Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Take the time this season to spring clean your supply chain by clearing out hidden inefficiencies that might be increasing costs at your facility.
Cardinal Health
In January 2021, the American National Standards Institute and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation released four amendments related to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in healthcare facilities, presenting a lot of information for healthcare facilities to unpack.
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Medline is exploring a sale that could value the company at as much as $30 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., has had to throw out thousands of dollars in medical supplies due to poor management of them, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported this week.
Ten hospitals and health systems have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
Thermo Fisher Scientific said April 15 it plans to acquire PPD, a North Carolina-based pharmaceutical testing company.
Global Health Exchange released its annual list of the 50 best healthcare supply chains in North America April 14. This year, GHX is honoring 51 hospitals and health systems due to a tie.
Drugmakers around the world are facing a shortage of large plastic growbags used in part of the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing process, The Guardian reported.
Intermountain Healthcare, a 25-hospital system based in Salt Lake City, has signed a 10-year membership agreement with group purchasing organization Vizient, the companies said April 12.
The FDA is urging hospitals to transition from crisis capacity measures such as decontaminating and reusing N95 masks, citing an increased domestic supply.