Category: Supply Chain

Rush University System for Health is piloting the healthcare industry’s first supply chain cloud-based platform, which connects providers, suppliers and distributors. 

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health saved $75 million in five years by aligning its clinical and supply chain teams, according to Premier. 

SafeSource Direct, Ochsner Health’s medical supply company, has earned government approval for its surgical N95 respirators. 

HealthTrust Performance Group, a group purchasing organization that serves about 1,800 hospitals and health systems, has tapped Jocelyn Bradshaw as its chief operating officer of GPO operations. 

Months after the FDA told healthcare facilities to avoid plastic syringes made in China because of leaking issues, four companies have recently recalled products. 

Teleflex and its subsidiary Arrow International have received 322 complaints and reports of 31 injuries and three deaths related to nearly 17,000 intra-aortic balloon pumps, the FDA said June 13.

During the current hurricane season, healthcare providers should brace for supply chain disruptions, according to the FDA. 

Twice a year, nurses and supply chain workers at Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health meet up at a Wound Summit to share best skin health practices. 

Medline told customers of 89 lots of endotracheal tubes to destroy inventory after receiving reports of the inflation tube tearing and detaching, the FDA said June 11.