Supply Chain

Healthcare supply company WestCMR detailed three ways ASCs can turn surgical waste into profits on Florida Trend.

CVS' $70 billion acquisition of Aetna will transform the healthcare supply chain, according to John Kupice, CEO of H-Source, an online marketplace for hospital groups to buy and sell medical supplies. 

Reputation management service BirdEye partnered with athenahealth to offer its platform to athena's 120,000-plus healthcare providers.

Supply chain operations can be improved at an ASC through taking advantage of an affiliated hospital's relationship with vendors, according to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals appointed Ron Honig, Esq, the senior vice president, general counsel and company secretary — a newly created position.

A 2010 video showing the da Vinci Xi robot performing surgery on a grape created a viral internet sensation, Elite Daily reports.

Amazon is selling software capable of scanning patient medical records and extracting data, Engadget reports.

Mankato (Minn.) Surgery Center launched an effort to eliminate annual physical inventory counting variables, product nomenclature inconsistencies and consignment inventory identification inaccuracies.

Planning for supply chain shortages allows ASCs to provide their organization with information, alternatives and product updates on a timely basis, according to Cheryl Poplaski, Vizient's senior director of supply chain operations.

As payers steer patients toward lower-cost settings, ASCs are pressured to improve supply chain efficiency and discover new savings opportunities, regardless of the organization's size, region or hospital affiliation.