As health systems plan for 2026, supply chain leaders say the next set of challenges will be less about acute shortages and more about structural pressures — from reimbursement declines and cost ...

Today the healthcare industry is facing many challenges with product availability, allocations and supply constraints. Impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic have shown just how important it is to ...

There are a lot of questions about the impact of tariffs on health system supply chains. And most supply chain leaders don’t have informed solutions to pending challenges. In response, ...

Tariffs are bad news for hospitals. The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently warned that tariffs could have “significant implications” for healthcare, in part, because a substantial portion of ...

The volatility of President Donald Trump's tariff policies is making it difficult for hospital executives to pin down the effect they will have on the supply chain and budget. CFOs are also weighing ...

In the face of growing uncertainties, supply chain resilience is coming to be seen as increasingly important. Vulnerabilities revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the fragility of ...

Few areas are as sensitive or consequential as physician preference categories. Devices, implants and surgical supplies often involve deeply ingrained habits, training histories and clinical judgment, ...

Healthcare costs and labor pressures continue to climb, supply chain disruptions and shortages persist, and health system executives are demanding savings from operational leaders. For healthcare ...

After some 200 companies world-wide set out earlier this year to produce a Covid-19 vaccine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized use in the U.S. of the vaccine from Moderna Inc. —the ...

In healthcare supply chain, we don’t often look beyond our own four walls, and I understand why. When products don’t arrive on time, it’s not just a delay. It’s a canceled surgery. A compromised ...