Supply Chain

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. 

Medical device company Coloplast agreed to settle a U.S. lawsuit for $14.5 million after it self-reported a failure to offer contractual discounts and documented incorrect countries of origin for some products. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs will divest from its $2.2 billion project that aimed to modernize the supply chain by replacing 12 legacy supply management systems. 

Burton Fuller, chief supply chain officer at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System, found himself unable to decide between a career in medicine or business. It was not until he started his first consulting job in hospital supply that he realized…

In the most serious type of recall, Remel removed 18,906 lab plates from the market because of a risk of potential false results.

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

Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System tapped Josh Lee on Nov. 30 to be its regional supply director. 

From tracheostomy tubes and syringes to amoxicillin and dozens of other drugs, medical supply chains are hindered by ongoing issues to access raw materials and enough staff, The State Journal reported Dec. 4.