Supply Chain

Matthew Traynor, MD, successfully completed iStent inject cases at Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Grand Teton Surgery Center, according to Glaukos Corp. Senior Regional Business Manager Jennifer Lee.

Precision Therapeutics' Skyline Medical division sold six Streamway systems to Guilford, Conn.-based Yale University Ambulatory Outpatient Surgical Center.

Beverly Hills, Calif.-based ophthalmologist Sam Goldberger, MD, told EHR and practice management systems provider Eye Care Leaders how ASCs can save money on supply costs.

Atlanta-based Advanced Urology acquired three Exact-Vu micro-ultrasound systems to provide high-definition real-time targeted prostate biopsies.

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

PharmaPoint will open outpatient pharmacies at three Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Health locations.

Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations, shared a story on Vizient's blog about an operating room that kept running out of supplies.

The global market for prepackaged medical kits and trays is expected to reach $36.9 billion by 2024, according to Global Industry Analysts.

Hackensack, N.J.-based Metropolitan Surgery Center signed a contract with healthcare data analytics company ORHub.

ASC demand for Omeros' phenylephrine and ketorolac intraocular solution, Omidria, hit a record high in the fourth quarter of 2018.