Yahoo Finance August 11, 2022

Medline Canada shares insights on healthcare supplies inventory planning

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 11, 2022 /CNW/ – In March 2020, when COVID-19 was beginning to shut down Canadian society, shelves in stores across the country quickly went empty. Businesses found themselves struggling to keep up with demand.

Since then, supply chain shortages have impacted multiple sectors, including healthcare. Labour disruptions and shortages, transportation problems, a lack of raw materials and rising inflation have all intertwined to create this problem. It’s led to healthcare settings like hospitals “getting creative” with their supplies. [1]

According to Roger Bourbonnais, Senior Vice President of Acute Care and Skin Health at Medline Canada, Corporation, while getting creative is one way to weather problems in the...

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Topics: Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Supply Chain, Technology
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