Supply Chain
Raleigh (N.C.) Skin Surgery Center is suffering from a shortage of injectable lidocaine with epinephrine, which is in short supply despite being manufactured just 47 miles away, local news affiliate CBS17.com reports.
Cheryl Poplaski, Vizient's senior director of supply chain operations, outlined what ASCs can do to prepare for supply chain disruptions.
Ann Castro, BroadJump's vice president of non-acute sales, weighed in on the top supply chain opportunities and challenges for ASCs.
Xealth, a digital prescribing program, secured an additional $3 million in funding from Cleveland Clinic, Atrium Health and the MemorialCare Innovation Fund, among others.
ASCs can pressure vendors to be more price-transparent, according to Ann Castro, vice president of non-acute sales for supply chain analytics company BroadJump.
EyecareLive updated its telemedicine platform by releasing EyecareLive 2.0, which provides several new features.
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.