U.S. health systems call for universal recall communication platform
DOTmed February 27, 2024
Novant Health, BJC HealthCare, and Munson Healthcare, and other U.S. providers are demanding the adoption of a universal, centralized communication platform by manufacturers, supply chain companies, and hospitals to immediately and electronically address concerns and supply chain disruptions in the medical technology recall process that threaten patient safety.
In letters to their medical equipment and resource suppliers, the organizations are advocating for the adoption of NotiSphere to facilitate “a single point of communication for all necessary updates and alerts” in place of “the current manual and fragmented systems” they use. NotiSphere facilitates real-time, two-way communication and includes recall management software that provides up-to-date information on such events.
“Right now, we receive a lot of paper notices from several different channels...