Anne Snowdon, PhD, collaborated with HIMSS Analytics in March to launch Health-Supply Information Maturity Management, an initiative devoted to the development and launch of tools to support supply chain transformation in global health systems.

South Denver Surgery Center became the first ASC in the U.S. to adopt the 7D Surgical spine navigation system.

Five supply chain and inventory experts examine how the medical supply chain landscape has evolved in the past five years, where it's heading in the future and how ASCs can adapt.

Four supply chain experts discuss massive changes on the horizon for ASCs — and how Amazon and other big players could radically disrupt the medical supply chain.

ASC supply chain decision-makers are most likely to be influenced by a desire to achieve clinical results, according to Health Industry Distributors Association's 2018 Technology Drives ASC Expansion survey.

Only opening or using supplies as you need them can help ASCs save money on supply chain according to Sam Goldberger, MD, who shared supply chain insights with Eye Care Leaders.

James Martinez, a consulting pharmacist who works with surgery centers in Florida, told The Opthalmic ASC five ways ASCs can keep drug costs down.

Supply ordering can be made more efficient through using technology, according to Inventory Optimization Solutions.

Rising drug prices can strain ASCs, including staff and patients, according to the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society.

The FDA approved Yutiq, a fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant for treating chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the eye's posterior segment.

Streamlining processes such as removing time consuming supply chain tasks can help clinicians focus more on caring for patients, according to Inventory Optimization Solutions.

Jeff Lawrence, the vice president of business development for Inventory Optimization Solutions, shared the top supply chain challenges for ASCs in a post on the company's blog.

Inventory Optimization Solutions recommended ASCs establish a line of communication with vendors in order to improve supply chain operations.

Working with group purchasing organizations and aggregators can help ASCs cut supply chain costs, according to an article in Medline's Outpatient Outcomes magazine.

Poorly managed supply chain operations can negatively affect an ASC's bottom line through a surplus of expired supplies, as well as lost and incorrect orders, according to Medline.

Lack of structure leads to a lack of focus and priority for ASC supply chain staff, according to Vizient, a healthcare management consulting company.

The U.S. health care system loses hundreds of billions of dollars every year on fraud, waste, abuse and error.1A large portion of these errors are attributed to pharmacy spend, including forged prescriptions, duplicate claims, data entry errors and intentional overcharging.2In addition to costing taxpayers billions, health care fraud increases medical costs and even helps fuel today’s opioid crisis.

After labor costs, devices, implants and medical supplies are an ASC's greatest expense, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Because ASCs don't have the purchasing power of large hospitals, they should consider taking advantage of group purchasing options, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Streamlining processes such as removing time consuming supply chain tasks can help clinicians focus more on caring for patients, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems.