Supply chain management
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) provides resources on supply chain management, the management of health care supplies manufacturing, distribution, delivery, utilization, and replacement.
Pharmaceutical shortages and supply chain failures can have a devastating impact on patients. The RAPID Reserve Act would establish a program to improve supply chain resiliency for critical generic drug products, ensuring adequate supply is available even in the event of a shortage.
The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Risk Assessment Act of 2023 would require a comprehensive risk assessment of the entire U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain. This overarching project will help provide critical information necessary to mitigate and prevent drug supply shortages.
Hospitals and health systems share concern about chronic and increasing drug shortages that have serious consequences for patient safety, quality of care and access to therapies. Addressing drug shortages is complex and costly to hospitals and health systems in terms of staff time and other…
In the wake of tornado damage last week to a large Pfizer sterile injectables plant in North Carolina, the Food and Drug Administration July 28 posted a list of products made at the facility that have less than three months of inventory in the supply chain.
The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management annual conference August 6-9 in Orlando offers supply chain leaders a chance to collaborate, learn best practices and find solutions that benefit hospitals
The upcoming AHRMM annual conference, which will be held August 6-9 in Orlando, is an opportunity for supply chain leaders to collaborate, learn best practices and find solutions that benefit hospitals.
High-performing supply chains are developing new practices to ensure supply resiliency across all care delivery.
Health systems now look beyond the traditional players and supply chains to assess cost saving opportunities, appropriate inventory levels, variability, and supply analytics for enhanced performance. This Leadership Scan episode will explore how to improve resiliency in your supply chain, reduce…
From medical devices to personal protective equipment to essential drugs, scores of items are in short supply. The list of reasons for supply chain disruption are as varied as the product shortages themselves — raw materials shortages, recent COVID-19 outbreaks in China, low margins on some drugs,…
Hospitals and health systems are facing many significant challenges, including historic workforce shortages, soaring costs of providing care, cracks in the supply chain, severe underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelming regulatory and administrative burdens, just to name a few. These…