Healthcare Purchasing News

2000年

Network Services Co (-)

Pedigo Products (-)

Advanced Endoscopy Devices (-)

New hip replacement method gains acceptance (-)

We're looking to honor material management leaders (-)

Hospitals to lawmakers: We need more money (-)

Dietary supplement claims (-)

FDA reuse plan hikes oversight for hospitals James M. Berklan (-)

[0] STERIS Corp (-)

It's not all Washington's fault (-)

Approved sterilants, disinfectants listed (-)

GoCo-op Inc (-)

Spectrum Surgical Instruments (-)

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp (-)

Digital mammography system coming (-)

Premier Inc (-)

Medicare spending to increase: CBO (-)

Operating, capital costs (-)

IDNs want greater presence Julie E. Williamson (-)

Educating purchasers (-)

Royce Rolls Ringer Co (-)

ALCO Sales & Service Co (-)

Needle-free capless valve (-)

How will improved Medicare outlook affect reimbursement? Answer varies Todd Shields (-)

Many purchasers want more from GPOs Julie E. Williamson (-)

Limit Medicare Payments (-)

Will Congress consider Medicare relief? James M. Berklan (-)

Frequently reprocessed single-use medical devices — and their risk category (-)

HPN's 15th award: Tell us about top material managers (-)

Hy-Tape Corp (-)

Network Services Co (-)

Spring platform carts (-)

CS workers likely to give testimony in more lawsuits? Todd Shields (-)

New law may challenge confidentiality practices Todd Shields (-)

Medicare surplus guard (-)

Experts: More battles with HMOs likely James M. Berklan (-)

fastSTATS (-)

Off-site centers have big plans for sterile processing hubs James M. Berklan (-)

Promedix (-)

Medical Action Industries (-)

Face shields (-)

Net challenges (-)

Consorta Inc (-)

Reducing medication errors (-)

Forget health reform? (-)

Producer Price Index (-)

IAHCSMM responds to FDAs reuse risk plans (-)

Spectrum Surgical Instruments (-)

Procter & Gamble (-)

Electromechanical morcellator (-)

Aorta seal approved (-)

Health Services Corporation of America (-)

Surgical center payments (-)

CDC: More vaccines (-)

Price Indices (-)

Ergonomics proposal has many critics James M. Berklan (-)

Midmark (-)

W.A. Baum Co. Inc (-)

Circulation slippers afoot (-)

Triad Hospitals Inc (-)

Heel spur treatment (-)

Sticky subject (-)

Material managers are at a crossroads; need help Gina Besenhofer (-)

Liquid waste treatment (-)

Geerpres (-)

HCFA outlines funding rules for medical devices Todd Shields (-)

Off-site processing not off-track: company officials James M. Berklan (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Aetna U.S. Healthcare gives grants to reduce errors (-)

EPA steps in to control emissions (-)

Who pays for healthcare? (-)

Improve buying by eliminating bad practices (-)

Speculum set (-)

Veriad (-)

Suppleye.com (-)

Barrier protection: Groups draw line on visitors James M. Berklan (-)

Third-party reprocessors gear up for more business James M. Berklan (-)

Study says many hospitals located in unsafe areas (-)

2000 SALARY SURVEY OR salary satisfaction may rise with expected raises (-)

Need for livers more urgent (-)

Buying into ergonomics Guy Fragalaf (-)

InterMetro Industries Corp (-)

Enthermics (-)

QuoteMED.com (-)

Do facilities kowtow to sacred cows? James M. Berklan (-)

Lawmaker: Ergonomics rule will reduce salaries Todd Shields (-)

HCFA's coverage process for devices delays access: study (-)

Adventist's Doss named top material manager James M. Berklan (-)

Out of touch? (-)

Former surgeon general Elders to keynote meeting (-)

Blue Bell Bio-Medical (-)

Artromick International Inc (-)

MedCenterDirect.com (-)

Guidelines 'burdensome' (-)

A change: Optimism high in quest for BBA relief James M. Berklan (-)

CEO: Internet could help reduce radiology costs (-)

FastSTATS (-)

Promedix (-)

Expert: Waste needs careful screening Todd Shields (-)

