Supply Chain

Here are 10 health systems that have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week: 

The supply chain crisis has caused persistent shortages of basic medical supplies, such as IV tubing and catheters, leading systems to stockpile materials, Forbes reported May 3.

The continued disruptions to global supply chains are beginning to affect healthcare industry operations, according to Premier's "The Current State of Healthcare Supply Chain Disruptions" report. 

The FDA issued a notification April 29 regarding two confirmed counterfeit COVID-19 testing kits and urged people not to use or distribute them. 

Every year in May, we celebrate National Hospital Week. This allows an opportunity to highlight our hospitals, health systems, and healthcare workers and the innovative ways they are supporting the needs of their community members, especially through this pandemic. 

Seventy new COVID-19 cases in Beijing and an upcoming testing blitz may lead to a new lockdown of China's capital city that has raised concerns about its potential impact on global supply chains, The New York Times reported this week.

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., one of the world's largest shipping companies, has seen signs of port congestion easing, Bloomberg reported April 27. 

Here are 10 health systems that have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week: 

The complexities of equipment acquisition in the healthcare space are growing by the day. Broad contributing factors include geopolitical unrest, labor shortages, supply chain issues, inflation, and rising interest rates. Any one of these factors is challenging enough, but the…

Supply chain woes are likely to last for the "foreseeable future," Mike Roman, CEO of 3M, said in an April 26 interview with BNN Bloomberg.