Supply Chain

ASC managers should use technology to capture costs, which can inform business plans, according to Jeff Lawrence, vice president of business development at Inventory Optimization Solutions.

Spero Therapeutics appointed Ian Critchley, PhD, head of clinical microbiology.

Supply chain executives working in the ambulatory and outpatient space shared key pieces of advice with Healthcare Purchasing News.

Eliminating time-consuming manual supply chain tasks enables clinicians to spend more time treating patients, according to Inventory Optimization Solutions. 

Medtronic is planning to buy the Israeli company Visionsense for approximately $75 million, Globes reports.

In a recent press release, BroadJump, LLC, a leader in supply chain cost transparency through web-based data and analytics tools, announced that it has launched their medical and surgical expense analytics platform into the non-acute market.

Analysts estimate President Donald Trump's proposed 25 percent tariff on certain Chinese products and manufacturing ingredients could cost the medical device industry up to $1.5 billion each year, the New York Times reports.

CVS Health Corp. is making an at-home hemodialysis device and plans to conduct its first clinical trial this year, MarketWatch reports.

Using technology to automate supply chain management helps healthcare organizations — including ASCs — devote more time to patients and boost the bottom line, according to four supply chain experts from McKesson and Supplylogix.

A Monroe, N.Y.-based man pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to secure a contract between his employer — a medical device company— and a metallurgical technology company, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.