Supply Chain

Medline outlined the top trends for physician preferred items in the latest issue of its Outpatient Outcomes magazine.

Hospitals and ASCs generate about 2 million tons of general, hazardous, radioactive or infectious medical waste each year, according to All Points Medical Waste.

Medical technologies provider DJO introduced the Empowr Porous Knee System and Empowr Complex Primary Knee System at the 2018 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons meeting, Nov. 1-4 in Dallas. 

Data is a very powerful tool that surgery centers can use to continuously optimize processes and lower costs to increase margin and revenue, according to Marvella Thomas, Sr. Consultant at Cardinal Health.

During the Becker’s ASC 25th Annual Meeting I noticed that 2 prevalent and persistent themes emerged regarding the current healthcare market – both of which are great opportunities for the ASCs willing to embrace them. I have summarized those themes…

Here are 14 essential supply chain tips collected from experts across the ASC industry.

Surgery centers across the country have been snapping photos after completing their first cases using Glaukos Corp.'s iStent inject, an implant designed to reduce intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma.

Bausch Health appointed Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD, to its board of directors.

Former Valeant Pharmaceuticals executive Gary Tanner and former Philidor Rx Services CEO Andrew Davenport were each sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay restitution for perpetrating a kickback scheme, CNBC reports.

When a supply chain shortage occurs, ASCs should have a plan in place to continue operations, according to Cheryl Poplaski, Vizient's senior director of supply chain operations.