Armstrong Medical Industries Inc (-)

Closer eye on equipment services may net savings Todd Shields (-)

Hospital Network.com (-)

More ambulance pay advised (-)

HealthTrust Purchasing Group (-)

Researcher: More OSHA regs for TB not needed (-)

E- commerce will absorb GPOs: report (-)

MedicalSupplyChain (-)

30 new infections (-)

Waterloo Healthcare (-)

Expert: Small, rural hospitals must narrow focus on infections Todd Shields (-)

I-many Inc (-)

Physicians cashing in (-)

Health Services Corporation of America (-)

GPOs used per hospital down: study (-)

Massachusetts joins needle-safety law list (-)

Medpool.com (-)

Hepatitis C bigger threat than HIV (-)

InnerSpace Corp (-)

EDI and the Internet: Friends or foes? Todd Shields (-)

BuyMedical.com (-)

Expert: Accounting skills key for CS managers Todd Shields (-)

BuyPower (-)

Employee rights (-)

OSHA relaxes rules for reporting problems (-)

medibuy.com (-)

Hand drying a non-factor (-)

Karl Storz (-)

Heart valve grows with recipient (-)

Broadlane Inc (-)

Producer Price Index (-)

AmeriNet (-)

Medical device guidance (-)

Benchliners (-)

Herman Miller for Healthcare (-)

Heart catheter vaporizes plaque (-)

Agilent Technologies (-)

Price Indices (-)

Innovative organ-donation strategies are needed: report (-)

Medicare Part B payment changes (-)

What has the growing tide of safe-needle technology meant to you? (-)

Microscope (-)

Royce Rolls Ringer Co (-)

'Smallest' dual-chamber heart device (-)

Buyers must get tougher as margins head even lower James M. Berklan (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Group wants increased nursing home payments (-)

Miniature, dual-chamber implantable defibrillation (-)

Inpatient rates to rise 2.3% in 2001: HCFA (-)

Study sees 10% annual growth in equipment leasing James M. Berklan (-)

Kimberly-Clark gets grip on growing glove market James M. Berklan (-)

Hospital liquidation sales can lead to bargain buys Todd Shields (-)

Two biggest hospital chains launch dot-com ventures James M. Berklan (-)

Federal government takes aim at medical mishaps Todd Shields (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Error reporting at Medicare hospitals could become law Todd Shields (-)

New Medical Technology Inc (-)

Woodward Laboratories Inc (-)

Tenet names e-commerce venture, expands focus (-)

Surgical goggles show data (-)

Consorta Inc (-)

Balloon stent has FDA approval (-)

Journal targets errors (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Universal precautions (-)

Johnson & Johnson Medical (-)

Allegiance Healthcare Corp., V. Mueller (-)

BuyMedical.COM (-)

Gripping development (-)

InSource Health Services (-)

Pacemaker software gets approval (-)

How has your job changed over the years? (-)

1,000 needlesticks per day (-)

Allegiance Corp (-)

Scitec Inc (-)

Bergen Brunswig connects with BuyMedical.com (-)

Front-line workers challenge FDA's single-use rules Todd Shields (-)

First bill targeting medical errors is introduced (-)

More pre-market exemptions (-)

Hospitals should pay user fees to government Nancy-Ann DeParle (-)

Patient infections plummet (-)

Omnicell.com (-)

Agilent Technologies (-)

Woodward Laboratories Inc (-)

Inspector General issues kickback fraud warning (-)

Hospitals: Medicare crunch will continue to hurt facilities (-)

Premier and Medibuy.com hyperlink James M. Berklan (-)

Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices (-)

Avoiding ignorance can get pretty depressing (-)

Infections cost $5 billion (-)

Hospitec Inc (-)

Ergotron Inc (-)

Allegiance Corp (-)

Panel will guide alternative medicine policy, research (-)

Budget adjustment (-)

Purchasers struggle to get grip on e-commerce James M. Berklan (-)

Internet start-ups too often ignore purchaser's needs Robert H. Perry (-)

Power examination table (-)

Faceless blood pressure monitor approved (-)

Health Services Corporation of America (-)

Producer Price Index (-)

fastSTATS (-)

Bone-density equipment (-)

