Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
The FDA has flagged 5 medical device recalls, corrections and early alerts affecting intravascular administration sets, catheter introducer kits, thoracic stent grafts and convenience kits. Here are the five recalls to know:
Supply chain leaders say the key to gaining physician support for product standardization is not leading with cost savings — it is leading with data, transparency and collaboration. Across health systems, executives described a common shift away from telling physicians…
The FDA has flagged 6 medical device recalls, corrections and early alerts affecting pulmonary valve catheters, infusion pumps, insulin pumps, heart pumps, positive pressure breathing devices, breathing circuits and several convenience kits. Here are the 6 recalls to know:
Fairbanks, Alaska-based Foundation Health Partners has completed implementation of a Prime Vendor agreement with Medline that gives the health system access to the medical supplier’s portfolio of medical-surgical products and distribution network. The agreement covers Foundation Health Partners’ network of…
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation has updated its American National Standard for hospital steam sterilizers, adding new safety, testing and labeling requirements for manufacturers. The updated standard establishes minimum safety, performance, testing and labeling requirements for steam…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has named Amanda Chawla chief supply chain officer, effective Aug. 24. Ms. Chawla joins Providence from Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, where she serves as senior vice president, chief supply chain and post-acute care officer, according to a July…
The last five years have fundamentally changed how health systems think about supply chain resilience. An effort that was once centered on responding to shortages as they emerged has evolved into a more sophisticated strategy built on predictive analytics, formal…
Minneapolis-based Allina Health has signed a prime vendor agreement with Medline. The agreement gives the 12-hospital, 90-plus-clinic system, serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin, access to Medline’s medical-surgical product portfolio for its hospital and physician office sites, along with Medline’s distribution…
Medline has leased more than 1.6 million square feet of distribution center space in Northern California after a June 11 fire destroyed its 1 million-square-foot facility in Tracy, Calif. The medical supply company secured a 925,000-square-foot warehouse in Tracy for…
A federal effort to expand domestic medical glove manufacturing has yet to produce a single medical glove despite $850 million in funding awarded to six companies, according to a July 7 Bloomberg report. The initiative, launched during the COVID-19 pandemic…