West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health is looking to strengthen its laboratory supply chain with a new partnership with Quest Diagnostics, the two companies said Feb. 16.
Category: Supply Chain
GE recalls body scanners over risk of trapping, crushing patients
GE HealthCare issued a recall of 688 of its Nuclear Medicine 600/800 Series Systems after identifying an issue that could lead to the machine’s detector falling and trapping or crushing a patient. In a Feb. 15 statement, the FDA classified this as a Cl…
Drug shortages up 30% and 10 more supply chain updates this week⎮2023
Here are the supply chain updates ASC leaders need to know this week.
CFOs' biggest financial threat to healthcare and 9 more supply chain updates
Here are 10 supply chain updates for ASC leaders reported by Becker’s since Feb. 3:
Inflation pressure persists in the US supply chain
Warehouse and distribution center storage prices are up 11 percent year over year, putting more pressure on the U.S. supply chain and consumer costs, according to a Feb. 13 report from CNBC.
Shot-down Chinese balloon may affect US medical supply chain
After the U.S. shot down a “high-altitude object” hovering above Alaska’s waters on Feb. 10 and a confirmed Chinese spy balloon the week prior, it’s unclear what these actions mean for the U.S.-China medical supply chain.
Ochsner, supply companies form medical manufacturers group
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and its supply company, SafeSource Direct, teamed up with seven U.S.-based medical device manufacturers to form the American Medical Manufacturers Association.
Healthcare supply chain group cheers Biden's State of the Union
The Healthcare Supply Chain Association applauded President Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union speech for his comments on boosting domestic manufacturing, according to a statement shared with Becker’s.
Nation's helium supply, which fuels MRIs, is deflating
The Federal Helium Reserve, which supplies about 40 percent of the world’s helium supply, has been for sale for over a year — and the future of the element that MRIs require is unknown, NBC News reported Feb. 7.
VA outpatient clinic delayed by struggling supply chain
The new Veterans Affairs Corpus Christi (Texas) Outpatient Clinic is now aiming for a summer 2023 opening following vendor delays due to a backed up supply chain, according to a Feb. 4 report from local news station KIII-TV.