Info management is vital (-)

Skytron (-)

Do HMOs limit surgery? (-)

Novation and HealthCare Purchasing Partners International LLC (-)

Prices Indices (-)

AmeriNet, Tenet together in e-plan (-)

Novation and Neoforma.com link (-)

AAMI/FDA session to focus on reuse requirements (-)

Heraeus Medical Inc (-)

Nosocomial infections drop 30% in decade: CDC Julie F. Williamson (-)

Consorta Inc (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Medicare+Choice payments (-)

Universal Product Numbers for med devices still in limbo Todd Shields (-)

Improper antibiotic use costing hospitals millions Julie E. Williamson (-)

ALM Surgical Equipment (-)

Home health relief bill filed (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Tobacco oversight (-)

CDC releases findings on needlestick injuries Todd Shields (-)

New antibiotic against super bacteria (-)

Cimtek renews with HIDA (-)

Court shields doctor's peer-review records (-)

Ergonomics standard's foes hold fast, fear cost Todd Shields (-)

Medicare relief possible; amount, targets uncertain James M. Berklan (-)

Safety net hospitals (-)

Paper chase (-)

Fingernail bacteria suspect (-)

Broadlane gets broad agreements (-)

Off-campus emergency preparedness (-)

Cost still a big question in anesthesia equipment Todd Shields (-)

Major players hedge e-commerce strategies James M. Berklan (-)

Wage adjustment (-)

FDA overstep s reuse authority, group claims James M. Berklan (-)

Sterilization indicator strips (-)

Anti-allergy efforts loosen latex's grip on glove market Julie E. Williamson (-)

IDN brings Neoforma.com millions in sales traction muscle James M. Berklan (-)

HPN's l5th award: Tell us about top material managers (-)

Bad blood a global problem: WHO (-)

New PPS changes (-)

Hospital Medicare margins down (-)

Tracheotomy tubes (-)

Organ banks? (-)

Universal Health Services Inc (-)

New material management certification on the way James M. Berklan (-)

72-hour stay OK for heart patients? (-)

Paramedic payments (-)

Self-care discharge kits (-)

Device makers: GPO practices are anti-competitive Todd Shields (-)

AmeriNet (-)

Workers view mistake-reporting with suspicion Todd Shields (-)

Medicare drug coverage in Senate budget plan (-)

Cervical cap (-)

MedPAC: Double Medicare payments (-)

What's your most common supply or purchasing problem? (-)

Oxygen sensor (-)

First closed-chest heart valve repair (-)

Tenet Healthcare Carp (-)

Plan would link errors, reimbursement (-)

Sinus surgery device (-)

'Hospitals are only as good as the people inside them' Dick Davidson (-)

Terrorist attack preparation (-)

I-many.com (-)

Precision Endoscopy of America (-)

Medibuy.com (-)

Examination lights (-)

Robotic heart surgery is first in U.S (-)

Award to honor top CS departments (-)

Methodist Healthcare System (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Hospitals' fiscal crunch limits pay hikes (-)

How to prosper in the `New Economy' (-)

TB scares still there (-)

M.D. Industries (-)

Ecolab Inc (-)

Healthpoint Ltd (-)

Cigarette receptacle (-)

New technology bill introduced (-)

University of Michigan Health System (-)

fastSTATS (-)

One GPO's strategy: Don't act like a GPO James M. Berklan (-)

More regs for infection control (-)

C-section may increase risk (-)

ALCO Sales & Service Co (-)

Medpool.com (-)

Soaker catheter (-)

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Inc (-)

Next target of cost-cutting budget law may be OR nurse staffing levels Todd Shields (-)

Committee votes to block ergonomics standard (-)

Department of Defense (-)

Margins show hospitals' pain: report (-)

Hospital chairs may transmit disease (-)

Uniflex (-)

Quicker sterilizer available (-)

CS often needs closer ties to manufacturers Todd Shields (-)

Safe sharps bill passes voice vote James M. Berklan (-)

$1 spent saves $6, say nosocomial researchers (-)

Skytron (-)

Give dot-coms 'prime' scrutiny, experts caution James M. Berklan (-)

Pre-market application approvals for devices (-)

