Carson Friend, the national vice president of sales & services at Cardinal Health™ OptiFreight® Logistics, joins this episode to share his insights. We discuss cost pressures and labor shortages, debunk common healthcare logistics management myths, and more. This episode is…
Supply Chain
The FDA posted an alert April 13 over Philips Respironics' website's claim of shipping 2.46 million "new replacement devices and repair kits" after a summer 2021 recall involving millions of respirators, CPAP and BiPAP machines.
The FDA warned healthcare professionals and the public to not use surgical N95 respirators manufactured by O&M Halyard and said to be cautious when using some of the company's surgical and pediatric face masks.
Global Healthcare Exchange named 87 healthcare supplier and provider organizations to the 2022 GHX Millennium Club.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency benchmarked $2.64 million for Danbury (Conn.) Hospital to reimburse supply costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and "providing food delivery for hospital staff unable to leave the facility during self-quarantine/isolation."
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DCH Health System, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., chose Medline as its primary distribution partner April 11 after working with another company for about 20 years.
Calvin Wright, senior vice president of supply chain at Texas-based Houston Methodist, prides himself on investing in front-line workers and local businesses.
In recent months, Medline has penned deals with school districts, Boston's Mass General Brigham and six other systems. Here's the team leading the medical supply company:
Philips is recalling 1,088 reworked CPAP and BiPAP machines used for sleep apnea due to the potential for inaccurate or insufficient treatment.
Days after medical device company Abbott issued a voluntary safety warning for its glucose monitoring devices, the FDA published a recall note April 6 stating that more than 4 million of the company's FreeStyle Libre readers may be prone to an…