The Emergency Care Research Institute recently named 12 health systems as recipients of its supply chain award.
Category: Supply Chain
5 ways a NASA-inspired approach strengthened Sutter Health's supply chain
As much of the healthcare supply chain continues to recover from COVID-19 caused disruptions, Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is looking to the stars, modeling its solution after a NASA problem-solving approach.
From bedside to supply chain: How 1 nurse benefits patients behind the scenes
Not many clinical staff choose to leave the bedside to pursue supply chain, but for Shelon Anderson, BSN, RN, it was the right choice.
Steris completes $540M acquisition of Becton, Dickinson surgical instrument unit
Steris, a medical device company, has completed its acquisition of medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Co.’s surgical instrumentation platform in a $540 million deal.
12 health systems awarded for supply chain excellence in 2023
Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based nonprofit organization, the Emergency Care Research Institute, has released its 2023 list of health systems demonstrating excellence on their end of the medical supply chain.
22.7K Baxter drug infusion pumps in Class I recall
The FDA labeled 22,769 Baxter drug infusion devices as a Class I recall after receiving reports of false upstream occlusion alarms, which can delay therapy.
Abiomed edits instructions of heart device after 4 deaths
After four patient deaths, Abiomed clarified to customers of its Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps that the device could break a distal stent’s blade in transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients.
Best practices for assessing the security of your supply chain partner
Health systems are taking a hard look at how their vendors and supply chain partners secure their systems against cyberattacks following a string of attacks in healthcare costing systems $10.9 million so far in 2023, according to a July 27 report from …
Ex-employee of medical device manufacturer pleads guilty to forging FDA clearance letters
A man from the Philadelphia area pleaded guilty to distributing medical devices without FDA clearance.
Damaged Pfizer plant stirs concern of worsening drug shortages
Concerns are emerging about worsening drug shortages in the U.S. after a tornado ripped through a major Pfizer manufacturing plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., on July 19.
