Manufacturer of Health o meter Professional scales and McAuley Medical products appoints new president and CEO Pelstar, LLC, the manufacturer of Health o meter® Professional scales and McAuley Medical products, has announced that Ken Harris will succeed Dan J. Maeir as its next president and CEO on Feb. 1, 2023. Maeir announced his retirement this fall. As a member of the … [Read more...]

McKesson executive leads families out of poverty, one business at a time. On his first visit to Ethiopia in 2009, Jeff Butler was struck by the devastating impact of poverty on so manyfamilies there. “I saw for the first time how extreme poverty causes vulnerable families to disintegrate, leaving countless children abandoned and alone to survive on the streets or enslaved in … [Read more...]

The healthcare industry experienced a massive upheaval during the COVID-19 pandemic – hospitals were overwhelmed with patients, there were global product shortages, and all unnecessary interactions were put on hold. In response to these sudden shifts, medical suppliers have had to adapt to years’ worth of digital growth in the space of a few months. Instead of being able to … [Read more...]

COVID, flu and RSV are all threats this winter. By Pete Mercer Since early 2020, the word pandemic has been a part of our everyday vernacular. Even after almost three years, the pandemic is technically still not over, just entering new phases. In the last few years, those phases have been variants that were more or less contagious than the previous iterations. Each new … [Read more...]

Meena Medler, VP, Supply Chain Management, UPMC What are the most important attributes of successful supply chain teams today? Leadership, and the investment in future supply chain talent, are of the utmost importance in supply chain teams today. The challenge we sometimes find is that the people who have been embedded in supply chain for many years need to understand how … [Read more...]

George Godfrey, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Corporate VP, Shared Services, Baptist Health South Florida What are the most important attributes of successful supply chain teams today? People are the most important component in creating and maintaining a successful supply chain. To be successful, team members need to be able to self-manage, and in order to do so, they need … [Read more...]

GPO partnerships with health systems, suppliers tackle inflationary pressures. More than half of U.S. hospitals were projected to operate in the red through 2022, according to a report by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, and released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) in September. The losses are in the billions of dollars, and rising expenses for supplies and … [Read more...]

Health apps are everywhere ... except the physician’s exam room. Have you noticed that most people checking their watches aren’t looking for the time, but rather, for the number of steps they’ve taken today? The fact that so many people – an estimated 45% of Americans – wear fitness trackers has given rise to the term “quantified self.” There’s even a nonprofit based in the … [Read more...]

Last year brought its share of challenges. Finding solutions is the hard work awaiting everyone in the healthcare community this year. 2022 presented all kinds of challenges for providers, patients and public health professionals. No doubt many of those challenges will linger in 2023, and new ones will arise. However, researchers, providers, public health professionals, … [Read more...]

By Wyeth Ruthven, Director of Public Affairs, Health Industry Distributors Association The 2022 midterm elections resulted in a narrow Democratic margin in the Senate and a narrow Republican majority in the House. But for proponents of pandemic preparedness, a bipartisan cohort of lawmakers were returned to office. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the lead Democratic sponsor of … [Read more...]