St. Luke’s alternate sourcing strategies serve workers, patients amidst pandemic
St. Luke’s Health System built a war room, partnered with local businesses and doubled down on its CSC plan. St. Luke’s, based in Boise, Idaho,…
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How to Build a Healthcare Product Safety Net: Initiating a Vendor Accreditation Program
May 26, 2021 – After the disruption caused by COVID-19, global supply chain managers will likely be looking for new or alternative suppliers to rebuild…
Cyberattacks Threaten U.S. Hospitals
Premier’s chief information security officer identifies the organizations most at risk, and how best to safeguard against future attacks May 19, 2021 – If you…
COVID’s Lasting Impacts on Healthcare Market Dynamics: CEO Perspectives
May 5, 2021 – Matt Rowan, President and CEO of HIDA, hosted a panel discussion with the CEOs of major healthcare distributors and GPOs at…
Medical Supply Chain Volatility
Why healthcare needs a product safety net Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire world looks and feels very different than ever before….
How to avoid financial disaster from the surplus supply inventory created by the bullwhip effect
March 30, 2021 – The bullwhip effect is a supply chain phenomenon that refers to increasing swings in inventory in response to panic buying on…
Why IDNs are looking to Alternate-Source Suppliers to ensure they never lose access to critical products
February 2021 For years, the supply chain side of the healthcare industry has been focused on vendor consolidation, inventory reduction, and improved efficiency; always operating…
Chain of custody is imperative to ensure product efficacy: The 3 questions Supply Chain Leaders need to ask themselves about what they are sourcing
Purchasing products from secondary sources wasn’t something that popped up overnight in the U.S. healthcare supply chain. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the…
The implication of buyers reacting to false/panic driven demand and how it exacerbates supply disruption
When the U.S. healthcare supply chain experiences panic buying, within the first four or five days, supply is wiped out faster than anyone can imagine….
Hindsight is 2020
They say hindsight is 2020 which, in this case, is right on the nose. Its no secret that the healthcare system was fully unprepared to…