Supply Chain

Other recommendations include boosting local production; promoting research and development; and creating robust quality management maturity.

Due to the size and scale of the crisis, India's landmass and added travel restrictions, many factors are affecting distribution.

The companies also intend to submit an application to expand use to individuals 12 to 15 years of age.

A partnership of shared goals and vision is needed between physicians and hospital administration, says Jimmy Chung of Providence.

McKesson was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be the centralized distributor for vaccines and ancillary supply kits. 

Greg Benton and Craig Schlusberg, ERP practice leaders at The Chartis Group, discuss the challenges and steps to achieving the intended goals of ERP systems.

Northern Light Health attributes its successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout to appointment scheduling, state coordination and IT.

Opioids, controlled substances, expensive oncology therapeutics and vaccines risk being stolen and sold on the black market, but supply chain visibility and inventory control tools can help safeguard them, says Invistics CEO Tom Knight.

Executives say they also need more funding and better reporting efficiency across states.

CEOs and CFOs had to become more agile overnight and shared many of the same best practices.