Supply Chain

Northwell Health is looking to simplify its supply vendor rankings by partnering with Exiger, a supply chain and third-party risk AI company. 

The White House is expanding a data partnership with numerous U.S. companies and logistics providers to track supply chain operations in real time.

Nearly four months after the FDA said it was investigating reports of China-made syringes breaking and leaking, the agency confirmed the quality issue and found the problem is "more widespread than originally known."

 Massachusetts is implementing new regulations to protect horseshoe crabs, which play a key role in drug and device safety, the Portland Press Herald reported March 19.

The American Hospital Association's supply chain group, Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management, named Mike Schiller as its new executive director March 18. 

A software company that went through Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's accelerator program is aiming to streamline the medical device recall process, Fast Company reported March 14.

For about a year, Cleveland Clinic has built and tested an AI-powered chatbot that generates answers on supply orders. Over the next three months, the technology will be launched to the system's 7,000-some employees who regularly place orders. 

Healthcare organizations have faced unprecedented pressures in the last decade. Shifting consumer preferences, changing reimbursement models and supply chain disruptions have all become the norm. In addition, health system leaders routinely struggle with escalating costs, as well as eroding margins.

Becton Dickinson has promoted Rian Seger, vice president of medication delivery solutions, to be president of the company's surgery business unit. 

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