Supply chain developments reported by Becker's since Aug. 2:

UPS  will acquire healthcare logistics provider Bomi Group, the shipping company said Aug. 8.

Patients continue to migrate from the hospital to the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) space for care.

SurgiCare of Miramar (Fla.) introduced a new robotic-assisted surgery line that uses the da Vinci surgical system. 

Supply chain developments reported by Becker's since July 26.

Trends are showing that care is moving out of the hospital and into non-acute settings.

Supply chain developments reported by Becker's since July 21:

Adopting a clinically integrated supply chain strategy in your Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) can improve efficiency, eliminate silos, boost patient satisfaction and increase savings.

Supply chain developments reported by Becker's since July 15.

Implementing a reprocessing strategy in your facility can bring environmental stability and financial savings, setting the environment, your patients, and your facility up for future success.

RevMed launched an online marketplace that allows ASCs and hospitals to buy and sell supplies with each other. 

Here are five ASC supply chain updates published by Becker's since July 7:

Each year, hospitals in the U.S. generate 5.9 million tons of medical waste.1 Practice Greenhealth estimates that 29 pounds of waste is generated per staffed bed per day.2

Here are some recent supply chain developments as of July 7.

Choices made around storage room setup reverberate across the life of an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). The majority of your staff will be directly impacted by your storage decisions.

HST Pathways, an ASC-focused software company, and Advantien, an ASC-focused supply chain company, have formed a partnership to help surgery centers streamline their implant purchasing systems.

Managing facility profits and margins ensure that facilities can continue operating and providing care to their communities, while also staying competitive with local hospital systems.

Supply chain disruptions aren't expected to ease for a while, and ASC leaders have been facing obstacles to securing supplies since early in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Patients continue to migrate from the hospital to the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) space for care. This scenario presents surgery centers with significant growth opportunities.

Four supply chain updates from the last week that ASC leaders need to know: