HealthTrust Purchasing Group and Charlotte, N.C.-based Compumedics have entered a three-year preferred vendor contract.
Supply Chain
To help alleviate the nationwide saline solution shortage, Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter Healthcare Corp., will temporarily distribute saline imported from its Spain manufacturing facility.
Hospital supply chain and materials managers work to ensure proper equipment, devices, pharmaceuticals and other pertinent items are where they need to be, when they need to be there. Responsible for the second largest cost in a hospital's operating budget,…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule to reclassify surgical mesh for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse as a Class III "high-risk device." The mesh is currently classified as a Class II device, labeled as…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zykadia (ceritinib) for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer four months ahead of schedule.
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The Drug Quality and Security Act, signed into law in November 2013 by President Barack Obama, is designed to ensure the safety of the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Discuss the effect of ACOs with Dennis Orthman of Strategic Marketplace Initiative and Thomas Lubotsky of Advocate Health System at Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting. All registration will end May 1st, and there are only 30 available spots!
The Healthcare Supply Chain Association has filed comments with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on interoperability standards for prescription drug transactions.
Irving, Texas-based VHA, Inc., has named the winners of its 2014 Excellence Awards, honoring 13 member hospitals for achievements related to supply chain performance improvement, according to a news release.
The global continuous glucose monitoring market is expected to be valued at $568.5 million by 2020, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 14.8 percent, according to a Research Beam report.