In a time of inflation, talent shortages, supply chain challenges and shrinking capital, healthcare decision-makers must be more adept than ever at stretching dollars. And those headwinds are spurring some health system leaders to…
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The established environmentalism mantra of “reduce, re-use, recycle” opened the door for medical device manufacturers to roll out recycling programs under the guise of sustainability efforts. But, in practice, these programs aren’t benefiting anyone…
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NHS England is letting a contract worth £4.3 million to “enhance cyber risk visibility, assurance and resilience” throughout the NHS supply chain.An invitation to tender, published by NHSE on 20 June 2024, said the…
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While the research spotlighted the healthcare sector’s cybersecurity progress – earning it a “better than expected” B+ security rating for the first half of 2024, weaknesses in application and endpoint security present significant supply…
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That’s very convenient for the vendor, but it creates a security nightmare for IT managers. These types of connections need to be blocked by on-premises firewalls except when specific vendor intervention is requested.
Healthcare IT…
Bob Celeste, founder of the Center for Supply Chain Studies in collaboration with Simul8
The United States drug supply chain is a complex and decentralized system that involves multiple entities. This includes suppliers, distributors, manufacturers,…
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Matthew McGuire, PharmD, manager of pharmacy supply chain and automation at University Hospitals Health System, based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, likes to put the problems encountered in the intricacies of pharmacy supply chain management…
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Pharmacy solutions and pharmacy benefit managers perform several functions, including administrative tasks, handling benefit processing claims and negotiating with the supply chain. However, the problem is that many of them are performing these tasks…
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By Hannah Nelson
March 18, 2024 – Arkansas Heart Hospital is implementing Oracle Health EHR and patient accounting solutions across its network of ambulatory clinics and two hospitals to drive interoperability.
In combination with the network’s existing…
It has become increasingly necessary for healthcare executives to monitor the pharmaceutical supply chain, primarily as overdose deaths related to counterfeit pill use more than doubled from July-Sept. 2019 to Oct.-Dec. 2021, according to…
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