days.
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Our HPC S.M.A.R.T. Hub is the cornerstone of our education management system, providing:

  • Standardization: Streamline workflows and centralize management for a more efficient system.
  • Management: Access to a team of experts and real-time data and reporting, enabling better oversight.
  • Administrative Support: Eliminate waste and duplication of efforts, freeing up your team’s valuable time.
  • Reduced Costs: Maximize R.O.I. through optimal pricing and resource utilization, achieving sustainable cost reductions.
  • Transparency: Make informed decisions with clear visibility into every aspect of the supply chain and procurement process.

HPC’s buyers and service agents secure the best prices for all hospital essentials, including books, e-books, magazines, and educational tools. Centralizing orders to a single supplier makes procurement more efficient, easier to track, and less burdensome on staff.

HPC Booksource Plus, supported by the HPC S.M.A.R.T. Hub and our specialist team, centralizes spending oversight, enabling us to leverage our collective buying power and expertise to deliver cost savings to your bottom line.

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