SUPPLY CHAIN
Tackling Supply Shortages Raw material scarcities, port backlogs, shipping delays, truck driver deficiencies all contribute to issues the healthcare supply chain faces.
Amid a striking uptick in Covid patients due to the latest surge over the holidays, health systems are also facing extended medical supply shortages and continuing to care for other patients. These supply deficits are impacting many necessities of care and are driven by raw material shortfalls, port backlogs, shipping delays and truck driver shortages for transporting goods. They include everything from crutches to syringes, needles, tubing, gloves catheters, drapes for surgery, suction canisters for medical waste, urine cups and more.
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February 2022 | The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
