Supply Chain

Environmental sustainability is an important initiative for health systems, especially because the industry is one of the most carbon-intensive service sectors in the world.

Some California hospitals may have to delay surgeries because of a national blood shortage, ABC30 News, an ABC station in Fresno, Calif., reported April 20. 

Employee burnout rates in the healthcare sector were exceptionally high even before COVID-19. Burnout has a significant adverse influence on clinicians’ overall well-being, as well as their sense of job fulfillment, which results in higher employee turnover rates, lower-quality patient care and decreased patient…

With COVID-19, personal protective equipment acquisition has been top of mind for healthcare leaders across the country. PPE concerns aren’t new, however. Even before the pandemic, healthcare organizations were reexamining their purchase criteria for medical gloves. To reduce allergic reactions…

Take the time this season to spring clean your supply chain by clearing out hidden inefficiencies that might be increasing costs at your facility.

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. 

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.