Chief Healthcare Executive January 4, 2024
Ron Southwick

Most executives say they continue to see issues, and shortages have delayed some procedures, analysts say. Hospitals are taking new approaches to ensure they have what they need.

Hospitals and health systems aren’t facing the dire shortages of supplies they endured during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they continue to encounter supply chain headaches, analysts say.

Kyle MacKinnon, is senior director of operational excellence with Premier Inc., which purchases drugs and medical supplies for more than 4,300 hospitals. He says health systems are seeing some product shortages.

“I think hospitals and health systems do continue to see and experience supply chain challenges,” MacKinnon tells Chief Healthcare Executive®.

Gregg Lambert, a senior vice president of Kaufman Hall, also...

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