Supply Chain

Cognitive supply chain company Pensiamo partnered with healthcare improvement company Premier Inc. to launch CognitiveRx, a supply chain solution that predicts and manages drug shortages.

Civica Rx, a nonprofit generic drug company, and healthcare improvement company Vizient are partnering to address drug shortages.

Not all group purchasing organizations are the same, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems Chief Nursing Officer Ann Geier, RN.

Jeff Berman, principal of consulting company Grant Thornton's operations transformation, shared trends he sees in the healthcare supply chain with Becker's ASC Review.

Jacob Hookom, of medical supply chain company McKesson, shared insights on how ASCs can improve their supply chain operations.

Amazon has the potential to become a player in the ASC supply chain market, according to Neil Olderman, partner at law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath, and president of Drinker Biddle & Reath's consulting firm, Innovative Health Strategies.

Technology can help ASCs organize and track their supply inventory, according to supply chain operations company Hybrent.

Specialty biopharmaceutical company EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has selected Scott Jones as chief commercial officer and Said Saim, PhD, as chief technology officer.

Keeping an eye on performance metrics can help increase supply chain efficiency for ASCs, said Molly Ehrlich, healthcare performance improvement company Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health's Integrated Service Center, a facility that provides medical supplies to the system's hospitals and acute care centers in the state at a reduced price, is expanding to deliver supplies to other facilities, according to Inside Indiana…