The cyberattack of Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, resulted in a fuel shortage and subsequent panic buying of gas in Southeastern United States that was reminiscent of early pandemic hoarding that led to shortages of toilet paper, canned foods, and menstrual products. A form of hoarding is...
Communities need consistent access to medicines and critical medical supplies, because public health depends on it. That’s always true, but during extraordinary circumstances such as a pandemic, the need becomes urgent. Public health emergencies create significant demands on the health care system. And yet, our...
Perhaps the most important key to success in the healthcare supply chain? Relationships. It is important to first foster dynamic collaboration between the various stops to ensure the supply chain is as effective as possible. For that to occur, we must first establish high confidence...
We know that an important aspect of successful healthcare supply chain design is the ability to prepare for likely pressures, but what about something that is nearly impossible to predict, like a pandemic? A pandemic can strike without warning — and often with many unknowns about how...
When a disaster strikes, the healthcare supply chain is resilient and is built to anticipate and react to disasters. Many protections are taken on the front end before a crisis ever occurs. As the supply chain is developed, complex systems are also put in place to...
Supply chains have been a hot topic since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – everything from the production of toilet paper to the healthcare supply chain. Most Americans are unaware of the various aspects of the healthcare supply chain that allow patients to maintain their...
The Healthcare Supply Chain & Its Role in Disasters When disaster strikes, you can count on the healthcare supply chain to be as resilient as the communities it is designed to serve. Through Healthcare Ready’s vast partnership network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, healthcare providers, and local,...