November 8, 2024 – This Federation of American Hospitals podcast episode “Hospitals in Focus” discusses the usually ignored however actually “crucial” facet of our healthcare system: the provision chain. The availability chain is the spine of hospitals, making certain that important medical provides attain sufferers in want. However what occurs when that chain breaks? Host Chip Kahn is joined on this podcast by Ed Jones, president and CEO of HealthTrust Efficiency Group, to debate latest occasions which have uncovered vulnerabilities on this sophisticated community.

Following Hurricane Helene's catastrophic impression on a significant IV options manufacturing facility, hospitals throughout the nation confronted a sudden, alarming scarcity. This disaster underlines that our healthcare provide chain is a fragile, interconnected community, typically depending on a restricted variety of suppliers and producers.

Chip and Ed talk about an introduction to GPOs, pandemic and catastrophe preparedness for the healthcare provide chain, the worldwide attain and restoration of world provide chains, and HealthTrust's distinctive strategy to constructing a resilient and cost-effective provide chain.

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