Cardinal Health, founded in 1971, is a global healthcare company distributing pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and providing data analytics and performance optimization solutions across the healthcare supply chain.
Cardinal Health is a global healthcare company engaged in pharmaceutical and medical supply distribution and in healthcare delivery solutions across the supply chain. Founded in 1971, it began as a food wholesaler named Cardinal Foods and has operated for more than five decades. The company employs more than 46,500 people and works with customers worldwide.
Its operations centre on the distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to healthcare providers, and on services that support the efficiency of care delivery. These include data analytics offerings intended to support healthcare delivery and efficiency, and customized performance optimization solutions spanning the healthcare continuum with the aim of raising efficiency and lowering costs. Technical work within the company covers data analytics, performance optimization, and healthcare supply chain and distribution.
Cardinal Health serves a range of settings across the healthcare sector, among them hospitals, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centres, clinical laboratories and physician offices. The company describes its mission as improving the cost-effectiveness of healthcare and freeing providers to focus on patient care, with a culture that traces to founder Robert D. Walter's vision of 1971 and an stated emphasis on innovating for the future of healthcare.
