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Inventory Management Poses Challenges for Healthcare Providers

Effectively managing a hospital’s inventory has always been important. However, it has become even more important over the past several years. Read this article to learn the most pressing challenges hospitals face in managing their inventory then discover how hospitals are working to solve them.

Vetted Domestic PPE Manufacturers

Supply chain teams across the U.S. continue to face supply shortages.

Costs Rising? A Strategic Partnership Can Offer Solutions

Read a sponsored blog from Owens & Minor to learn how strategic partnerships can help hospitals lower costs, improve supply chain resilience, and improve operational efficiency.

Two Ways to Address Today's Labor Shortage

Read a sponsored blog from Owens & Minor to learn how staff can spend less time on manual tasks and more time on patient care.

Building More Resilient Supply Chains

Hospitals continue to face challenges with their supply chains and are spending more time than ever trying to manage those supply chains. Hospitals, however, can mitigate these challenges by adopting proven solutions. Read this article to discover four solutions that hospitals can use to build not only a better supply chain but a more resilient one.

Three Key Areas for Health Care Supply Chain Success in 2023

Read this article and discover three issues hospitals are focusing on to overcome supply chain challenges in 2023.

ASHP reports record high number of drug shortages 

ASHP tracked a record 323 active drug shortages during the first quarter of 2024, surpassing the previ

HHS proposes policies to prevent drug shortages

The Department of Health and Human Services April 2 released a white paper proposing policy solutions for Congress and others to prevent drug shortages and mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities, including collaborating with the private sector to develop and implement programs to assess and incentivize resiliency in manufacturer and hospital purchasing behavior.

HHS to invest in domestic production of essential medical supplies

President Biden will issue a determination that gives the Department of Health and Human Services broader authority to invest in domestic manufacturing of essential medicines and medical countermeasures under Title III of the Defense Production Act, the White House announced Nov. 27 as it convened the first meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience.

FDA releases Pfizer update on sterile injectable products

In the wake of tornado damage last week to a large Pfizer sterile injectables plant in North Carolina, the Food and Drug Administration July 28 posted a list of products made at the facility that have less than three months of inventory in the supply chain.