August 2023

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known simply as “drones,” increasingly are being used inside and outside of healthcare for a variety of logistical functions. Inside...

As healthcare organizations struggle to keep their burgeoning freight and shipping costs in check – whether due to lack of accountability, inability to track and trace, ineffective...

When it comes to freight and shipping costs, healthcare organizations may suspect or even know they’re high, if not excessive, but some lack the urgency to fix until the C-suite...

Who wouldn’t want to join an award-winning supply chain team at a major urban academic medical center if they knew about all of the available opportunities for education and training...

UChicago Medicine’s Supply Chain team demonstrates their support of and inherent value to clinicians through strategic sourcing, value analysis, inventory planning teams, and ...

The Supply Chain & Support Services team at UChicago Medicine recognizes the key clinical and cultural issues of the day – particularly as they impact healthcare delivery as well...

The Supply Chain & Support Services team at UChicago Medicine fortifies and supports a healthcare haven inside a bustling urban metropolitan area. Eric Tritch, who came to the...

Even though UChicago Medicine’s Supply Chain & Support Services team developed its 2025 strategic plan and vision the year before the global pandemic hit, they aren’t allowing...

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, organizations face numerous challenges, from rising costs and complex regulatory requirements to the constant pursuit of improving...

Healthcare workers are often faced with high-stress situations that can contribute to negative patient outcomes and costly monetary impact for the healthcare organization. Sterile...

The terms “ESG” and “sustainability” are showing up more frequently in the healthcare trade press and on conference agendas. This is a natural evolution of the growing recognition...

Q: “I recently attended a seminar where the speaker discussed cleaning solutions. They talked about “surface tension,” of cleaning solutions, and I had not heard of that term ...

How do we bridge the gap between the required procedures in our industries and helping our Sterile Processing staff apply them effectively?

In the U.S. in 2020:197,453 new lung cancers were reported136,084 people died from lung cancerMales had higher rates of getting and dying from lung cancer than femalesFrom 2016...

Every time I attend a session at a conference or a webinar on artificial intelligence technologies in healthcare, a journalist or two will ask, “Are robots going to replace humans...