Supply Chain
New CEO Martin VanTrieste will receive no pay and the startup will initially focus on 14 drugs.
Joining a group purchasing organization can have a ripple effect that reduces expenses across the entire healthcare system, with the potential to save up to $864 billion by 2022.
Hospitals, on average, save about 1.5 percent per year on common expenses in the supply chain, far lower than most pre-merger estimates.
The amendment would give funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to require drug pricing in direct-to-consumer advertising.
One of the main ways drug spending is mitigated is through market competition from biosimilar and generic drugs.
Teva Pharmaceuticals is marketing the first approved generic epinephrine auto-injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions.
When healthcare innovations aren't reimbursed, hospitals are forced to make tough choices about equipment.
Taking a disciplined approach to re-negotiating contracts with your top vendors enables hospitals to leverage power they might not know they have and achieve immediate results.
Defects in nanoscale and microscale diamonds act to enhance the sensitivity of MRI and NMR resonance systems.
Amazon is seeking to disrupt the traditional healthcare supply chain by selling supplies from bandages to hip replacements to syringes.