Supply Chain

ASCs should "test the market" to save supply chain costs, said Director Rob Austin, Senior Consultant Don Baverman and Senior Consultant Marissa Burik of Navigant Consulting, a healthcare consulting firm.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals selected Göran Ando, MD, as its next chairman of the board.

The FDA cleared Baxter Internationals' synthetic bone graft substitute Actifuse Flow for use in several orthopedic surgical procedures, Verdict Medical Devices reports.

Reducing supply chain waste can result in better profits for ASCs, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

Keeping track of routine metrics is one way to make ASC supply chains more efficient, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

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Ordering supplies on a schedule sends a routine demand signal to suppliers, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

Having an employee who is dedicated to supply chain management is one of the most effective ways to make ASC supply chains more efficient, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

Alan Johnson, MD, an otolaryngologist with Altru Health System in Grand Forks, N.D., invented the Minne Ties Agile MMF, a non-invasive jaw-fixation device available for oral and facial plastic surgeons to treat jaw fractures without bars, bone screws and wires.

ASCs should minimize the number of different storage locations for the same item, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.