With “resiliency” being the latest buzzword circulating talks of healthcare supply chain efforts, most say diversifying supplier contracts is key. Jay Kirkpatrick, vice president of supply chain operations at Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health, di…
Here are 10 supply chain updates reported by Becker’s since Aug. 24 for ASC leaders to know:
Here are 13 drug and medical device recalls the FDA reported in August:
Philips Respironics is recalling 386 bilevel positive airway pressure ventilators because the machines could “release chemicals of concern” related to a “non-compatible material” in its plastic, the FDA said Aug. 29.
The U.S. Healthcare Price Index has ranked the cost of prescription medicine refill appointments by region, with the Midwest and the Northeast being the most expensive areas.
HHS is plugging $11 million into a Michigan facility tasked with filling vials with monkeypox vaccine Jynneos, the department said Aug. 29.
Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Health System joined Nashville, Tenn.-based HealthTrust for supply chain resiliency under a multiyear group purchasing agreement. HealthTrust will serve as the health network’s exclusive group purchasing organization.
The federal government plans to halt its program that delivers free, at-home COVID-19 tests on Sept. 2 because of dwindling funds, according to reports from CNN and NBC News.
The COVID-19 pandemic shoved the nation’s weak supply of personal protective equipment into the limelight when hospitals scrambled to grab enough gowns, medical masks and gloves in 2020. More than two years later, N95 respirator masks exited the FDA’s …
With some hospitals and health systems spending up to 40 percent of their budgets on supply, consulting company McKinsey compiled supply chain executives’ main strategies at bolstering their work and published the results Aug. 23.
