Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
The FDA is alerting healthcare providers to a recall and change in reprocessing instructions for certain urological endoscopes manufactured by Karl Storz.
Here are 10 health systems that have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
Experts say while global supply chain disruptions have been "relatively minor" thus far from China's lockdowns to curb COVID-19 outbreaks, major disruptions are a growing possibility, The Guardian reported April 6.
Inventory costs and warehousing prices reached record high levels in March, according to the Logistics Managers' Index Report published April 5.
The U.S. is further restricting access to GlaxoSmithKline's COVID-19 antibody drug sotrovimab in response to research suggesting it is ineffective against the omicron subvariant BA.2, now the country's dominant strain.
Each year, hospitals in the U.S. generate 5.9 million tons of medical waste.1 Practice Greenhealth estimates that 29 pounds of waste is generated per staffed bed per day.2
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Cardinal Health plans to build a 574,670-square-foot medical distribution center in Columbus, Ohio.
A combination of international and domestic events in recent weeks have the potential to disupt the U.S. supply chain.
National and global factors like the Russia-Ukraine war are complicating supply chain issues in the U.S., with health systems expecting to see price hikes in certain medical supplies for which raw materials are sourced in Russia.
Here are 10 health systems that have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week: