Supply Chain

Atrium Health, based in Charlotte, N.C., was named the winner of Premier's 2021 Richard A. Norling Premier Alliance Excellence Award, the group purchasing organization announced June 16. 

The pandemic highlighted the "urgent" need to modernize the Department of Veterans' Affairs' healthcare supply chain, the Government Accountability Office stated in a report released June 15. 

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

U.S. businesses and organizations are preparing for further strain on supply chains as a COVID-19 outbreak in southern China disrupts port services and delays deliveries, CNBC reports. 

The FDA has added sodium citrate tubes, used to collect blood specimens, to its list of medical supplies and devices in shortage. 

Philips has recalled about 3.5 million ventilation devices after finding a defect that could cause cancer, the company said June 14. 

As hospitals and health systems confront the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, stakeholders are beginning to view supply chains as the strategic assets they have always been. Supply chain leaders are strategic advisers crucial to delivering value for both patients and…

The FDA is urging the public to stop using a rapid COVID-19 antigen test made by Innova Medical Group after discovering the company was selling the test without its approval and that it carries the risk of false positive and…

The Greater Dayton Hospital Association and Community Blood Center in Ohio have issued an urgent appeal for blood donations as hospitals in the region say the blood supply shortage is the worst it's been since the early days of the…

As part of President Joe Biden's meeting with the G7 in England June 11, the White House has released a plan to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic by 2022 and prevent future ones.