Supply Chain
New research from Advisory Board, conducted in partnership with Staples Business, reveals how 102 health system supply chain and executive…
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
As patients and consumers grow more concerned over the spread of the coronavirus, they have turned to Amazon to purchase supplies. However, many medical products being sold on Amazon are being falsely marketed, according to an investigation from The Wall…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to increase the availability of general use respirators for healthcare workers.
The FDA has classified Medtronic's recall of its HeartWare HVAD ventricular assist devices as Class I, the most serious type, Medtech Dive reported. The HeartWare HVAD ventricular assist devices were only distributed outside of the U.S. and there are no affected…
The American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood to combat any potential shortages caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
As the U.S. is facing a shortage of a critical component of COVID-19 diagnostic tests, some labs are borrowing kits from colleagues, the FDA updated a policy allowing labs to use a different type of diagnostic kit and the CDC…
As fears about the coronavirus grow among patients, hospitals are noticing hand sanitizer and other medical supplies have gone missing from exam rooms, according to CNBC.
Product standardization can be daunting but failing to standardize can lead to increased product costs and variation in clinical practice.
Cardinal Health
Both eBay and Facebook are banning sales of protective face masks because of price-gouging in their marketplaces.
The global spread of the novel coronavirus has raised fears about U.S. dependence on foreign countries for supplies, especially for medical products and prescription drugs.