As Gartner began listing the top 10 of its 25 healthcare supply chain ranking, the Geisinger supply team got nervous during its Microsoft Teams meeting, Kate Polczynski, Geisinger’s vice president of enterprise supply chain, told Becker’s.
The nation’s healthcare industry and medical supply chain are closely watching potential repercussions from a suspected COVID-19 surge in China, NBC News reported Jan. 8.
Lisa Scannell, vice president of supply chain management at Mass General Brigham, joined the Somerville, Mass.-based health system 28 years ago. In that time, she’s worked her way up from materials management manager to VP.
The director of the FDA’s medical supply division praised the recently passed spending bill for its “total product life-cycle approach” and cybersecurity measure allowances, Politico reported Jan. 3.
St. Vincent Hospital, a Leadville, Colo.-based hospital that recently needed a county bailout to pay its employees, paid for $169,000 worth of medical equipment it cannot use at its high altitude, 9news reported Jan. 3.