Taking error-makers to task (-)

Will the FDA's new standard for reprocessing single-use devices impact your department? (-)

Karl Storz Endoscopy (-)

CSL Environmental Products Inc (-)

Material managers warn of emotional buying in cardiac catheter surge Todd Shields (-)

Integrated Surgical Systems and FDA agree on clinical course (-)

Hospital stock outlook brightens (-)

Having My Say Michael Bohon (-)

Precision Endoscopy of America - PEA (-)

Scitec Inc (-)

FDA letter warns about circumcision clamp injuries James M. Berklan (-)

Sleep apnea device approved (-)

Could HIPAA costs surpass Y2K costs? (-)

Executive decisions would improve purchasing (-)

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp (-)

Heraeus Medical Inc (-)

More physician-owned practice struggles (-)

Heart valve approved (-)

Watch the speed limit (-)

Busse Hospital Disposables (-)

New Medical Technology Inc (-)

Hemodialysis infections boost hospital admissions (-)

Device that helps identify pre-stroke conditions approved (-)

Certification exam features added security quality (-)

Medical Action Industries (-)

Microflex Corp (-)

'Provider-based' status granted too easily: report (-)

Two 15-minute blood tests approved (-)

Groups submit nursing ratios (-)

Microflex Corp (-)

[2] Microflex Corp (-)

Workers push hepatitis C awareness James M. Berklan (-)

Network Services Co (-)

Staff use often makes or breaks vending machine savings Todd Shields (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Hospitals see red over new blood costs (-)

Heraeus Medical Inc (-)

[2] Heraeus Medical Inc (-)

Hospitals' extra scope-cleaning methods help drop TB rate Todd Shields (-)

Promedix (-)

New hearing aid approved (-)

CS leaders predict cleaning-validation plan is next up Todd Shields (-)

ICPs preparing for updated bioterrorism readiness plan James M. Berklan (-)

New Medical Technology Inc (-)

[2] New Medical Technology Inc (-)

Lower latex content linked to higher glove leakage (-)

Royce Rolls Ringer Co (-)

FDA OKs bovine heart valve (-)

Safe to say: Sharps technology still emerging James M. Berklan (-)

'Reverse' direction helps facility deal with cuts James M. Berklan (-)

Top pharmaceutical distributors (-)

You have to give respect to get respect from physicians Laura Ramos (-)

Editor's Note (-)

Light (-)

ALM Surgical Equipment Inc (-)

IV tips safety product (-)

More OR cases mean bigger CS units, headaches Todd Shields (-)

Congress to keep close eye on reprocessing James M. Berklan (-)

Inflation (-)

Prioritize data to avoid information overload Laura Ramos (-)

What are two keys to your professional success? (-)

Blood and fluid warmer (-)

Instrument Specialists Inc (-)

Defibrillator/BP monitor cleared (-)

Internet sites helpful for education: HPN readers Todd Shields (-)

Pointed debate (-)

Gunshot wounds decline (-)

Smart negotiators think long-term Laura Ramos (-)

Time to say thanks John O'Connor (-)

Cardiac diagnostic test (-)

InterMetro Industries Corp (-)

Stand-up MRI approved (-)

Old and new jockey for respect in used device market James M. Berklan (-)

HMO payouts stall givebacks for hospitals James M. Berklan (-)

Net gains for nurses (-)

Despite unappreciated feelings, many CS workers remain loyal (-)

Sticking points Patti Tereskerz (-)

Scale (-)

CORRECTION (-)

'Budget busters' ushering in more challenging era: experts James M. Berklan (-)

Senate approves bill to make defibrillators more common (-)

Needlestick bill approved Todd Shields (-)

Web-based career education aiming at busy professionals (-)

Infection control practitioners feel needed yet undervalued (-)

Helping CS staffers take charge of their careers (-)

Instrument set (-)

Z-KAT purchases surgery unit of Marconi Medical (-)

When threats turn to action James M. Berklan (-)

Firm receives extended clearance for heart rate variability test (-)

Hospital transactions expected to rise (-)

Ground rules necessary to hasten product meetings (-)

ICPs facing more tasks with fewer resources Julie E. Williamson (-)

