Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Tennessee hospitals are still dealing with supply and staffing shortages, despite COVID-19 cases dropping across the state, WZTV, a Nashville-based Fox affiliate, reported May 13.
Creating a "COVID-19 Cart" is among the ways UPMC responded to the global supply shortages experienced during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh-based health system revealed in a May 14 blog post.
A group representing 26 U.S. mask manufacturers sent a letter to President Joe Biden this week urging him to create policies to boost domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment.
Ten health systems have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
A Florida judge ruled May 12 that AdventHealth can collect $1.5 million after an asset management firm defaulted on a settlement agreement over a failed deal for personal protective agreement, according to Law360.
Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y., is supplying India with 1 million KN95 masks, 35 ventilators and 1,000 oxygen concentrators as the country faces a severe spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Community Hospital Corporation Supply Trust now serves more than 100 hospitals, providing group purchasing organization access and supply chain management support to community hospitals, the company said May 10.
The healthcare supply chain has moved very quickly in the last year to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, continuously adapting to deal with shortages. Mike Schiller, senior director of supply chain for the American Hospital Association's Association for Health Care…
Ellume, an Australian company that makes the first fully at-home COVID-19 diagnostic test to be approved by the FDA, is opening its first U.S. production plant in Maryland this year, The Baltimore Sun reported May 10.