More than 2 in every 5 medical devices the FDA authorized with the 510(k) pathway had predicates that were Class I recalls — the most serious type of recall — according to a study published Jan. 10 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. 

The nation's healthcare industry and medical supply chain are closely watching potential repercussions from a suspected COVID-19 surge in China, NBC News reported Jan. 8. 

Lisa Scannell, vice president of supply chain management at Mass General Brigham, joined the Somerville, Mass.-based health system 28 years ago. In that time, she's worked her way up from materials management manager to VP.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health's supply company, SafeSource Direct, manufactured 1.5 million shoe covers for an HHS agency one month ahead of schedule. 

Here are 10 health systems and hospitals that posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week. 

The director of the FDA's medical supply division praised the recently passed spending bill for its "total product life-cycle approach" and cybersecurity measure allowances, Politico reported Jan. 3. 

St. Vincent Hospital, a Leadville, Colo.-based hospital that recently needed a county bailout to pay its employees, paid for $169,000 worth of medical equipment it cannot use at its high altitude, 9news reported Jan. 3.

Hospitals' supply of two types of blood thinners wavered before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Dec. 26 in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 

As health systems struggled with medical supply disruptions affected by inflation, geopolitical conflicts, demand spikes and COVID-19, here are eight noteworthy shortages from 2022:

Here are three moves Cardinal Health made in late 2022:

Here are eight drug and medical device recalls the FDA reported in December:

The reworked CPAP and BiPAP machines from Philips Respironics were found to be "unlikely to result in an appreciable harm to health in patients," Philips said Dec. 21. 

3M, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment and health supplies, said it would work to discontinue manufacturing with "forever chemicals" by 2025. 

Agiliti, a Minneapolis-based medical device management company, inked a $491 million contract with HHS to manage and maintain the nation's emergency supply of respiratory medical devices, the Star Tribune reported Dec. 19. 

After more than two years of disruptions and high demand, supply chain leaders are taking the lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen their supply chain in hopes of preventing issues from resurfacing.

People are the focus of supply chain decisions for Jacquelyn Marcus, vice president for supply chain management at NYU Langone Health in New York City.

Emerge Manufacturing — a newly founded personal protective equipment manufacturer — is slated to open a 50,000-square-foot facility in Cincinnati in 2024. 

To ensure Houston-based MD Anderson, the nation's largest transfusing hospital, has enough blood, its donor operations team pivoted to solutions such as more double red cell donations and outreach. 

Here are 10 health systems and hospitals that posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week. 

Ardent Health, a healthcare company that invests in 30 hospitals throughout six states, signed another exclusive contract with group purchasing organization HealthTrust Dec. 15.