Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
Hospitals are being encouraged to develop infection prevention programs as part of a National Action Plan The Obama Administration’s “National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-resistant…
August 2015
Who’s keeping track?
Without good data, who’s to say whether U.S. providers’ programs to curb inappropriate antibiotic usage are having any effect? That’s a problem. “There are numerous…
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Why relying heavily on antibiotics has contributed to the emergence of drug resistance in bacteria, and how healthcare stakeholders can respond Since penicillin was discovered…
All the Wiser
Working in New York City for 11 years, Brian Bravo thought he had faced some of supply chain’s most complex challenges. Then he came to…
A Commitment to Urgent Care
Years back, operators of urgent care centers differentiated themselves primarily through access: How many centers did they have? How conveniently located were they? Those things…
Publisher’s Letter
Variation is the Enemy of Quality I have the good fortune of talking to Supply Chain Leaders every day about their tireless pursuit of reducing…