Supply Chain

It has been roughly a year since the COVID-19 surge began last March. During this time, some new supply chain practices came about to solve immediate needs.

David Sims, director of supply chain and logistics at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Miss., said prices for personal protective equipment remain inflated, and there still are supply shortages, WLOX, a local dual ABC/CBS-affiliated TV station reported March 10.

Cardinal Health said March 12 it is selling its Cordis medical device business to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for roughly $1 billion. 

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

Four COVID-19 tests that have been authorized by the FDA in the last month: 

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said the administration will conduct an audit of the Strategic National Stockpile after an investigation by The New York Times found that more than half of its annual budget has been spent on…

Certify Global, a company that makes fever scanners, is pulling one of its devices off the market after the FDA warned it hadn't been approved to scan multiple people at once, despite its advertisements, The Washington Post reported. 

Medtronic has hired a Walmart executive to lead its supply chain operations, CEO Geoff Martha said in a LinkedIn post. 

Clinician standardization helps hospitals and health systems reduce costs and improve clinical outcomes. Here are three best practices to create an environment of collaboration among supply chain professionals, clinicians, and senior leadership:

The world needs as many as 10 billion syringes for COVID-19 vaccines, and officials in the U.S. say they don't have enough right now, The New York Times reported March 5.