Supply Chain
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…
Effective supply chain management is a key component of an ASC's clinical, operational and financial success, according to Mandie Shipp, BSN, RN, senior consultant of the clinical operations ambulatory care segment at Cardinal Health.
Data analytics can provide ASCs with new visibility and transparency into their business operations — so they can spot new opportunities to cut waste, find real savings and adopt new best practices to improve performance.
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Stephanie Martin, vice president of operations and clinical services for Westchester, Ill.-based ASC manager Regent Surgical Health, shared supply chain tips on Regent's blog.
Budgeting and tracking supply chain data can improve ASC supply chains, according to Tom Hui, founder of ASC management software company HSTpathways and Kerri Ubaldi, RN, vice president of operations for Merritt Healthcare.
Physician preference items can account for a majority of an ASC's supply chain costs, according to Ann Castro, BroadJump's vice president of non-acute sales.
HealthTrust acquired Resource Optimization & Innovation, a supply chain management company, and will now take over group purchasing operations.
To navigate the ever-changing, increasingly complex healthcare landscape, ASCs nationwide are exploring opportunities to enhance care coordination, meet patient demand and ensure optimal outcomes — all while reducing costs.