Supply Chain

We recently surveyed more than 400 hospital staff, including nurses, physicians, service line leaders and supply chain administrators, to understand how the supply chain affected their day-to-day work. We learned that these colleagues shared some fundamental goals, but each held…

Clinicians often spend a large amount of time completing burdensome supply chain tasks in the hospital, which shifts their attention away from what matters most — the patients.

U.S. prescription drug spending could peak at $610 billion by 2021, according to a new report from QuintilesIMS Holding.

Physicians at teaching hospitals that restrict drug representative interactions prescribed fewer promoted brand name drugs than peers at hospitals without restrictions, according to a study published in JAMA.

Since labor and supplies are usually the two biggest cost drivers for hospitals and health systems — and layoffs are undesirable — supply chain is usually the first place administrators look to cut costs.

The Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZencea's immunotherapy drug, Imfinzi, as a treatment for bladder cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration on April 28 approved Takeda Pharmaceutical's lung cancer drug, Alunbrig.

Novartis earned Food and Drug Administration for its new cancer drug, Rydapt.

The Food and Drug Administration on April 28 approved Radius Health's drug Tymlos.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Faxitron's device to identify breast lumps for removal prior to surgery.