For decades, health system supply chain executives have been focused on reducing costs, but now, they're looking beyond price tags, according to Tom Harvieux, vice president and chief supply officer of St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare.
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The FDA announced May 30 that OptumHealth Care Solutions is recalling 208 infusion pump systems.
On May 31, Johnson & Johnson finalized its $13.1 billion acquisition of Shockwave Medical, a cardiovascular medical device company.
As more health systems dive into hospital-at-home models, supply chain leaders told Becker's their industry is facing a tidal wave of change — and it's time to start surfing.
The U.S. recently increased tariff rates on some medical supplies made in China to bolster domestic production, but the plan likely won't be fruitful, industry executives told Reuters.
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Medline and Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production Co. have initiated recalls of plastic syringes amid reports of them breaking and leaking, the FDA confirmed in late May.
Medline broadened its respiratory business and now offers a nebulizer that shrinks delivery time from 10 to three minutes.
Customers of an Abbott heart pump have reported 81 incidents, 70 injuries and two deaths related to blood leakage or air entering the device, according to the FDA.
Hologic, a Massachusetts-based medical technology company, recently warned customers about potential risks linked to an implantable device used to mark soft tissue for procedures.
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