Short staffing. Short supply levels. Long transit times. If healthcare providers keep treating these issues as temporary, their consequences will only last longer and recur more frequently.
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You don't have to be a supply chain expert to understand that nothing happens in a vacuum. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped make that increasingly clear to everyone.
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Public health issues are always tricky to tackle, because the people who are supposed to be tackling them are just as likely to be affected as they people they're trying to keep healthy.
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Last fall we followed up on five topics that constantly come up in healthcare's supply chain. Now we're following up on that follow-up.
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It seems like everyone has a miracle fix for US hospitals. Can hospitals not help themselves?
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