Should You Centralize Cold Chain Fulfillment? Only If You’ve Solved Distribution First
Cold chain is a logistics problem — not just a throughput problem. Pharmacies must rethink their strategy, not just automate it.
Trade Restrictions on Medical Equipment? Proceed With Caution
Using Section 232 national-security tariffs on imported medical equipment risks repeating the same mistakes that have long plagued U.S. health policy: relying on blunt instruments for complex problems.
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From Blind Spots to Better Outcomes: How SNF Data Transparency Strengthens LTSS
What if health plans could identify member decline before an avoidable hospitalization occurs? Real-time clinical visibility into long-stay SNF members uncovers risk earlier and drives better outcomes.
Scaling Radioligand Therapy: 3 Essential Strategies From Inside The Ecosystem
Success requires orchestrating an end-to-end experience that connects manufacturing, logistics, clinical sites, payers, and patients seamlessly. The companies that treat this orchestration as a strategic competency, rather than just operational logistics, will be best positioned to scale.
Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing: A High-Stakes Race Against Time
From the executive boardrooms of pharma companies to academic research centers, one fact is becoming unmistakably clear: making radiopharmaceuticals is an inherently complex, high-stakes endeavor, and the industry is racing to manage the risks of these perishable therapies before the clock runs out
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Using Informed Decision-Making to Reduce Staff Burnout and Transform Your Health System’s Productivity
In a recent webinar, Dr. Christopher Newman of Mary Washington Healthcare discussed how utilizing the principles of informed awareness has transformed staff experience and facilitated a more productive, efficient, and engaged workforce.
When Logistics Breaks Down, Use Tech To Meet Demands Of Customers
From stock transparency and supplier diversification to AI shipping and cart negotiations, novel solutions are emerging to revolutionize procurement and logistics of medical supplies at healthcare organizations.
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Closing the Quality-Affordability Gap in Workplace Mental Health
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
The Challenges of Temperature Controlled Logistics and How to Overcome Them
MedCity News sat down with John Coleman, Business Unit Director at YSDS Life Science, to talk about the challenges of delivering temperature-sensitive goods and how to overcome them.
The quest to restore confidence in drug development supply chains
Microsoft seeks to change the way pharma industry companies use technology to better navigate human resource and supply chain challenges.
Even with pharmacy debut, Amazon unlikely to ‘blow up’ prescription pricing
Two years after acquiring PillPack, Amazon is launching its much-anticipated pharmacy business. But even with some exciting features about price transparency, it's unlikely to dramatically change prescription costs, experts said.
HIMSS highlights: How health IT companies navigate the Covid-19 pandemic landscape
Health IT companies across revenue cycle management, behavioral health, cybersecurity, supply chain and other areas highlight new developments and share how they have responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Where Will AI Deployment Benefit Payers the Most?
We are taking a look at how health insurers are using AI, defining success, and managing cybersecurity risks. Give us your opinions by completing our brief, anonymous survey.
Parachute Health raises Series B for expansion of medical equipment eprescribing startup
Parachute Health has raised a Series B round on the heels of another fundraise earlier this year for a total of $15 million. Insight Venture Partners became the latest investors to back the business
Qventus raises $30M for machine learning tools to help hospitals reduce bottlenecks
The company's machine learning tools have been used to reduce wait times in the emergency room and to make more efficient use of operating rooms, among other areas.
Healthcare startups take on the challenge of improving medical equipment delivery, tracking
DSV, a global logistics business, notes on its website that supply chain visibility is the biggest challenge to getting supplies delivered on time. Parachute Health is one company that is using its technology to address this challenge and ensure patients get medical equipment on time.
The challenges gene therapies pose for logistics
Manufacturers must carefully consider the integrated logistics required to bring therapies like Kymriah and Yescarta to market, a process requiring more coordination than the commercialization of traditional therapies.
Drug tracking tech developer Kit Check raises $15M in Series C round (Updated)
Baxter Ventures led the round and new investor Black Granite Capital also participated, along with established investors.