Healthcare

Helicopter Service Blade Doubles Down on Transporting Organs

September 10, 2021

Blade Air Mobility Inc., best known for flying Manhattan’s elite to locations including the Hamptons, Nantucket and South Florida, is doubling down on the business of transporting human organs.

How Redesigning Healthcare Supply Chains Will Drive Value-Based Care

September 9, 2021

Steve Jackson, SCB Contributor

The COVID-19 pandemic compressed a decade of healthcare transformation into mere months.

Most Employers Say Vaccine Mandates Are Possible by End of Year

September 3, 2021

Bloomberg

Vaccine mandates are set to get more common in the workplace.

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Watch: Are We Facing Another Shortage of PPE?

September 3, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Michael Einhorn, chief executive officer of medical supplier Dealmed, explains how the healthcare purchasing system frustrates attempts to diversify sourcing of personal protective equipment and head off future shortages in times of emergency.

Filling the Frontline Labor Gap Involves More Than Raising Wages

September 1, 2021

Steven Kramer, SCB Contributor

An employee-first culture goes far beyond salary and benefits.

Hospitals in U.S. South Run Low on Oxygen Amid Covid, Storm

August 29, 2021

Bloomberg

Hospitals in the Southeast are running low on oxygen, with the worst-hit left only 12 to 24 hours worth, according to a hospital-supply purchasing group.

Get Shots or Get Out, U.S. Employers Are Telling Workers

August 27, 2021

Bloomberg

Vaccine mandates are beginning a march across the U.S., constricting the places that people who have shunned the shots can work, shop and play.

Worker Support Grows for Harsher Vaccine Stances From Employers

August 25, 2021

Bloomberg

As U.S. regulatory approval of Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 shot paves the way for companies to get more aggressive with inoculations, American workers are increasingly supportive of punitive measures for unvaccinated colleagues.

U.S. Booster Push Is Fresh Challenge for Healthcare Providers

August 25, 2021

Bloomberg

As the Biden administration moved last week to make COVID-19 booster shots available for many U.S. adults, health-care providers are preparing for a fresh pandemic battle: getting uncertain or confused patients to take another dose.

Amazon’s Covid Dilemma: Mandate Vaccinations and Risk Losing Workers

August 5, 2021

Bloomberg

The company was known for high turnover among frontline workers even during the best of times. Now, with jobs abundant, warehouse employees have more options.

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