Supply Chain

Children's Nebraska, a pediatric hospital in Omaha, extended its decadelong partnership with Medline on Feb. 6

A respiratory care devicemaker in Idaho is pulling more than 2,000 breathing circuit kits in a Class I recall, the most serious type, because of a product defect. 

A year and a half after Kaiser Permanente pledged to slice its carbon emissions in half by 2030, its supply chain department is making headway through operational changes and new contract clauses with suppliers. 

Domestic suppliers of N95 and surgical masks are crumbling as hospitals return to buying cheaper products abroad, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 4. 

In late 2023, Gartner ranked the top 25 health system supply chains. One California system jumped nine spots, from No. 25 to No. 16, in one year. 

The FDA has received more than 500 reports of death tied to Philips' recalled sleep apnea devices since 2021, according to a Jan. 31 agency update. 

Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's signed a five-year contract with Medline Jan. 31. 

Novo Nordisk has started increasing supplies of lower doses of Wegovy, a weight loss drug, which the drug maker says will enable more new patients to start taking the medication. 

Philips will stop selling sleep apnea devices in the U.S. under a consent decree agreement with the FDA. 

Lake Regional Health System appointed Robert Ambrose, the current director of dining services, as its supply chain director.