Healthcare facilities across New York are seeing shortages of chemicals used in imaging services as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns in China, according to the Greater New York Hospital Association.
Collaboration is key in building patient care supply resiliency, according to a May 2 report from the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative and Supply Risk Solutions.
Supply chain issues have been top of mind for many with the disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, but an often overlooked area, medical couriers, also contribute to supply bottlenecking, according to an American Nurse Journal survey.
The supply chain crisis has caused persistent shortages of basic medical supplies, such as IV tubing and catheters, leading systems to stockpile materials, Forbes reported May 3.
The continued disruptions to global supply chains are beginning to affect healthcare industry operations, according to Premier’s “The Current State of Healthcare Supply Chain Disruptions” report.
Inflation has increased the costs for medical device companies to manufacture and ship devices and implants. Now, device companies may try to renegotiate contracts to pass along some of those increased costs.