supply chain
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How a ‘Costco Model’ for Health Care Supply Chain Presents a Best Bet for Value
By reimagining health care supply chain as a centralized, high-value distribution and product selection and procurement model, hospitals and health systems can more effectively reach their goals for expense reduction while driving substantial improvements for patients and team members alike.
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When Logistics Breaks Down, Use Tech To Meet Demands Of Customers
From stock transparency and supplier diversification to AI shipping and cart negotiations, novel solutions are emerging to revolutionize procurement and logistics of medical supplies at healthcare organizations.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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MedCity Influencers, BioPharma
Moving up the Digital Maturity Ladder in an Evolving BioPharmaceutical Ecosystem
Digital maturity will require shared data standards, strategies for streamlining data management and a collaborative approach that involves all players in the biopharma supply chain.
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
Reprocessing beyond cost savings: Growing supply chain resilience
Designing devices for re-use remains a more resilient solution for supply disruption in healthcare devices. But until manufacturers consistently pursue this strategy, single-use device reprocessing can provide the benefits associated with a circular economy solution.
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10 things providers should know about monkeypox
Monkeypox was declared a public health emergency last week, but many healthcare professionals feel confused about how to best prepare for a potential outbreak in their area. While they wait for clearer guidance from the CDC and their local health departments, there are key actions they can take, such as decreasing stigma about the disease and advocating for increased access to vaccines, tests and treatments.
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The power of digital ecosystems to improve pharma supply chain operations
A panel discussion from a recent Microsoft summit offered insights on how tech companies are closely collaborating with the pharma industry as they seek to repair and improve manufacturing supply chain issues exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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3D printers have proved their value to hospitals for limb-saving surgery, Covid-19 supply chain issues, and more
A recent webinar sponsored by Formlabs underscored the value of 3D printing from a clinical perspective and offered insight on how commercial and regulatory players are thinking about this space.
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The supply chain crisis is spurring companies to transform production and sourcing strategies to reduce risk
The report, Resilience in volatility: Modernizing the supply chain, highlights three areas that Fortune 500 and mid-size companies need to address to implement technology such as machine learning, cloud computing and risk management tools to improve production and delivery.
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The supply chain crisis is spurring companies to transform production and sourcing strategies to reduce risk
The report, Resilience in volatility: Modernizing the supply chain, highlights three areas that Fortune 500 and mid-size companies need to address to implement technology such as machine learning, cloud computing and risk management tools to improve production and delivery.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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INVEST Precision Medicine Conference Video: Biologics and the Supply Chain Ballet
This panel highlights how different organizations in the biopharma supply chain are addressing the inherent challenges of producing and delivering cell and gene therapies and biologics.
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Cell, gene therapies are highly personalized, but manufacturing needs to be standardized
Cell and gene therapy companies currently each have their own “cookie recipe” for manufacturing. But to scale, more standardization is needed, experts said.
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Where 5 CIOs see IT innovation heading as pandemic winds down
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the healthcare industry in a myriad of ways — including the focus of IT innovation. Healthcare CIOs are seeing IT innovation priorities shift to arenas like at-home care, data science and supply chain.
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Amid ongoing PPE crisis, doctor-led efforts focus on needs of smaller healthcare entities
The lack of access to personal protective equipment is an ongoing issue in the U.S., particularly among smaller, non-hospital facilities. But doctor-led PPE collection and distribution groups are tackling the problem head on.
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As they reopen for surgeries, hospitals navigate supply chain challenges
States are starting to loosen restrictions on elective surgeries for hospitals. But health systems won’t necessarily open the floodgates, as they still have to consider how offices will source PPE.