A year later, medical errors data reinforces work ethic Todd Shields (-)

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp (-)

Mallinckrodt shareholders OK Tyco merger (-)

More than skin deep (-)

FDA approves radiotherapy system (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Good B2B sites out there — if you know where to look (-)

Traditional OR practices left on the cutting room floor Julie E. Williamson (-)

Hand rub cuts infection rate (-)

Skytron (-)

Medline signs with Medical Mart (-)

Docs' use of handhelds to boom: report (-)

FDA approves aesthetic laser (-)

Senate passes health bills (-)

Top nonprofit healthcare systems (-)

Work environment key to finding, keeping employees Carolyn Sostrom (-)

Hospital material managers able to gain more visibility Julie E. Williamson (-)

Silver drops UTI rate: study (-)

MedXRef (-)

More material managers have high regard for GPOs: survey Todd Shields (-)

ASC volume relates to pay (-)

Federal DME rule takes hard line on fraud (-)

Top for-profit healthcare systems (-)

Crossing paths: Training beyond primary duties can boost a department Carolyn Sostrom (-)

Product evaluation committees have matured Julie E. Williamson (-)

Vaccine decreases staph infections: study (-)

Valleylab (-)

Non-latex gloves penetrate higher cost barrier Todd Shields (-)

ASC volume drives profits (-)

Infection control a 'Top 5' error: study (-)

Distributor rankings (-)

Working with other departments requires savvy Laura Ramos (-)

Big-ticket items (-)

CDC urges needle safety to prevent more injuries (-)

Portable spirometer (-)

Medical Indicators Inc (-)

Growth ahead for infusion pump sales Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

AmeriNet (-)

Fast STATS (-)

Top chains court e-commerce James M. Berklan (-)

What is the most satisfying part of your job? (-)

Arm/leg guard (-)

Color video monitors (-)

Kendall (-)

MEDICA '99 previews cutting edge in surgical equipment Julie E. Williamson (-)

Novation (-)

Food and Drug Administration (-)

Inside the numbers James M. Berklan (-)

Don't overlook your best Y2K weapons (-)

Portable moisture analyzer (-)

Sempermed USA Inc (-)

Best Glove Manufacturing (-)

Making the cut (-)

Health Services Corporation of America (-)

National Academy of Sciences (-)

Lender interest down (-)

A challenging year ahead (-)

BP device replacement (-)

Microtek Medical Inc (-)

Woodward Laboratories Inc (-)

Group offers guidelines for physician office sales (-)

Kaiser Permanente (-)

Ergonomics proposal (-)

This bill may stick (-)

Moving CS professionals into the new century (-)

Pathology station (-)

Instrument Specialists Inc (-)

Blood products auctioned online for first time (-)

Report: IDNs lose money on physician practices (-)

Consorta (-)

Pacemaker registry revoked (-)

New safety measures? (-)

California law may lead to shortage Todd Shields (-)

Bin boxes (-)

Johnson & Johnson Medical (-)

Hospital Internet use surges, study finds (-)

Producer Price Index (-)

OIG recoups $160 million via new fraud weapons (-)

Needle shortage? Experts point to mandates as culprit Todd Shields (-)

Paranasal sinus shaver (-)

STERIS Corp (-)

GPOs size up dot-coms James M. Berklan (-)

Price Indices (-)

Inspector General announces anti-kickback safe harbors (-)

Device trials registry delay? (-)

Universal precautions (-)

Facial infiltration needles (-)

Microflex Corp (-)

Some sales reps step over the line Todd Shields (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Clinton finds medical errors unacceptable'; takes action (-)

Ergonomics plan moving forward (-)

New pig may ease transplant fears (-)

Cigarette/trash receptacle (-)

TSI Inc (-)

Safer, cheaper blood technology on the way? (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

For providers, Medicare relief is a work in progress James M. Berklan (-)

Material managers find there's no substitute for experience Todd Shields (-)

Expense accounts (-)

Women more at risk for pneumonia death (-)

Hand/glove washing system (-)

Spectrum Surgical Instruments (-)

Cardiovascular care challenges ahead: study (-)

Promina Health System (-)

Radiology continues 'filmless' shift (-)