Supply Chain
One of the main ways drug spending is mitigated is through market competition from biosimilar and generic drugs.
Teva Pharmaceuticals is marketing the first approved generic epinephrine auto-injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions.
When healthcare innovations aren't reimbursed, hospitals are forced to make tough choices about equipment.
Taking a disciplined approach to re-negotiating contracts with your top vendors enables hospitals to leverage power they might not know they have and achieve immediate results.
Defects in nanoscale and microscale diamonds act to enhance the sensitivity of MRI and NMR resonance systems.
Amazon is seeking to disrupt the traditional healthcare supply chain by selling supplies from bandages to hip replacements to syringes.
The average 1,500-bed hospital prints more than 8 million pages per month, adding up to about $3.8 million per year.
The findings underscore financial challenges many health systems are experiencing as the operating room is one of the costliest units to run.
Group will face higher-than-average costs, uncertainty related to supplier competition and evolving technology, key manufacturing decisions.
The retail juggernaut has been meeting with hospital execs to brainstorm potential models for broadening its B2B supply arm, into supplying hospitals, systems.