Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
The federal government will send more than 25 million masks to community health centers and food banks in areas most hard hit by the pandemic next month, the White House said Feb. 24.
Shortly before President Joe Biden was sworn in, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a waiver allowing Prestige Ameritech to export up to 5 million N95 masks per month, despite the U.S. still facing shortages of the masks, Kaiser Health…
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Feb. 24 to strengthen U.S. supply chains in several sectors.
Excess inventory is an issue for many industries, and healthcare is no exception. Each year, between 15 and 30 percent of every hospital's on-hand inventory and up to 3 percent of their annual inventory spend will be thrown away. That…
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Though the U.S. has invested billions of dollars in COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing and invoked the Defense Production Act to boost supplies needed to make the vaccines, there are still not enough doses to meet demand, Kaiser Health News reported Feb.…
About 6 million COVID-19 vaccines delayed by winter storms will be delivered to states by midweek, Andy Slavitt, the White House senior adviser for COVID-19 response, said Feb. 22.
Winter storms have caused delays in shipping 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, the White House said last week, according to The Hill.
Mismanaged stock rooms can significantly increase soft costs like staff time. However, this is one of the most avoidable supply chain mistakes for most health systems.
Cardinal Health
The FDA issued an alert Feb. 19 saying that pulse oximeters have limitations and that certain factors, including skin pigmentation, may affect the device's accuracy.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week: