Supply Chain

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The FDA issued a draft guidance Oct. 23, that would require breast implant manufacturers to include cancer warnings on their product packaging.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.

A former manager of a medical supply company in Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty Oct. 16 to stealing $53,570 from the company, according to WKBW Buffalo.

Drone company Zipline, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, is testing drones to deliver critical medical supplies to the military, according to CNBC.

New York's blood supply has never been lower, according to the New York Blood Center.

United Parcel Service will begin transferring medical samples and devices between facilities at Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health, among other hospitals, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Premier launched stockd, an e-commerce site designed to supply non-acute healthcare companies with needed medical supplies.

Johnson & Johnson is recalling 33,000 bottles of baby powder after an FDA test found small traces of asbestos in the product.