Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
United Parcel Service plans to expand its healthcare-dedicated warehouse and distribution network, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Hospitals could soon face shortages of critical medical devices due to the closures of several sterilization plants, the FDA warned Oct. 25.
Nurses at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital discovered they could use sterile surgical wrap to create sleeping bags for the homeless, according to ABC Action News.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to shut down a medical device sterilization plant over concerns the plant emits a cancer-causing gas, but the device industry is pushing back, arguing that the closure could lead to shortages of critical medical…
Medical device companies are struggling to find relief from tariffs imposed on Chinese imports by the Trump administration, according to Politico.
Walmart, CVS Health and Rite Aid will remove all 22-ounce containers of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder from their shelves after the FDA found small traces of asbestos in the product, according to CNBC.
A former bookkeeper of a medical supply company in Glastonbury, Conn., pleaded guilty Oct. 23 to embezzling $370,000 from the company and now faces up to 30 years in prison, according to the Hartford Courant.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week:
The FDA issued a draft guidance Oct. 23, that would require breast implant manufacturers to include cancer warnings on their product packaging.
Although 10 percent of hospital and health system leaders said reducing supply chain costs was the greatest cost transformation difficulty for their organization, it is a winnable struggle, according to a new Kaufman Hall and Healthcare Financial Management Association survey.