Supply Chain

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.

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…

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. 

The FDA has fully approved the first COVID-19 test, the agency said March 17. 

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

The CDC said March 17 it will invest more than $12 billion to expand COVID-19 testing in schools and underserved communities. 

The FDA said March 16 it will allow manufacturers of COVID-19 tests to market tests for at-home or point-of-care use without studying how well they work in asymptomatic people. 

The winter storms that caused mass blackouts in Texas last month caused many chemical plants to shut down, which in turn is causing a shortage of raw materials needed for many medical supplies, such as face shields, The Wall Street…

The FDA has issued a warning that false positives can occur with a nasal swab test made by Roche that detects the flu and COVID-19 and differentiates between the two viruses.