Healthcare DIVE May 29, 2020
The past few months have created incredible challenges and changes in the healthcare supply chain. Since late January, unprecedented global demand and other factors have strained the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical products. Many non-acute facilities have either stopped seeing patients because of government guidance to pause patient visits or surgeries due to COVID-19 or are leveraging technology, such as telehealth, to stay connected with patients.
Supply chain leaders, distributors and manufacturers have demonstrated new levels of collaboration and communication to build plans designed to best use available PPE supplies and get them where they are needed most. Overall, the entire supply chain has shown extraordinary flexibility and resiliency to meet the influx of COVID-19 patients.
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