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Industry News Premier releases data on shortages of supplies for COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and treatment
has increased more than 50%, and the
Premier, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) has released
volume of outstanding (open) purchase
of intent in October 2019. The hospital’s
orders has tripled – from 6 to 18 days of
parent company, Meadows Health Alliance,
supply on order, according to Premier
its board of directors, and the Toombs
data.
County Hospital Authority approved the
analysis of historic and predictive data from its supply chain forecasting technology to identify the latest supply categories at risk and assess how sourcing has fundamentally altered the economic landscape for gloves, gowns and N95s, as well as other key healthcare products. According to Premier, shortages are shifting from the personal protective equipment (PPE) scarcities that characterized 2020 to exponential demand for the supplies that play a vital role in COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and treatment. For vital PPE, including isolation
The parties previously signed a letter
sale of the medical center and its assets to HCA last week. The transaction, which
Other key findings include:
> Isolation gown usage has
still requires state approval, is expected to
doubled from September 2020
closed by April 30. Additional details of
to January 2021
the transaction were not disclosed.
> Surgical mask usage has increased 250% since June 2020 June 2020 and now exceeds existing
Pipeline Health System appoints new CEO
production capacity by 37%
Pipeline Health System, LLC (Los Angeles,
> Exam glove usage has doubled since
> N95 respirator usage has increased 500% since July
CA), a privately-owned, community hospital ownership and management company,
> Nitrile exam gloves were cited in a recent Premier member survey as
announced it has appointed Andrei Soran as CEO, effective immediately.
gowns, surgical masks, N95 respirators
the no. 2 greatest challenge to care
and exam gloves, average daily usage is at
for COVID-19 patients (after
remain with Pipeline Health and assume
an all-time high.
clinical staffing)
the role of senior vice president. Prior
Soran succeeds Jim Edwards, who will
to joining Pipeline, Soran led Trident
According to Premier data across a
USA Health Services, a mobile diagnostic
representative sample of health systems,
services provider serving customers in 37
inventories have fallen 50% – drifting
HCA plans to acquire Meadows Regional Medical Center for $73M
down to a median of just three days of
HCA Healthcare (Nashville, TN) to ac-
system based in California. Pipeline
supply on hand. Since May 2020, hospi-
quire Meadows Regional Medical Center
Health owns and operates facilities in
tals’ average daily usage of pipette tips
(Vidalia, GA) for $73 million.
Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
since May 2020, average daily usage of sterile water has increased 350% and
46
states. Earlier in his career, Soran served as CEO of Verity Health, a six-hospital
February 2021 | The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
