
If we don’t act now, health care supply shortages will continue long after coronavirus
Even when COVID-19 recedes, our health care system can’t go back to business as usual. This crisis has revealed the dangers of viewing supply chains solely in terms of cutting costs.
While facing an extreme shortage of personal protective equipment, health care workers are on the front line treating patients with COVID-19. Professor of Supply Chain Management Eugene Schneller says health care supply chains may get worse if we don't anticipate and prevent these cascading health care supply chain problems.
In this story by Schneller published April 14, 2020, on Fast Company:
While the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in recent memory, we’re facing an immediate shortage of key supplies partially because our health care system wasn’t incentivized to stockpile for the future. We must not make the same mistake again. As we work to meet our most urgent needs, we must also anticipate what supplies, pharmaceuticals, and human resources will be needed in the coming months — and where demand will fall short due to production disruptions.
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