Post-COVID challenges linger for supply chain leaders
Becker's Healthcare June 7, 2023
Although the public health emergency ended May 11, healthcare supply chain executives are still reeling from the havoc brought on by the pandemic and navigating solutions.
In late April, the American Hospital Association warned that the healthcare supply chain is unlikely to return to “normal” any time soon. But two supply chain executives told Becker’s that the issues plaguing the supply chain existed before COVID-19 and remain.
Navigating their way through disruptions, shortages and delays has been their “normal” for years — but now they face mounting pressures to get supply back on track, identify cost savings and employ technologies that are the right fit to improve processes.
Both Patrick Vizzard, vice president of system supply chain management...