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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 19, 2020
Premier Inc. Launches New Program to Invest in Domestic and Diverse Manufacturing Capabilities
Premier announced a new program to invest in domestic and geographically diverse manufacturers to ensure a robust and resilient supply chain for essential medical products.
May 15, 2020
Statement on the Strategic National Stockpile Executive Order
Premier applauds today’s announcement augmenting the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) for future pandemics.
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
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 12, 2020
Premier Launches COVID-19 Testing Advisory Panel
To assist members in their efforts to expand testing and screening, Premier has formed the COVID-19 Testing Advisory Panel.
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
Premier Inc. Predictive Technology Helps Prepare for Resumption of Elective Procedures by Identifying Surges in COVID-19 Cases and Supply Needs
Premier is leveraging its technology solutions to help hospitals and health systems across the country anticipate surges in COVID-19.
May 07, 2020
Premier Inc. Survey: Hospitals’ COVID-19 Testing Capacity Must at Least Triple Before Elective Surgeries Can Fully Resume
New survey results find that healthcare facilities need to expand their current COVID-19 testing capacity by at least 211% in order to even partially resume...
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
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 29, 2020
Blood Supply Needs to Increase As Much As 50% As Elective Procedures Return
Premier and Bloodbuy conducted a nationwide survey of regional blood centers to assess the impact of canceled blood drives.
April 28, 2020
A Message From Premier Employees
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From all of us at Premier, thank you to all the frontline healthcare workers. Keep up the fight. Premier is in your corner.
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 27, 2020
COVID-19 Demand for Emergency Syringes, Routinely in Shortage, Rises
Despite the increased demand, Premier members have been able to reliably access them through ProvideGx.
April 22, 2020
Premier Says Thank You
During this pandemic, Premier and our member hospitals are working hard to keep our neighbors and communities safe and healthy. And for that, we want...
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
Premier Calls on HHS and Congress to Bolster Healthcare Provider Readiness to Respond to COVID-19
Premier urged HHS and Congress to provide additional relief hospitals and other providers need as they continue to respond to COVID-19.
