Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Unforeseen circumstances in the healthcare system can place immediate stress on hospital supply chains and threaten the integrity of day-to-day operations. In a global pandemic, operations must shift their priorities to provide the most necessary supplies to clinicians and patients…
Cardinal Health
Amazon said Aug. 31 it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate its Prime Air delivery drones, CNBC reported.
A day after Abbott received emergency FDA approval of its 15-minute COVID-19 test, HHS has awarded it a $760 million contract to produce 150 million tests, the department said this week.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
The University of Virginia Health System has designed a nasopharyngeal swab and will distribute 60,000 of them across the state per week to support COVID-19 testing, the Charlottesville-based health system said this week.
The number of medical device recalls has increased 31.2 percent in the second quarter of 2020, according to Stericycle's Q2 recall index.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency may no longer provide reimbursements to states and local governments for personal protective equipment and other COVID-19 supplies, The Hill reported.
CMS will now require nursing homes to regularly test their staff for COVID-19 and offer testing to residents when there is an outbreak or if residents show symptoms.
The total value of medical devicemaker merger and acquisition deals announced in the first half of 2020 was about $16 billion, a figure much lower than average, according to EvaluatePharma's "Pharma, Biotech & Medtech Half-Year Review 2020."
When it comes to lowering shipping costs, there is a general three-step plan that has proven to be successful for health systems of all sizes:
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