Supply Chain

Using data can make your practice more efficient, according to Scott McDade, McKesson Medical-Surgical's general manager of health systems.

Here are five Becker's ASC Review articles covering ASC supply chain management:

Executive director of Langhorne, Pa.-based The Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary's, Ashley Verbitsky, discusses her biggest pain points in supply chain management and how she's tackling the toughest challenges.

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.