A new threat: Candida auris
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised healthcare providers to watch for a type of yeast – Candida auris – which has been…
June 2019
MRSA: The bug all of bugs?
FAQs about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, put together by the editors of the Journal of Healthcare Contracting, based on information from the Centers for Disease Control…
Yankee Alliance: Voice. Service. Leverage.
Thirty-five-year-old RPC upping its game with technology Yankee Alliance has been identifying opportunities for savings and high-quality care on behalf of its members since 1984….
Next Steps
An industrywide consortium took a big step this winter in its quest to bring uniformity to the vendor credentialing process. In January, the Consortium for…
JHC June 2019 News
Number of employed physicians outnumber self-employed in US for first time, new AMA study shows The number of employed physicians exceeds self-employed physicians for the…
Meet the President
The Healthcare Supply Chain Association introduced its new president and CEO this spring. She is national healthcare expert Khatereh Calleja. Calleja joins HSCA from AdvaMed,…
Pricing Accuracy in Practice
By David Forbes, HIDA Director, Healthcare Supply Chain Collaborative One of my proudest achievements during my Mercy Health Services tenure was the level of collaboration…
HealthTrust to celebrate platinum anniversary at HTU19
HealthTrust will host its annual membership conference, HealthTrust University (HTU), back home where it all started 20 years ago – Nashville, Tennessee. More than 4,000…
EDITOR’S NOTE
Universal Precautions for Violence Unfortunately, all of us have been hearing a lot – too much – about violence in our streets, houses of worship,…