Supply Chain

Whether you are a large hospital or even a small surgery center, every facility can benefit from standardization.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is set to become a member of healthcare services company Vizient's group purchasing organization under a deal in which Vizient would acquire Intermountain's GPO, the companies said Nov. 5. 

Two-thirds of Michigan health systems are reporting less than a three-week supply of one or more types of personal protective equipment as COVID-19 cases surge, The Wall Street Journal reported. 

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

HHS and the U.S. Defense Department have given $119 million to Hologic to boost COVID-19 diagnostic test production in Wisconsin, Maine and California. 

Medtronic has recalled its Rashkind balloon catheter after reports of a patient death and two patient injuries, the FDA announced Nov. 3. 

The CDC says it is looking to create a centralized, cloud-based platform for COVID-19 testing sites to use to report results to public health departments to make the process easier. 

Abbott has sued a former executive, claiming he resigned to join a rival diagnostics company and took trade secrets with him, STAT reported. 

The FDA alerted labs Nov. 3  of the possibility of false positives with COVID-19 antigen tests. 

A rapid test made by Quidel could only detect 32 percent of positive COVID-19 cases that were identified by a slower, lab-based test, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona, The New York Times reported.