Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Peter Navarro, the White House's trade adviser under former President Donald Trump, used his own strategy for obtaining medical supply contracts early on in the COVID-19 pandemic after the federal government didn't implement a national strategy, according to documents released…
Ten hospitals and health systems have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
Corning, a glass vial maker based in Corning, N.Y., has received an additional $57 million in funding from the federal government that will allow it to substantially increase its production of vials for COVID-19 vaccines.
Online pharmacy Valisure has detected a carcinogen called benzene in 44 brands of hand sanitizer that entered the market during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. has removed 25 million isolation gowns from the strategic national stockpile over concerns that they may not provide adequate protection to healthcare workers, Bloomberg reported March 25.
Cardinal Health began working with Chicago-based freight tracking software startup FourKites last March on a pilot to track shipments of personal protective equipment between manufacturing plants and Cardinal's distribution centers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Cardinal and FourKites, which…
Boston Scientific will pay $188.6 million to resolve claims that it deceptively marketed its surgical mesh products, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced March 23.
The average hospital spends nearly one-third of its overall operating expenses on supply chain management.
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The best way to manage key high turn items is implementing a sophisticated inventory management system. However, if your facility needs some quick savings in the short term, look within your current supply chain to uncover hidden inefficiencies like unreliable…
Cardinal Health
Providence, a 51-hospital health system based in Renton, Wash., told the Times Standard that being part of a larger healthcare system has helped it to navigate shortages of personal protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic.