Symmetric Health Solutions

Our mission: create a transparent global healthcare supply chain.

We normalize and enrich product and vendor data for hundreds of hospitals worldwide.

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The FDA has removed N-95s from its list of supplies facing shortages, indicating confidence domestic inventory and procurement for this protective mask.

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"Because the supply chain function oversees most of a health system’s external spend, which accounts for up to 40 percent of total costs, it is a clear choice for investment aimed at optimizing performance."

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Questions persist about the safety of ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilize medical devices:

"The EPA released the names of 23 U.S. locations and territories where medical sterilizer facilities are producing dangerous levels of ethylene oxide"

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Stop by booth 521 at #AHRMM22 to meet our team, learn about Symmetric, and test out our Lime scanner live!

[Reed Tech @ReedTechLifeSci]

Medical device data becomes critically important throughout the supply chain, particularly #UDI (Unique Device Identification). With the US FDA Class I deadline now just a couple months away, gaining visibility in the #GUDID has many benefits. Learn more - https://t.co/HaUSwZXSJg

[Reed Tech @ReedTechLifeSci]

Our next live webinar features a panel across the med device industry including @GMDNAgency, @SymmetricHS and @greenlightguru. Register to join us live or review the recording. Register here https://t.co/KmRRmr9mUZ

[FDA Medical Devices @FDADeviceInfo]

Today, the @US_FDA identified a Class I Recall, the most serious type of recall: Smiths Medical is recalling Medfusion 3500 and 4000 Syringe Infusion Pumps.

[Symmetric Health Solutions @SymmetricHS]

“Tracking material that’s flowing into a health system — from manufacture to shipping to delivery to storage to point of use — is critical”

And that's why we built Symmetric Lime, scanning software that works.

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Millions of Philips ventilators were recalled in June 2021 for “toxic or cancer-causing effects... Yet a year later, many patients are still awaiting replacements — and some are using the recalled machines despite those possible risks."

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"The vast majority of emissions in the [healthcare] sector — 80% — come from the medical supply chain."

Healthcare leaders are beginning to turn their focus toward sustainability; managing supply chain emissions will be key to decarbonizing.

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Nationwide imaging dye shortages are the latest healthcare supply chain disruption, "the result of the recent lockdown in Shanghai to quell a Covid outbreak [that] has prompted hospitals to ration."

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In an effort to "boost global supply of vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics for COVID-19," the White House and NIH have licensed research tools and resources to the World Health Organization's technology access program.

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"The U.S. healthcare system is facing supply shortages that dwarf the problems experienced in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic," writes Forbes, highlighting the challenge of identifying substitute products.

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The administration "suggested that the government help aggregate and disseminate data that could make it easier for companies to understand their supply chains and identify weaknesses."

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[Symmetric Health Solutions @SymmetricHS]

Hear from our team and Reed Tech next Thursday at 11a ET on UDI and its role in the healthcare supply chain!

[Reed Tech @ReedTechLifeSci]

Join us for the next informative session on US FDA Class I UDI Requirements & Exceptions. Specific scenarios require UDI data submission. Learn more from the expert panel on medical device #UDI data and its many uses for the supply chain. https://t.co/Qk62RNLjH3

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Join our fast-growing team! More information at https://t.co/pwdZ2aT43x

[Pittsburgh Startup News @pghstartupnews]

New Jobs posted: @SymmetricHS is hiring:
- Lead Data Engineer https://t.co/qpJ3o5AhlU
and
- Data Engineer https://t.co/ZC2WUqnNmh

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We're excited to be working with @Infor on helping customers connect key data between the ERP and EHR:

"The benefits of [integration] significantly outweigh the challenges of implementing, linking and maintaining that integration."

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On the heels of Covid-related medical supplies shortages, the war in Ukraine raises new questions about the resilience and future of the US supply chain:

"We cannot rely on China forever for crucial medical supplies," says Dr. Dai.

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The Buy American rule issued earlier this month spurs domestic production, including for products like N95 masks, exam gloves and gowns that are critical to the medical supply chain.

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