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How can we prevent future shortages of healthcare products?
October 14, 2021 - Beside domestic manufacturing, are there any other ways to prevent future shortages of healthcare products? Repertoire posed this question to a group of healthcare supply chain experts in the cover story of the October 2021 issue. Linda Rouse O’Neill, vice president of government affairs, Health Industry Distributors Association, said it’s critical to … [Read more...]
Spurring Innovation Within a Large Organization
September 28, 2021 - How do you drive innovation within a large organization like a national distributor? That’s an important question for Ray Bajaj, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Cardinal Health. Bajaj leads Cardinal Health’s Fuse, the innovation engine and product development center at Cardinal Health where software engineers, clinical experts, data … [Read more...]
Leading Non-Acute Change Podcast
If you're looking for ways to navigate non-acute business in a complex health system, a strategic distribution partner can help to ensure alignment across stakeholders and to support systemwide goals. In this podcast, JHC publisher Scott Adams interviews Francis D’Avanza, field VP at McKesson, and Darrick Adams, director, non-acute supply chain at Advent Health, about how … [Read more...]
Silver screen staffers
Gericare Medical Supply in August recognized 18 employees who have been with the company 10 years or longer by giving them an “Oscar” engraved with the year they joined the company, and a poster of the Academy-Award-winning picture of that year – with their faces superimposed on it. The event was concocted by Monroeville, Alabama-based Gericare’s “fun team” and was intended … [Read more...]
Henry Schein Cares Foundation contributing to global COVID-19 vaccine campaign
September 21, 2021 - The Henry Schein Cares Foundation announced it has partnered with the WHO Foundation to amplify and contribute to the Go Give One Initiative, a COVID-19 vaccine campaign with no borders. The money raised by the campaign goes to an international financial mechanism called GAVI COVAX Advanced Market Commitment (AMC), which buys COVID-19 vaccines for the … [Read more...]
Summer’s Challenge Response Poll
UAB awarded federal grant to improve health access in rural communities
September 14, 2021 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in September it awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) an initial $2 million to address disparities in health equity by improving access to quality health care in rural communities. “These funds will help test whether improving access to telehealth services and access to … [Read more...]
Cardinal Health’s Dan Baker on the digitization of healthcare
Dan Baker has had a front-row seat to digital health’s evolution over the last 20 years – and its “incredible, world-changing benefits,” he said. Looking back 20 years ago to a world where most clinical documentation was done on paper and stored in manilla folders, it’s incredible to reflect on the progress that’s been made,” said Baker, who recently joined Cardinal Health … [Read more...]