Healthcare

Vaccine Mandates Hit Amid Historic Health-Care Staff Shortage

October 4, 2021

What some are calling the worst U.S. health-care labor crisis in memory is sharpening concerns about attrition from resistance to vaccine mandates.

How to Procure PPE Amid Covid, Climate Strains

October 4, 2021

Christina Dorsey, SCB Contributor

Between rising COVID-19 cases and a worse-than-usual hurricane season, the personal protective equipment (PPE) pipeline is more strained than it’s been since the peak of the pandemic.

From Nairobi to Ningbo: The Supply Shocks Spanning Globe

September 29, 2021

Bloomberg

From high-class problems to difficulties finding life’s necessities, the pandemic has convulsed global supply chains on such a scale that few industries, socio-economic classes or regions are immune.

Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Is Global Health Nonprofit MSH

September 22, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain presented their annual Supply Chain Innovation Award on Wednesday to global health care nonprofit Management Sciences for Health’s (MSH) for streamlining distribution of HIV and TB medicines to vulnerable communities in Ukraine.

Debate on Vaccine Supply Will Dominate This Week's UN Summit

September 20, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S. plan for boosters will steer tens of millions of doses into the arms of many U.S. adults starting as soon as Friday. That’s angered nations where many people are still struggling to obtain a first shot.

Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Risks Overwhelming U.S. Testing Capacity

September 16, 2021

The U.S. may not have enough tests to keep pace with the Biden administration’s tightened workplace COVID-19 mitigation measures.

Helicopter Service Blade Doubles Down on Transporting Organs

September 10, 2021

Bloomberg

Blade Air Mobility Inc., best known for flying Manhattan’s elite to locations including the Hamptons, Nantucket and South Florida, is doubling down on the business of transporting human organs.

How Redesigning Healthcare Supply Chains Will Drive Value-Based Care

September 9, 2021

Steve Jackson, SCB Contributor

The COVID-19 pandemic compressed a decade of healthcare transformation into mere months.

Most Employers Say Vaccine Mandates Are Possible by End of Year

September 3, 2021

Bloomberg

Vaccine mandates are set to get more common in the workplace.

VIDEO

Watch: Are We Facing Another Shortage of PPE?

September 3, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Michael Einhorn, chief executive officer of medical supplier Dealmed, explains how the healthcare purchasing system frustrates attempts to diversify sourcing of personal protective equipment and head off future shortages in times of emergency.

Healthcare

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the healthcare industry. Learn how healthcare companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.