Supply Chain

The Joint Commission issued a statement March 31 supporting the use of personal face masks or privately owned respirators if facilities cannot access personal protective equipment.

HealCo matches clinicians with available ASCs and medical office spaces to help fill surgical capacity, MedCity News reports.

There’s more to logistics than ordering and receiving supplies. It’s also important to consider how supplies flow from your distributor’s truck to their point of use.

Skilled staff members are vital to implementing a total joint program, but ensuring you have the right equipment is also key.

Seven COVID-19-related updates for ASC supply chain leaders to know:

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network is using the AHN St. Vincent Surgery Center in Erie, Pa., to sterilize N95 masks, Erie News Now reports.

Next Services has developed a calculator designed to help clinicians determine the amount of money they can take out through the Paycheck Protection Program, a federal program that offers small businesses forgivable loans to keep employees on payroll for at…

Amazon is no longer allowing the general public to buy certain medical supplies needed by those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Recode reports.

The Department of Justice and HHS seized and distributed nearly a million medical supplies hoarded by price gougers, the departments announced April 2.

An Alabama resident who has assembled and donated more than 150 masks to medical providers is sending some to a local surgery center, Eagle Eye TV reports.