Supply Chain

The FDA has authorized the first at-home COVID-19 antibody test, which allows people to collect finger-stick blood samples and send them to a lab for testing.

Compared to pharmaceutical companies, medical device and supply companies pay seven times more of their total industry revenue to physicians, according to a study published April 5 in Health Affairs. 

A supply chain manager at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., told CBS Boston that after ordering 30,000 3M N95 masks from a third-party vendor, he was able to spot from a shipping box label that the masks were counterfeit. 

The U.S. has launched its fourth annual National Supply Chain Integrity Month and has issued a call to action for organizations across the country to strengthen their supply chains. 

In our value-based care environment, hospital and health system leaders are striving to provide the best patient care in the most cost-efficient way.

HHS has launched a $500,000 competition to develop more comfortable face masks, The Hill  and CNN report.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order April 1 that directs state agencies to focus on procuring medicines, medical devices and medical supplies made within South Carolina, ABC Columbia reported. 

Vizient said April 1 it has completed the acquisition of Intermountain Healthcare's group purchasing organization, Intalere. 

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings seeking supply chain leadership and expertise in the last week:

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare supply chain leaders to be more nimble, collaborative and innovative, and the importance of the non-acute supply chain has become more obvious. The role of non-acute supply chain leaders has evolved as a result…