Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
An affiliate of PruittHealth, a post-acute services system, acquired medical supply company Allied Health Resources on March 6.
Medtronic Neurosurgery is recalling 45,176 drainage systems because catheters might disconnect from patient line stopcock connectors. There have been 26 reported injuries, the FDA said March 7.
Smiths Medical has warned customers of more than 135,000 Medfusion syringe pumps about problems associated with earlier software versions.
More than four dozen health systems have pledged to adopt the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative's resiliency badge, which seeks to improve trust between medical suppliers and providers.
Lehigh Valley Health Network signed a yearslong agreement for Medline to exclusively service medical supplies to the system's 13 hospital campuses.
Hospital systems' supply chain teams are increasingly working on environmental initiatives as climate change threatens the healthcare industry.
As hospitals and health systems worry over the unsteady supply of helium, a necessary element for MRI machines, Royal Philips installed its thousandth "virtually helium-free MRI," the company said Feb. 28.
AdventHealth, in partnership with Medline, has opened a new 375,000-square-foot supply facility in Central Florida, according to a Feb. 28 announcement.
Here are six recent warnings the FDA has issued since Jan. 1:
The CDC is anticipating a shortage of Td vaccines — which protect against tetanus and diphtheria — as the maker of one shot has discontinued production.