Supply Chain

Ensuring optimal skin health outcomes while also lowering cost per case poses several challenges for healthcare organizations, especially given the increasing need of skin and wound care, increasing complexity of wound care management, and the industry's changing reimbursement structure.

Merck has increased production of the measles vaccine to meet growing demand amid the country's largest outbreak in 25 years, according to Reuters.

As declining reimbursements and increasing product expenses cut into hospital margins, providers are constantly seeking new ways to control costs without compromising patient care.

Eleven hospitals and health systems were honored for supply chain excellence by the Global Healthcare Exchange at its 19th annual GHXcellence Award ceremony in San Antonio April 30.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine and Livonia, Mich.-based St. Joseph Mercy Health System have formed a joint venture to establish a $48 million medical laundry service facility in Detroit.

Below are five of the top supply chain stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in April, beginning with the most popular:

As the drive for value-based care continues, hospitals and health systems are looking for proven best practices to improve clinical outcomes, enhance safety and control costs.

Six drugs or medical devices have been approved by the FDA since April 12:

Amazon plans to make one-day shipping the new standard for Prime members, the e-commerce giant announced in its first-quarter earnings call April 25, according to CNBC.

If the U.S. healthcare system was its own country, it would be the seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide emissions in the world, according to Adam Robinson, director of field operations for Cardinal Health.