Supply Chain

Modernizing Medicine upgraded its EHR platform, EMA, providing users with better price transparency and patient engagement tools.

Cheryl Poplaski, Vizient's senior director of supply chain operations, outlined what ASCs can do to prepare for supply chain disruptions.

As more surgeries transition to the outpatient setting, ASCs are under increased pressure to have the necessary supplies and support available to nurses and surgeons to meet increasing demands. 

Physician brand loyalty is one of the biggest challenges for ASCs that want to optimize supply chain operations, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Here are four recent supply chain partnership and software releases:

Medical technology company Carlsmed is developing a surgical workflow platform for spine deformity intervention through a merger with Precisive Surgical.

ASCs can cut costs by controlling how supplies are shipped, according to FreightCenter's Terese Kerrigan, director of marketing communications.

Hospital-based supply chain strategies often work for ASCs too, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

HealthBanks and athenahealth entered into a partnership to provide HealthBanks' patient engagement solution to clinicians.

Casetabs, a developer of cloud-based surgery coordination technology, has received $3 million in funding for its surgery coordination application.