Supply Chain

A clinical assessment addresses the broad gamut of clinical, financial and operational challenges that surgery centers face today.

Physician brand loyalty is one of the is one of the biggest challenges for ASCs looking to optimize supply chain, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Digital Surgery deployed the first surgical artificial intelligence system designed for the operating room. 

Intuitive Surgical is partnering with InTouch Health to access data from its surgical systems installed in hospitals and surgery centers, Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry reports.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals received $28.9 million in proceeds from exercised warrants by EW Healthcare Partners, Rosalind Advisors and another accredited investor.

With payer pocketbooks tightening, ASC and surgical hospital administrators must examine every department in their facility for opportunities for savings to ensure they're staying as competitive as possible.

  Collecting data on third-party contracts can simplify the process of lowering supply chain costs, according to Vizient, a healthcare management consulting company.

Communication breakdowns in supply chain processes can impact patient safety as well as the bottom line, according to Mark Mele, Casetabs' national vice president of sales and marketing.

Clinically integrating a supply chain improves quality and lowers costs, according to Vizient, a healthcare management consulting company.

Healthcare organizations that have efficient, transparent supply chain systems will flourish in 2019 — while those that don't will flounder, according to H-Source CEO John Kupice.