Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defence will collaborate to create a centralized healthcare supply chain management system.
Ambu, a medical devicemaker based in Denmark, will pay $3.3 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by selling products to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Pentagon made in countries without U.S. trade agreements,…
Ridge Properties is recalling four lots of its 4 percent lidocaine topical cream and liquid gel products due to microbial contamination. The products also contained a higher potency of lidocaine than the label suggests.
AmerisourceBergen, one of the major hospital suppliers in the U.S., will close its distribution center in Valencia, Calif., according to The Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
Ten hospitals and health systems have posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week:
FedEx will end its ground-delivery contract with Amazon at the end of August, according to Bloomberg.
The medical device industry already has felt the sting of the trade war between the U.S. and China which may worsen if negotiations fail, according to Business Insider.
Terri Lee Doehrmann, a worker in the linen services department at Mercy Iowa City (Iowa), spends hours each week sorting through hospital linens for signs of wear or tear that would make them unusable, according to The Gazette.
The vast majority of hospital clinicians and department managers understand that supply chain management is critical to controlling costs. But they also think they spend too much time on supply chain tasks—and many say the work takes away from patient…
Cardinal Health
The scope and role of freight management in healthcare has evolved significantly in the last decade, presenting hospitals with new savings opportunities.