Supply Chain

As the medical supply chain escapes pandemic-caused disruptions and manages inflationary pressures, the top stories for the first half of the year for the industry included device recalls, geopolitical concerns and hospital supply awards. 

The FDA approved the nation's first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker July 5, according to devicemaker Abbott. 

Parkview Health, a 10-hospital system based in Fort Wayne, Ind., won the Top Supply Chain Projects Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive for synchronizing its pharmacy and supply chain processes.

Too often, hospitals and health systems have more data than they know what to do with. And while leaders know data is crucial to identifying performance gaps and driving efficiencies, staff shortages, squeezed budgets and fragmented data hinder such efforts.

The American Hospital Association asked the Environmental Protection Agency to delay its proposed deadlines in a plan to reduce the use of ethylene oxide in sterilizing medical devices. 

The promising future of medical supply distributor startup Bttn is faltering, partly because older supply companies have yearslong customer loyalty on their side, Forbes reported June 28. 

Medline's CEO, COO and president will leave their roles and join the board of directors in October, the medical supply company said June 28. 

Teleflex, a global medical supplier with its U.S. operations based in Morrisville, N.C., recalled more than a quarter of a million catheter systems after 83 complaints, 18 injuries and zero deaths were reported. 

A Missouri agency planned to auction off personal protective equipment it bought with federal funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the event was abruptly canceled after the agency learned it could not resell the items, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported…

Health technology company Royal Philips partnered with Lake Oswego, Ore.-based Biotronik, a medical device business, to "expand care for out-of-hospital cardiology labs," they said June 21.