Supply Chain

Guidance released late last month by the U.S. government about free COVID-19 testing is causing widespread confusion over who should bear the costs of the tests, Kaiser Health News reported. 

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American companies, including 3M and Prestige Ameritech, are investing in expansions to produce more N95 masks domestically, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Bon Secours Mercy Health is seeking a CFO of supply chain to provide direction for all financial decisions related to its supply chain.

Six employees of NYC Health + Hospitals published an article in Health Affairs July 16 detailing how the largest municipal health system in the country resolved numerous supply chain challenges during the height of New York's COVID-19 outbreak this spring.

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

Michigan hospitals have enough personal protective equipment to deal with a potential second wave of COVID-19 cases, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association told the Lansing State Journal.

3M and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have partnered to develop a rapid COVID-19 antigen test designed to function like a pregnancy test, CNBC reported. 

Despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country, Sierra Nevada Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., still has a stable supply of personal protective equipment, The Union reported. 

Quest Diagnostics said July 13 that despite efforts to scale up its testing capacity, "soaring demand" for COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests has slowed its turnaround time for providing test results to seven or more days for most patients.