Novant Health launched the first hospital emergency drone program to help its COVID-19 pandemic response. 

The FDA is investigating the lab that AdventHealth cut ties with last week after saying it received thousands of unreliable COVID-19 diagnostic tests, USA Today reported. 

Premier, a group purchasing organization, and 15 health systems partnered to acquire a minority stake in Prestige Ameritech, the largest producer of personal protective equipment in the U.S., to help make sure more healthcare products are protected from shortages. 

The FDA removed 29 COVID-19 antibody tests from its list of authorized tests because they didn't meet the agency's updated guidelines. 

As demonstrated by the national responses to COVID-19, alternate sites of care have been essential in assisting with the increased pressure placed on the US healthcare system.1

As limited doses of the drug remdesivir make its way around the country, states, counties and hospitals are making plans on how to distribute it — and these plans may be drastically different, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:

COVID-19 testing remains a critical barrier to reopening the U.S. economy. 

With less funding than large health systems, rural hospitals often have to work with limited supplies, and public health experts have warned that they could become the next COVID-19 hot spot due to their lack of resources.

Healthcare workers experienced shortages of personal protective equipment into early May, with about two-thirds citing insufficient supplies of N95 masks, according to a poll from The Washington Post and Ispos. 

HHS gave $225 million to rural health clinics May 20 to boost access to COVID-19 testing in rural communities. 

While medical device recalls declined in the first quarter of 2020, a surge in product recalls is expected when the relaxed regulatory environment ends, according to medical waste disposal and compliance training company Stericycle.

Managing a hospital or health system’s transportation costs is a complex task that requires proactive planning and ongoing monitoring to maximize savings and control costs. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a contract to supply the US government with viral transport media to move swabs with COVID-19 test samples to labs. 

The process of obtaining medical masks is filled with fraud as some sellers try to take advantage of states' desperation for masks to protect against COVID-19, The Washington Post reported. 

State officials said they received mislabeled and incorrectly packaged shipments of medical supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that have delayed COVID-19 testing, The Hill reported. 

The FDA May 16 granted emergency use authorization to a second COVID-19 diagnostic test that allows patients to collect samples using nasal swabs. 

According to a joint statement from the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and the American Hospital Association, patient demand for nonessential surgeries may be immense once the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us.

AdventHealth ended its contract with a third-party lab after about 35,000 COVID-19 tests it processed were found to be unreliable, the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based health system said May 18 in a news release.