by Brendan Sweeney | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Recently the FDA published a guidance requiring device manufacturers to be “Recall-Ready” noting, “It is critical that all companies in the supply chain are ‘recall ready’ to ensure appropriate actions are taken swiftly across the distribution channels to...
by Brendan Sweeney | Feb 18, 2022 | Data, Healthcare, Medical Device, Supply Chain, Uncategorized
A significant challenge facing healthcare is determining how to manage the oceans of healthcare data created across the medical device value chain, and specifically during the delivery of care. You may hear about the challenges developing cohesion and a single source...
by Brendan Sweeney | Sep 15, 2021 | Data, Emerging Technologies, Healthcare, Medical Device, Supply Chain
Supply chains have seen significant modernization in recent decades, in many cases as a direct response to rapidly accelerating technologies that continue to change the game. Even so, medical supply chains continue to be constrained by a wide range of factors, making...
by Brendan Sweeney | Mar 18, 2021 | Supply Chain
Loaner trays (surgical trays that are held temporarily for a given case and then returned to the manufacturer) provide a number of important benefits for the supply chain including reducing the amount of inventory sitting in the field and the related cost associated...
by Brendan Sweeney | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
When it comes to the medical device value chain, medical device billing has always been a complex and, at times, chaotic process to keep a handle on. With tons of moving pieces, regulations, payor relationships, billing cycles, etc. it can be difficult to keep tabs on...
by Brendan Sweeney | Feb 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week I continued our discussion of what the “New Normal” will look like as the pandemic restrictions ease, and a running theme we’ve observed is the push to reduce human contact throughout the value chain. One challenge this presents is being able to account for...
by Brendan Sweeney | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week I wrote about how the Post-Covid-19 era will usher in a “new normal” that may look pretty different from how things worked before the pandemic. One key component of this is the rise of virtual communication and software tools to accelerate remote work and...
by Brendan Sweeney | Jan 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we enter 2021 and vaccines are being rolled out, we are all yearning for a reprieve and wondering how far we are from the finish line. It certainly seems that we could see a return to some type of healthcare “normal” before the end of 2021, but what will that look...
by Chris | Dec 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
2020 is almost over! (It’s about time…) It’s been a weird year. Thankfully, it is almost over. We hope you and yours have kept healthy and are staying busy as we look to a 2021 that will make 2020 look like … well, 2020. It has been a while...
by Brendan Sweeney | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The day to day experience of the medical device rep has been changing rapidly for years. But nothing has impacted their lives quite like the covid-19 challenges they are experiencing today in the medical device value chain. As the reality of the pandemic set in,...
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