Solaiman'S Views

The COVID-19 epidemic has crippled the healthcare industry and exposed the weakness of healthcare supply chains. The unexpected increase in demand for PPE, life-saving medications, and vaccines exposed flaws in the current supply chain procedures, such as shortages, delays, and inefficiencies. The pandemic has also disrupted the production, distribution, and transportation of medical items, leading to widespread panic and confusion. However, the situation has also presented an opportunity for healthcare organizations to re-evaluate and refurbishment their supply chain strategies, ensuring their readiness for future pandemics or wartime situations. Here are some key steps healthcare organizations can take to manage their post-pandemic and wartime supply chains: 1.       Establishing a contingency plan: Healthcare organizations must develop a contingency plan that outlines the steps they will take to ensure a steady supply of essential medical products during ...

Healthcare supply chain management is the flow of different medical device, medicine and services from manufacturer to patient. Healthcare supply chain involves with different types of work process like, Medical items procurement, managing supplies, and delivering the items and services to providers and patients. To complete the process, physical items and information about medical products and services usually go through a number of independent stakeholders, including manufacturers, hospitals, providers (Doctors and Nurses), and several regulatory agencies. Providers use an uncountable of items, such as syringes, prescriptions drugs, gloves, pens, papers, and computers. Employees involved in healthcare supply chain management are responsible for stocking organizations with the products providers need and managing inventory.       “ Simply stated, supply chain is the management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior ...