Supply Chain

Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health tapped Vizient on March 25 for an expansive agreement to access the healthcare performance company's cost-saving and quality improvement offerings. 

Medical supply company Masimo is considering a joint venture as it looks to split off its consumer business, The Wall Street Journal reported March 25. 

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System secured two partnerships March 25 for its planned warehouse in Meridian, Idaho. 

Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System promoted Amy Ogle, a respiratory therapist and store manager, to be the director of durable medical equipment operations for its medical supply company. 

Here are six warnings the FDA has issued about medical devices since March 1:

After the FDA reported a potential quality issue related to China-made plastic syringes in November, BD increased its domestic manufacturing efforts. 

An unspecified number of ambulatory infusion pumps were recalled because of nearly 3,700 complaints related to several product issues, the FDA said March 20. 

In a Class I recall, the most serious type, customers of more than 6.6 million resuscitators were advised to discard or destroy the devices because of a manufacturing defect. 

Abiomed updated warnings on more than 60,000 Impella Left Sided Heart Pumps because the device might cut the wall of the heart's left ventricle, the FDA said March 21. 

"Black swan" events, or debilitating incidents that are nearly unpredictable, showcase the necessity for supply chains to have resiliency plans — but most organizations aren't prepared, according to a March 20 report from MIT Technology Review Insights.