Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Hospitals and health systems contract with a number of vendors for a variety of services for the daily operations of their organizations.
Staff
Achieving meaningful use doesn't, or shouldn't, lie solely on the shoulders of a hospital or health system's IT department. In addition to clinician use and patient engagement requirements to achieve standing for attestation, another department can play a key role…
When hospitals and health systems merge, what happens to their distinct supply chains?
Foster City, Calif.-based Gilead Sciences, the maker of the costly Sovaldi hepatitis C treatment, has reached licensing deals with seven generic drug makers in India to sell cheaper versions of the drug in developing countries, according to a New York…
Sterilization is, of course, a fundamental requirement in the medical field.
Parker Hannifin, a Cleveland-based manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, is working with Cleveland Clinic to develop more than 100 potential medical advancements and developments.
Cantrell Drug Company in Little Rock, Ark., will become the first human drug compounding outsourcing facility in the United States to use Belgium-based Aseptic Technologies' closed vial system for sterile filling of injectable drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to providers and patients to cease use of any sterile-use drug products made and distributed by Dallas-based Downing Labs "because the firm cannot ensure the safety or quality of these…
Plano, Texas-based Argon Medical Devices has acquired Franklin, Ind.-based Promex Technologies, which does business as US Biopsy.
Mylan Ireland Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. rights to Aspen Global's Arixtra Injection.