Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has chosen Medline as its primary supplies vendor for years, but with a new deal, the two companies said Aug. 9 they're going "beyond price and volume."

The Emergency Care Research Institute recently named 12 health systems as recipients of its supply chain award.

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. 

Not many clinical staff choose to leave the bedside to pursue supply chain, but for Shelon Anderson, BSN, RN, it was the right choice.

Medical device companies with CEOs who have a high financial stake in their business are more likely to delay recalls, according to a study published July 24 in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.

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.

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.

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. 

Abbott recalled 672 cardiac catheters because of an increased risk of air bubbles, which can affect a patient's heartbeat and blood pressure, the FDA said July 26.

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The tornado that ripped through a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., mainly damaged its warehouse and missed the manufacturing side, the drugmaker said July 21.

Medline Industries, a private manufacturer and distributor of medical products, is now home to New York's largest rooftop solar project at its Montgomery distribution center, according to a July 20 news release.

Supply chain plays a critical part in hospital operations, and the same goes for the people in charge of supply chain.

Medical devicemaker Getinge saw its core profit reduce by half in its second quarter as quality and supply problems "overshadowed" monetary growth, the company said July 18. 

Medtronic recalled 348,616 implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators because they might fail to deliver energy when high voltage therapy is needed, the FDA said July 18. 

Nearly 8,000 cardiac panel blood tests have been recalled after 41 reports of inaccurate test results that pose the risk of missing a heart attack diagnosis, the FDA said July 17. 

Researchers from NYU Langone Health and University of New York, both based in New York City, found discrepancies in the marketing of artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled medical devices compared with FDA approval summaries.

About 1,060 ventilator products between two companies are recalled because of the risk of serious injury or death, the FDA said July 13. 

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health tapped HPC International, a purchased services supplier for healthcare, on July 11 to manage its expenses process. 

Health systems that are not prepared for "supply shocks" can face reputational and financial losses and quality care issues, according to a July 11 article from McKinsey.