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With the next wave of the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to crash down in hospitals around the country, it's more important than ever for health systems to be well attuned to their supply chain needs.
One of the biggest challenges of the first wave this past spring, of course, was the shortage of personal protective equipment, ventilators and sometimes critical medications. Supply chain vulnerabilities were acute – and that's not counting the ongoing cyberattacks targeted at health system supply lines.
Some of these challenges have been ironed out over the past eight months. But as the COVID-19 crisis surges again, CIOs and other IT professionals say robust supply chains are more important than ever.