Search Tag: Supply Chain Management
2020 15 Oct
A new analysis highlights the importance of ensuring the safety and health of medical workers through the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) as they help fight against the pandemic. You might also like: COVID-19: Risk Factors for Healthcare Workers Even as countries implement social distancing policies, when PPE is in short...Read more
2020 06 Sep
A recent report from McKinsey looks into the challenges manufacturers and suppliers of medtech products have been facing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. You might also like: Through Crisis to Better Healthcare With demand for such products, e.g. isolation gowns, nasal swabs, or masks, soaring beyond any expected peaks,...Read more
2020 30 Aug
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen major disruptions to supply chains around the world in all sectors, but especially in healthcare. Head of supply chain management at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota outlines the key factors for successful management of resources across a health system during the pandemic (Francis 2020). You might also like:...Read more
2018 05 Apr
In a hospital, the operating room is one of the costliest units to run. A new study by Cardinal Health suggests that better supply chain management systems and analytics are needed to help reduce OR costs and support patient safety. In a survey of surgical staff and hospital supply chain heads, Cardinal Health researchers found that OR surgeons and...Read more