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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.

JPC cedes contract role to Amerinet in buyout.(Group Purchasing Organi...
June 01, 2004

Union takes on GPOs over needle contracting.(Needles)
June 01, 2004

Instrument repair, processing costs pose significant problems for OR n...
June 01, 2004

Consorta moves headquarters, reports increased rebates, distributions ...
June 01, 2004

No suture price hikes on horizon.(Price Survey)
June 01, 2004

Cost of electrosurgery can be reduced with new grounding pads, hospita...
June 01, 2004

Less-invasive cardiac surgery made easier with radio-wave ablation sys...
June 01, 2004

Kaiser reports good results from 10-year pact to outsource materials m...
June 01, 2004

HealthTrust extends deal with Elekta covering cancer treatment product...
June 01, 2004

Bariatric patient furniture is expensive, but major vendors are willin...
June 01, 2004

Tennessee hospital system to continue as VHA member, cites contract sa...
June 01, 2004

Stage set for health care adoption of GLN to track specific supply del...
June 01, 2004

FDA keeping close eye on drug-eluting stents, may add new device categ...
June 01, 2004

Florida hospital opts to replace legacy systems with package from Laws...
June 01, 2004

Move to e-commerce from EDI nets IDN processing time savings, large re...
June 01, 2004

Save thousands on medical/surgical supplies.(Hospital Purchasing)(Pric...
June 01, 2004

Diagnostic supplies featured in contracts between Premier and Beckman,...
June 01, 2004

Injection systems for diagnostic imaging covered in Premier pact with ...
June 01, 2004

SSH renews agreement with Mobile covering repair of endoscopic devices...
June 01, 2004

Novation inks series of deals covering surgical supplies with multiple...
June 01, 2004

Novation inks deal with Colorado vendor for continuous passive motion ...
June 01, 2004

Novation set to roll out orthopedic supply contracts between May and O...
June 01, 2004

Diagnostic apparatus index leads April increases.(Price Watch)(Illustr...
June 01, 2004

Gateway Health System.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

TimeMed is sole source of patient, office labels under new Consorta ag...
June 01, 2004

HSCA taps Respironics to provide line of ventilators and masks in new ...
June 01, 2004

Medbuy opens third regional office, aims to expand contract use in cen...
June 01, 2004

Contract spending, e-commerce orders increased in 2003, Novation repor...
June 01, 2004

Latex-free blood pressure cuffs among covered products in Consorta-GE ...
June 01, 2004

Consorta inks new agreements with Tyco for traditional, safety needles...
June 01, 2004

Fletcher Allen selects Philips Medical for capital equipment for new f...
June 01, 2004

Cleveland hospital plans to install units for automated dispensing fro...
June 01, 2004

Patient wristbands to carry more data than ever, as vendors push bar-c...
June 01, 2004

Kuakini Medical Center.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004

Consorta works with consultant to write guides for strategic planning,...
June 01, 2004

Med-surg indices decline overall in 2003.(Price Index)(Illustration)
June 01, 2004

CHCA selects Cardinal division to serve as preferred med-surge distrib...
June 01, 2004

Excel wheelchairs part of new contract between Consorta, Medline for D...
June 01, 2004

Revenue heading up, but so are prices: ISM.(Price Forecast)
June 01, 2004

Clinical testing key to new product acceptance.(Consorta)
June 01, 2004

Providence Hospital.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
June 01, 2004