Supply Chain
How Smarter Operations Reduce Burnout and Infection Risk: 6 Steps Every Practice Should Take
Medical and Surgical Practice Playbook: 6 Steps to Reduce Infections and Staff Burnout Physician practices nationwide face mounting operational pressures. Staffing shortages, higher patient volumes and administrative complexity continue to challenge efficiency, leading to burnout, financial strain and lower patient…
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are experiencing unprecedented growth, and so is the medical technology that powers these practices. The question that I often get from customers isn’t whether to invest in cutting-edge medical equipment. It is how do we do…
Non-acute providers operate in one of the most cost-sensitive environments in healthcare. Leaders face the challenge of maintaining high-quality care while navigating complex supply chains and rising patient demand. To address these pressures, outpatient facilities require more than just conventional…
In a time of staffing shortages, reimbursement pressure, and rising supply costs, operating rooms sit at the very heart of a hospital or ASC. Yet, despite their central role in hospital economics, ORs often run on either outdated systems or…
Phoenix-based Banner Health has appointed Ryan Koos as senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. In the role, Mr. Koos will oversee all aspects of the health system’s supply chain, including ordering, distribution, inventory, strategy of sourcing and contracting,…
An argument used by the Supreme Court to thwart former President Joe Biden’s climate change and student loan forgiveness policies now threatens President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, Bloomberg reported May 31. Here are eight things to know about the legal…
In April, Hickory, N.C.-based ASC Viewmont Surgery Center picked Medline as its primary vendor. Northfield, Ill.-based Medline is one of the largest medical-surgical products suppliers in the nation, with over 29 million square feet of warehouse space globally, distributing around…
In November, Raynaldo Ortiz, MD, a Dallas-based anesthesiologist, was sentenced to 190 years in prison after being convicted of injecting nerve-blocking agents and other drugs into IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas. Now, the family of…
Here are five cases of companies tied up in device and drug patent litigation since the beginning of 2025: 1. NuVasive infringed five patents from a spine surgeon, a jury determined in April. The jury ruled that screw assemblies from…
Medline has been named the primary vendor for ASC Viewmont Surgery Center in Hickory, N.C. The ASC specializes in otolaryngology, orthopedics, total joints, spine and pain management, according to an April 17 press release. Medline has been supplying the facility…