Supply Chain

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

COVID-19 testing remains a critical barrier to reopening the U.S. economy. 

With less funding than large health systems, rural hospitals often have to work with limited supplies, and public health experts have warned that they could become the next COVID-19 hot spot due to their lack of resources.

Healthcare workers experienced shortages of personal protective equipment into early May, with about two-thirds citing insufficient supplies of N95 masks, according to a poll from The Washington Post and Ispos. 

HHS gave $225 million to rural health clinics May 20 to boost access to COVID-19 testing in rural communities. 

While medical device recalls declined in the first quarter of 2020, a surge in product recalls is expected when the relaxed regulatory environment ends, according to medical waste disposal and compliance training company Stericycle.

Managing a hospital or health system’s transportation costs is a complex task that requires proactive planning and ongoing monitoring to maximize savings and control costs. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a contract to supply the US government with viral transport media to move swabs with COVID-19 test samples to labs. 

The process of obtaining medical masks is filled with fraud as some sellers try to take advantage of states' desperation for masks to protect against COVID-19, The Washington Post reported. 

State officials said they received mislabeled and incorrectly packaged shipments of medical supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that have delayed COVID-19 testing, The Hill reported.