Supply Chain
Trinity Health and XPO Logistics have announced plans to build the first of four supply distribution centers in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Expected to create 75 new jobs in the state, the 21-state hospital system hopes the new centers will transform its operation and lowering costs for the community.
Olympus Corp. of America, the largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment has agreed to pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims stemming from a kickback scheme involving doctors and hospitals. Their Latin America subsidiary, Olympus Latin America, will pay $22.8 million to settle related charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced earlier this month.
McKesson, a healthcare services and information technology company, has released an online tool that provides information needed to identify purchase trends and evaluate the impact of price fluctuations.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Mercy Health has saved more than $42 million on drugs since 2010 by building a formulary within its electronic health record platform.
The Healthcare Supply Chain Association has appointed veteran supply chain exec Curt Miller executive director of its Committee for Healthcare eStandards, the association announced Thursday.
ASP Global has acquired InHome Medical Solutions, a Jacksonville, Florida-based distributor of wholesale medical products serving physicians and home health/hospice providers, for an undisclosed amount, ASP announced Tuesday.
As hospitals continue to look for ways to cut costs, a team at Stanford Medicine is looking at how facilities can shave dollars off medical device purchases.
The growth of specialty drugs, and the pressures pharma mergers place on supply chain operations are just a few trends experts at McKesson Pharmacy Optimization expect to shape hospital pharmacy operations in 2016, according to a new report.
Computer Programs and Systems, which provides healthcare information solutions to rural and community hospitals, will buy technology vendor firm Healthland Holding and its affiliates for $250 million, the company announced.
Turing Pharmaceuticals will slash the price hospitals pay for Daraprim by 50 percent following backlash over owner Martin Shkreli's decision to hike the price of the AIDS drug by 5,000 percent, the company said Tuesday.