Supply Chain

RevMed launched an online marketplace that allows ASCs and hospitals to buy and sell supplies with each other. 

Here are five ASC supply chain updates published by Becker's since July 7:

Each year, hospitals in the U.S. generate 5.9 million tons of medical waste.1 Practice Greenhealth estimates that 29 pounds of waste is generated per staffed bed per day.2

Here are some recent supply chain developments as of July 7.

Choices made around storage room setup reverberate across the life of an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). The majority of your staff will be directly impacted by your storage decisions.

HST Pathways, an ASC-focused software company, and Advantien, an ASC-focused supply chain company, have formed a partnership to help surgery centers streamline their implant purchasing systems.

Managing facility profits and margins ensure that facilities can continue operating and providing care to their communities, while also staying competitive with local hospital systems.

Supply chain disruptions aren't expected to ease for a while, and ASC leaders have been facing obstacles to securing supplies since early in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Patients continue to migrate from the hospital to the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) space for care. This scenario presents surgery centers with significant growth opportunities.

Four supply chain updates from the last week that ASC leaders need to know: