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May 27, 2020
Key Deal Could Make it Easier for Hospitals to Procure PPE
CNBC | Premier's Susan DeVore discusses new deal with Prestige Ameritech to enable domestic manufacturing.
May 26, 2020
Premier Takes Stake in Mask Maker Prestige Ameritech
Wall Street Journal | Premier struck a multiyear deal in an early effort to reverse decades of outsourcing of medical-equipment production.
May 21, 2020
Blood Shortage Looms in U.S.
MedPage Today | Supply needs will soon increase by as much as 50% in some places, according to a recent Premier survey.
May 14, 2020
Newsy Investigation: Health Care Workers Need More Medical Gowns
Newsy | Premier's Mike Alkire discusses the strain overbuying can have on the healthcare supply chain.
May 13, 2020
Why Experts Still Believe in Haven’s Mission to Change Healthcare, Even Without Atul Gawande
CNBC | Innovative employers, partnered with the best providers, are most empowered to fix United States health care says Contigo's Jonathan Slotkin.
May 13, 2020
APM Providers More Likely to Manage Population Health During COVID-19
Modern Healthcare | More than 80% of APM participants use care management support to deal with COVID-19 patients compared to just half of providers that aren't in APMs.
May 13, 2020
The U.S. Drug Supply Chain in Crisis: Solutions to Shortages
Supply Chain Brain | Premier members discuss the challenges with drug shortages and outline several potential solutions to remedy the problem.
May 12, 2020
Hospitals Turn to Online Matchmakers to Swap Supplies
U.S. News | Our new partnership with Resilinc and Stanford Healthcare is helping hospitals track down reliable sources of supplies quickly.
May 09, 2020
Hospitals Struggle to Restart Lucrative Elective Care After Coronavirus Shutdowns
The New York Times | Premier's Meg Wyatt discusses the complications hospitals might have trying to ramp up testing and start elective care post-COVID.
May 08, 2020
Executive with Charlotte’s Premier Inc. on Using Data Technology to Fight Covid-19
Premier’s COVID-19 control tower compiles and analyzes information from electronic medical records, or EMR, to flag Covid-19 symptoms and alert providers to potential surges.
May 07, 2020
Four Tech-Enabled Strategies Helping Providers Predict and Manage COVID-19 Cases
HealthLeaders Media | Providers are using clinical surveillance and decision support technology to ensure early intervention and proper treatment in cases of COVID-19.
May 01, 2020
Amid Coronavirus Shortages, Manufacturing Face Mask Filters in China is Like Printing Money
USA Today | Mike Alkire says some hospitals who are putting money down in advance for PPE shipments are receiving substandard quality products.
April 30, 2020
Special Report: FDA’s Lax Rules on Coronavirus Blood Tests Open U.S. Market to Dubious Vendors
Reuters | Premier's Meg Wyatt says false testing claims have been distracting to providers as the pressure to maximize testing capacity increases.
April 29, 2020
The Reopening Will Be Slower Than Expected
The Charlotte Ledger | There are certain actions that every employer will want to take to make sure their employees are safe, says Premier President Michael J. Alkire.
April 29, 2020
Painkillers, Sedatives in Short Supply During COVID-19 Pandemic
CQ Roll Coll | Data from Premier shared with CQ Roll Call shows that the use of propofol as a first-line sedative increased over 300 percent from 2019 to 2020.
April 29, 2020
Big Commercial Labs Given Priority for Coronavirus Testing Equipment by Feds
CNN | Premier's Meg Wyatt says it's most efficient to send supplies to providers that can perform the most COVID-19 tests.
April 27, 2020
Premier CEO on PPE
Yahoo! Finance | Premier CEO Susan DeVore joins Yahoo Finance’s On The Move panel to break down the PPE supply chain.
April 17, 2020
Need for Supplies to Fight Coronavirus Opens Door to Unusual Brokers — and Scammers
Los Angeles Times | Premier's Chaun Powell discusses potential gray market scams he has seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 17, 2020
Small Businesses Have PPE, but Struggle to Get It To the Frontlines
Small businesses who make and sell PPE say they can't get them to the providers that need them.
April 15, 2020
Hospitals Struggling to Get Supplies Begin Barter System
CNBC | CNBC’s Ylan Mui reports how hospitals are dealing with supply shortages through a new partnership with Resilinc, Premier, and Stanford Healthcare.
April 15, 2020
How Medical Supply Chains Can Diversify Beyond COVID-19
Supply Chain Dive | Premier's Michael J. Alkire discusses the importance of diversifying the supply chain and outlines several key actions to expand production.
