Supply Chain

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

ECMC Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., has two weeks of personal protective equipment on hand after a 75-day supply was destroyed in a fire July 20, WGRZ, a Buffalo-based NBC affiliate, reported. 

PartsSource, a company that connects hospitals and clinics with medical device vendors and repair companies, will be acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity, the companies said July 20. 

The Government Accountability office released a report this week making 15 recommendations for how the U.S. government can improve its COVID-19 pandemic response. 

The Strategic National Stockpile is in much better shape than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, Dawn O'Connell, HHS secretary for preparedness and response, told a U.S. Senate panel July 20, The Washington Post reported. 

In response to both changing healthcare policies and the COVID-19 pandemic, patients are being pushed to lower-cost settings, most common of which is the ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

Six lawsuits and settlements involving medical suppliers, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review in 2021: 

Nephron Pharmaceuticals, a drugmaker based in West Columbia, S.C., said July 15 that it is launching a new company, called Nephron Nitrile, to produce medical-grade gloves and shore up the domestic personal protective equipment supply chain. 

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

Nontraditional manufacturers have used 3D printing to deliver millions of medical supplies, such as masks, face shields and other medical devices, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to reduce supply shortages, according to a report released by the…