Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Managing the healthcare supply chain continues to grow in intricacy, especially as integrated delivery networks expand their non-acute footprints and care moves to outpatient settings, explained Ken Rasbid, National Sales Director at Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health.
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The Department of Homeland Security said Feb. 17 it has seized more than 11 million counterfeit 3M N95 masks ordered by healthcare facilities in the last few weeks, CNBC reported.
Medtronic is recalling its Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system after discovering three patients in a clinical trial had stent fractures and one patient death was reported, the medical devicemaker said Feb. 17.
HHS has awarded a medical devicemaker a $54.2 million contract to supply the U.S. with specialty syringes used to extract extra doses of vaccines from their vials, according to a Feb. 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and several other vaccine sites across the city that were shut last week due to supply shortages are set to reopen Feb. 16, the Los Angeles Times reported, but…
Hospitals are facing shortages of supplies such as sterile water and pipette tips due to the spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations during the winter months, according to data from Premier cited by The Hill.
At least 32 million of the 142 million Abbott BinaxNOW tests the U.S. government distributed to states last year weren't used as of early February, according to a review by The Wall Street Journal.
As we are all very acutely aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly magnified supply challenges in the healthcare industry. Virus surges continue to cause an unprecedented amount of variation in both the demand for and the availability of necessary products.…
Cardinal Health
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
U.S. authorities said Feb. 10 that they are investigating the source of millions of counterfeit N95 masks that have been sent to hospitals, medical institutions and government agencies in at least five states, The New York Times reported.