The Healthcare Supply Chain Association is joining the End Drug Shortages Alliance, which represents seven group purchasing organizations.
Vizient, one of the HSCA's members, created the alliance in November of 2021. Now, two other GPOs part of HSCA — Children's Hospital Association and MMCAP Infuse — have joined the fray.
The End Drug Shortages Alliance aims to solve "one of healthcare's more pressing and enduring issues, drug shortages that disrupt patient care," according to an Oct. 12 HSCA news release.