Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia Health System and Owens & Minor, a healthcare logistics company, have opened a distribution center near WVU Medicine’s flagship campus. The distribution center has robotics and order fulfillment technology designed to improve supply chain efficiency, according…
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President Donald Trump’s comprehensive tariffs might be stymied by a legal argument the Supreme Court employed to former initiatives put forth by President Joe Biden’s administration, Bloomberg reported May 31. Here are four notes:
Texas-based medical provider TenderHeart Health Outcomes has partnered with Medline to expand its home delivery of medical supplies. Under the new agreement, TenderHeart will use Medline’s Home Direct program to ship medical products directly to patients, according to a May…
A federal appeals court has temporarily restored President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff orders, including a 10% base levy on nearly all U.S. imports, just one day after a trade court struck them down as an overreach of presidential emergency powers,…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is turning to artificial intelligence to help fix one of its long-standing problems: incomplete tracking of high-cost surgical supplies. The health system has rolled out AssistIQ, an AI-powered computer vision platform at North Shore…
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BD and its subsidiary C.R. Bard has issued a Class I recall, the most serious type, for several esophagogastric balloon tamponade tubes because of difficulties in removing plastic plugs from the device’s rubber lumens. The tubes are used in emergency…
As President Donald Trump threatens to impose a 50% tariff on all goods from the European Union starting June 1, the medical device industry is warning of consequences, with medical devicemaker Siemens Healthineers and health systems bracing for cost increases…
Supply chains leaders are facing unprecedented pressures as they navigate challenges such as policy changes, rising costs and tariff implications. This is causing health systems to rethink traditional sourcing and procurement strategies. Below are responses from five pharmacy leaders who…
Global Health Exchange announced the winners of its annual GHXcellence Awards May 16. The awards recognize organizations and people who are “leading with purpose and building resilient supply chains that are foundational to patient care,” GHX said in a statement. …
Medtronic, a healthcare technology company based in Ireland, plans to separate its diabetes business into a standalone, publicly traded company by the end of 2026. The company announced the move May 21, noting the new entity will be a direct-to-consumer…