Supply Chain

Chico, Calif.-based Advanced Eye Surgery Center recently performed its first cataract surgery cases with the Zepto capsulotomy system.

Shire and Takeda expect their deal will earn European Commission approval, according to a SeekingAlpha report.

Combined, hospitals could reduce supply chain expenses by about $25.4 billion annually, according to Navigant's 2018 Supply Chain Analysis. 

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.