Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
New York City is creating its own stockpile of medical supplies including gowns, testing kits and ventilators, according to Mayor Bill De Blasio, CNBC reported.
The FDA has authorized the first COVID-19 diagnostic test that can be taken at home by patients, the agency said April 21.
The chief physician executive at Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health, Andrew Artenstein, MD, was questioned by FBI agents while trying to pick up medical supplies to protect his hospital staff against COVID-19, he wrote in a note published in The New…
Isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks as hospitals' top shortage concern in an April 17 survey conducted by group purchasing organization Premier.
The FDA has allowed more than 90 antibody tests on the market without prior review, leaving experts concerned about the quality of the tests, The Washington Post reported.
New York City hospitals are starting to see shortages of dialysis fluid as thousands of COVID-19 patients develop kidney failure, according to Politico.
The price of masks, gloves and other supplies has risen by more than 1,000 percent in some cases due to market forces and price-gouging, according to a report published by the Society for Healthcare Organization Procurement Professionals.
New export restrictions put in place by China have left face masks, test kits and other critical medical equipment intended to be shipped to the U.S. stuck in China, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Abbott Laboratories' rapid COVID-19 tests can produce false negatives in patients who are infected, STAT reported.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of swab to use for COVID-19 testing in response to a critical shortage of cotton swabs, which has been one of the biggest obstacles in expanding COVID-19 testing in the…