Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Hospitals are overspending by $25.7 billion on supply chain expenses annually, a Navigant analysis of 2,127 hospitals found.
Mastercard has teamed up with Envisible to roll out its blockchain system to better track food.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter to the FDA Nov. 4 expressing concerns that the agency plans to weaken approval standards for medical devices.
Fagron agreed to pay $22.05 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiary, Freedom Pharmaceuticals, intentionally inflated average wholesale prices for its ingredients to increase reimbursements from federal healthcare programs.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week:
The FDA is holding a two-day meeting with the General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel to develop strategies to reduce reliance on ethylene oxide to sterilize medical devices.
The FDA is encouraging drugmakers to invest in production technologies that would bring manufacturing back to the U.S. as several recalls call into question the safety of the global drug supply chain, according to Bloomberg.
Medline is hosting a one-day national hiring event Nov. 7 seeking to hire 2,000 employees.
Stryker will acquire Wright Medical Group for a total enterprise value of about $5.4 billion.
The HHS' Office of Inspector General found that Medicare overpaid suppliers of inhalation drugs by $92.5 million in 2017.