Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
In the past, health system leaders were almost solely concerned with delivering clinical excellence to patients. Operating efficiency wasn’t as essential to success as it is now — striking the right balance between clinical excellence and operating efficiency has become…
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An Illinois judge approved a consent agreement Sept. 6 that could allow medical device sterilizer Sterigenics to reopen its Willowbrook, Ill. location, Medical Design & Outsourcing reported.
A new "supercooling" technique extends the amount of time a liver can be stored outside of a body to a day and a half, according to New Scientist.
Although concern for opioid abuse has not waned in 2019, sales of implantable medical devices that can be used as an alternative solution to chronic pain have, according to the Star Tribune.
The U.S. trade war with China threatens to hit hospitals and health systems as well as consumers in the form of higher prices and product shortages, the president of medical supply distributor DealMed told Yahoo Finance.
Ten hospitals and health systems have posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week:
Software companies SAP and Chronicled have teamed up to deploy a blockchain solution to help pharmaceutical companies comply with the U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act, according to a Sept. 3 news release.
The FDA recently ended a program that allowed devicemakers to conceal nearly 6 million reports of device-related harm and malfunctions from the public and physicians. Under the program, the reports were hidden in a database, but they are now accessible…
Hospitals are increasingly recognizing the value of using Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) protocols to improve patient outcomes and decrease adverse events that can trigger financial penalties such as surgical site infections and unwanted readmissions.
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As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida, officials at Baptist Health South Florida—a health system with 10 acute care in-patient facilities; more than 70 outpatient facilities including urgent care, imaging and surgery center locations; and more than 41 physician offices…
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