Questions From Your Peers Hundreds of supply chain, clinical, and MedTech professionals joined our panel of experts to discuss the latest trends in the healthcare supply chain and value analysis issues across all relevant stakeholders. We wanted to share a round-up...
While value analysis teams work closely with a diverse group of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, engaging physicians in the new product selection and management process can be one of the most challenging pain points they experience. Yet, while increasing...
When making product and technology purchasing decisions in hospitals, there are times when the user of the devices (the physician/clinician) is not involved in the decision making process. This scarcity of involvement creates a lack of standardization of products and...
With experts at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) projecting medical supplies to “surpass labor as the biggest expense for hospitals and health systems by 2020” and the inevitable shift over to patient-outcome centric...
A recent recall report from Stericycle Expert Solutions shows that Q2 of 2018 had the highest medical device recall count since 2005. The leading cause of recalls was software, while the biggest reason for recalled units was sterilization. What is causing this spike...
High-tech devices have been experiencing many recalls over the past few years. According to FierceHealthcare, one of the commonalities in the recalls is the software. In the article, Bethany Hills argues that as software intricacies increase, the margin of error...
