Supply Chain
The healthcare industry contributes more than 6% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., says William Theisen, CEO of EcoAct North America.
The current hurricane season will require providers, manufacturers and distributors to make adequate supply chain preparations.
Sixty percent of provider respondents experience shortages of more than 20 drugs, according to an AHA report Amazon Business helped sponsor, says Bill Kopitke, general manager and head of healthcare at Amazon Business.
The agency says it has seized thousands of units of the product, which has crept its way into the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain.
PharmStars offers startups a 10-week digital health accelerator program with the latest focused on the challenges of supply delivery, says CEO and founder Naomi Fried.
Cloud platform JUDI drives savings for plan sponsors by providing patients with the lowest available drug prices, company says.
Optum will assume responsibility for ProHealth Care's rev cycle management, IT, informatics, analytics and inpatient care management.
Rebates and fees received by PBMs account for 42% of every dollar spent on brand medicines in the commercial market, report says.
HIMSS22
Anne Snowdon, HIMSS chief scientific research officer, reviews the effects of the pandemic on the healthcare supply chain and the lessons in agility that providers gained.
HIMSS21
Andrew Sorenson of at Castell Health, says value-based care concerns logistics - including supply chains - as much as it does science.