Supply Chain
New research from Advisory Board, conducted in partnership with Staples Business, reveals how 102 health system supply chain and executive…
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
Hillrom, a medical devicemaker based in Chicago, has recalled its patient overhead lift device after multiple reports of serious injuries and two patient deaths.
Walgreens will sell a COVID-19 PCR test made by LabCorp over the counter in as many as 6,000 of its stores starting this spring, the retail pharmacy giant said Feb. 24.
An at-home saliva-based PCR COVID-19 test made by Clinical Reference Laboratory will now be available through Walgreens, the retail pharmacy giant said Feb. 24.
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.