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.
Cardinal Health revised its product correction for more than 27 million syringes, upgrading the notice to a Class I recall — the most serious type — on Feb. 2.
The largest health system in Maryland is constructing a logistics operations center to centralize its medical supply storage, The Baltimore Banner reported March 8.
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.
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.
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.