The Journal of Healthcare Contracting

03/10/2021

Baylor Scott & White Health safely plows through costliest winter storm in Texas history
https://www.jhconline.com/baylor-scott-white-health-safely-plows-through-costliest-winter-storm-in-texas-history.html

02/10/2021

Outgoing Premier CEO Susan DeVore reflects on accomplishments, looks ahead to Premier’s future https://www.jhconline.com/outgoing-premier-ceo-susan-devore-reflects-on-accomplishments-looks-ahead-to-premiers-future.html

10/14/2020

The U.S. healthcare supply chain has undergone as tremendous amount of change within a short window of time. https://www.jhconline.com/the-process-of-change.html

The Process of Change The U.S. healthcare supply chain has undergone as tremendous amount of change within a short window of time. By Graham Garrison When trying to put 2020 into perspective, Brent Petty shared a quote that he heard through industry discussions. “We went through five years of chan...

09/02/2020

Read about leading supply chain leaders and their insights on initiatives, industry trends, and how their teams have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.jhconline.com/august-2020.html

August 2020 Click here to read thecurrent issue online.(download pdf version) People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting Publisher’s Letter: What a year! Leadership decision-making and process improvement | A multi-faceted solution that includes an evidence-based process and a transparent method to...

03/25/2020

Do We Finally Have A Tipping Point For A Better Healthcare Supply Chain? http://www.jhconline.com/do-we-finally-have-a-tipping-point-for-a-better-healthcare-supply-chain.html

Do We Finally Have A Tipping Point For A Better Healthcare Supply Chain? By John Strong, guest writer (March 25, 2020) — This past Sunday afternoon, I was sheltering at home due to COVID-19 after walking our dogs about as far as either they or I could go and turned on the TV.  ESPN8 was replaying...

03/24/2020

Vizient advocates current supplies of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine are prioritized http://www.jhconline.com/vizient-advocates-current-supplies-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-are-prioritized.html

Vizient advocates current supplies of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine are prioritized The increased attention to chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential treatments for COVID-19has created “a significant flood in demand that is impacting patients,” according to Vizient. Vizient said accor...

03/18/2020

Intalere’s Steve Kiewiet: Transparency is key http://www.jhconline.com/intaleres-steve-kiewiet-transparency-is-key.html

Intalere’s Steve Kiewiet: Transparency is key To help answer questions on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the U.S. healthcare supply chain, The Journal of Healthcare Contracting reached out to Steve Kiewiet, Chief Commercial Officer, Intalere. He offered the following comments. JHC: What ar...

03/18/2020

AHRMM Senior Director to supply chain leaders: Review and implement CDC strategies http://www.jhconline.com/ahrmm-senior-director-to-supply-chain-leaders-review-and-implement-cdc-strategies.html

03/17/2020

Intermountain postpones certain non-elective medical procedures http://www.jhconline.com/intermountain-postpones-certain-non-elective-medical-procedures.html

Intermountain postpones certain non-elective medical procedures Beginning this week, Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health announced they will start to postpone certain non-urgent elective medical procedures to prepare for an expected surge in patients needing hospitalization for CO...

03/16/2020

Leading IDNs are being judicious with supply orders “for the foreseeable future,” GPO executive says http://www.jhconline.com/leading-idns-are-being-judicious-with-supply-orders-for-the-foreseeable-future-gpo-executive-says.html

Leading IDNs are being judicious with supply orders “for the foreseeable future,” GPO executive says Editor’s note: As the coronavirus pandemic has evolved, JHC has reached out to several healthcare supply chain organizations to help assess the situation for our readers to try and make sense o...

02/03/2020

Coronavirus – FAQ & Insights
http://www.jhconline.com/coronavirus-faq-insights.html

10/25/2019

Proposed rules from HHS could change what’s accepted and what’s not in today’s expanding continuum of care http://www.jhconline.com/proposed-rules-from-hhs-could-change-whats-accepted-and-whats-not-in-todays-expanding-continuum-of-care.html

09/23/2019

Walgreens announced a partnership to pilot drone deliveries beginning in October to local customers in Christiansburg, Virginia
http://www.jhconline.com/healthcare-product-delivery-via-drones.html

Healthcare Product Delivery – Via Drones TOPICS:dronesWalgreens Walgreens announced a partnership to pilot drone deliveries beginning in October to local customers in Christiansburg, Virginia. Walgreens and Wing Aviation LLC, a drone operator certified as an air carrier by the Federal Aviation Adm...

09/20/2019

How a supply chain team is changing the flow of information and products at one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems
http://www.jhconline.com/a-makeover-at-cleveland-clinic.html

05/10/2019

Future Supply Chain Leaders of 2019
http://www.jhconline.com/future-supply-chain-leaders-of-2019.html

Future Supply Chain Leaders of 2019 Mark Thill Who are supply chain’s future leaders? Who’s going to shape the future of the healthcare supply chain? The smart, energetic and creative young people who work for you and with you. The under-40 crowd. Help the editors of the Journal of Healthcare Co...

02/14/2019

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02/14/2019

I recently came across a great list of the Top 50 IDNs by Net Patient Revenue. If you’d like a copy of the report, you can request it at http://www.jhconline.com/top50idns.html

Not surprisingly, HCA Healthcare topped the list with $35 billion in revenue from its 205 hospitals and corresponding facilities. Following that, however, there were many surprises.

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