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Hospital Materials Management

A monthly newsletter for the hospital supply industry, providing market news and detailed reports on trends in hospital and medical group purchasing across the country. Coverage includes hospital supply price surveys, hospital purchasing news, price indexes, special reports on materials trends, and news about industry vendors, new products, and trends.

CHCA documents savings from using distributor's electronic commerce li...
May 01, 2003

Discounts impressive in Consorta deal with Hill Rom for hospital beds....
May 01, 2003

Premier adds line of specialty wound care products to agreement with M...
May 01, 2003

Radiology supplies featured in new deals between AmeriNet, NHD, St. Jo...
May 01, 2003

Consorta deal with Sherwin Williams provides discounts on paint, acces...
May 01, 2003

AmeriNet regions have new agreement with Air Products covering medical...
May 01, 2003

Upcoming contracts include robotics, mammography. (Novation).
May 01, 2003

Sharing the wealth in Western New York. (Contracting Strategies).
May 01, 2003

Pacific Northwest hospitals find savings in AmeriNet membership. (Cont...
May 01, 2003

Deal offers lab savings minus reagent change. (Laboratory Supplies).
May 01, 2003

MedAssets says new code represents current policy. (GPO Code Of Conduc...
May 01, 2003

Reprocessor Alliance expands repertoire. (Supplier News).(Alliance Med...
May 01, 2003

Cardinal Health. (Supplier News).(to double sterile manufacturing capa...
May 01, 2003

Baxter Healthcare Corp., Deerfield, Ill., awarded a grant to The Mayo ...
May 01, 2003

Regent Medical. (Supplier News).(begins bar code use)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2003

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Division. (Supplier News).(introduces)(bioabs...
May 01, 2003

Cardinal Health, Dublin, Ohio, in March received clearance from the fo...
May 01, 2003

Tri-anim, Sylmar, Calif., has a new contract with Revivant Corp. (Supp...
May 01, 2003

Nellcor. (Supplier News).(introduces)(tissue hypoperfusion detector)(B...
May 01, 2003

Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Supplier News).(begins bar codes use)(Brief A...
May 01, 2003

Medline Industries. (Supplier News).(launches supply management progra...
May 01, 2003

Interpore Cross International, Irvine, Calif., and DePuy AeroMed Inc.,...
May 01, 2003

Medline Industries. (Supplier News).(opens new manufacturing plant)(Br...
May 01, 2003

Nellcor, Pleasanton, Calif., and Alliance Medical Corp., Phoenix, Ariz...
May 01, 2003

Respironics, Murrysville, Pa., plans to relocate its hospital division...
May 01, 2003

Maxxim Medical. (Supplier News).(to close Richmond, Virginia plant)(Br...
May 01, 2003

Favrille Inc. (Supplier News).(leases office space for corporate headq...
May 01, 2003

NaPro BioTherapeutics, Boulder, Colo., in April sold its technical and...
May 01, 2003

Three suppliers were honored at the April Leadership Conference in Bos...
May 01, 2003

Graham Professional Medical Products, Green Bay, Wis., plans to make i...
May 01, 2003

Interpore Cross International, Irvine, Calif., is hoping to boost its ...
May 01, 2003

Indices for 4th quarter 2002 were up overall. (Price Index).(the overa...
May 01, 2003

PPIs for medical goods move higher in March. (Price Watch).(producer p...
May 01, 2003

Denton Community Hospital. (People on the move).(appointed Patricia Ho...
May 01, 2003

Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn. (People on the move).(announces...
May 01, 2003

VHA. (People on the move).(Curtis W. Nonomaque elected president and c...
May 01, 2003

Texas Health Resources. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

Premier. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

Aramark. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

VHA. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

Portage Health System. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

VHA Inc. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

Washington Hospital Center. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

Cardinal Health. (Positions available).
May 01, 2003

No complaints, big savings from e-commerce venture.(Phoebe Putnam Hosp...
May 01, 2003

Suture price hikes slow to a crawl. (Price Survey).
May 01, 2003

GPO antitrust trial delayed for a year. (Group Purchasing Organization...
May 01, 2003

Baptist Health finds cardiology PACS helps to save on film, increase r...
May 01, 2003

Ohio IDN contract aims at reducing cost of capital equipment maintenan...
May 01, 2003

New Jersey IDN will work with Mayo clinic to set up local network of l...
May 01, 2003

Adventist's Florida hospitals will convert to digital imaging in contr...
May 01, 2003

Unhealthy prospects at HealthSouth. (Hospital Purchasing).(HEALTHSOUTH...
May 01, 2003

CHI installing automated dispensing equipment from PAR Excellence. (Ho...
May 01, 2003

New York hospital to expand PACS use with cardiology system from Agfa....
May 01, 2003

IDN negotiates six years worth of price protection for incontinence su...
May 01, 2003

Health industry groups agree on supplies hospitals should stock for di...
May 01, 2003

Two Texas IDNs join forces to build, equip new hospital, using HealthT...
May 01, 2003

Louisiana hospital adopts barcode system to monitor pediatric medicati...
May 01, 2003

Illinois IDN opts to remain with AmeriNet central, citing benefits of ...
May 01, 2003

Missouri IDN joins ascension, moves to consorta from Premier for contr...
May 01, 2003

Two-hospital IDN moves group buying business from Premier to MedAssets...
May 01, 2003

Sentara selects Agra's cardiology PACS to install in two of its Virgin...
May 01, 2003

MedAssets HSCA joins GHX e-commerce network, bringing site near `criti...
May 01, 2003

AmeriNet members can dial up savings under new telecommunications cont...
May 01, 2003

Virtual GPO lets Consorta members add their local contracts to online ...
May 01, 2003

AmeriNet signs pact for imaging devices with SourceOne Health Care Tec...
May 01, 2003

Premier taps 3M unit for combined offer of consulting service, benchma...
May 01, 2003

Broadlane gives nod to Spacesaver Corp. for three-year renewal of stor...
May 01, 2003

New Novation deal with Medline provides variety of surgical instrument...
May 01, 2003

Premier names two vendors in agreement to supply products for spinal i...
May 01, 2003

Consorta adds temperature measuring products to portfolio of Nellcor d...
May 01, 2003