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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.

No gap in plasma supplies predicted following shift of production to B...
April 01, 2005

U. of Chicago Hospitals to install PACS from Stentor to serve 26 facil...
April 01, 2005

Losses down, spending up at Neoforma, but e-commerce company still for...
April 01, 2005

Shared Services taps Alliance Imaging for mobile diagnostic imaging se...
April 01, 2005

Premier inks deal with Smiths Medical for IV catheters for non-acute f...
April 01, 2005

Consorta agreement with FedEx covers digital print services, includes ...
April 01, 2005

Amerinet renews pact with OfficeMax for variety of office, technology ...
April 01, 2005

For pregnancy test kits used in hospitals, Broadlane inks contract wit...
April 01, 2005

King's Daughters Medical Center selects Premier as new group purchasin...
April 01, 2005

Amerinet inks agreements for wound care supplies with various vendors....
April 01, 2005

Support garments used post-surgery covered in Amerinet deal with BSN-J...
April 01, 2005

Shared Services moves corporate office.(Group Purchasing)(Brief Articl...
April 01, 2005

Consorta, Amerinet tap Possis Medical for thrombectomy devices and cat...
April 01, 2005

Novation awards pact to Huntleigh for pheumatic devices.(Diagnostic Su...
April 01, 2005

Denise Remus, Ph.D., R.N., joined Premier, Charlotte, N.C., as vice pr...
April 01, 2005

Drug indices finish 2004 by posting increases.(Brief Article)
April 01, 2005

Groups move on to next generation of online catalogs.(Brief Article)
April 01, 2005

Lab index up; instruments down in Feb.( )
April 01, 2005

Methodist Medical Center.(appointment of Rob Quin)(Brief Article)
April 01, 2005

Shared Services Healthcare.(appointment of Patricia Becket)(Brief Arti...
April 01, 2005

Premier.(Douglas D Hawthorne gets elected as chairman)(Brief Article)
April 01, 2005

GPOs begin issuing GLNs as standard location IDs.(global locator numbe...
April 01, 2005

Declines seen in gown prices.( )
April 01, 2005

Bon Secours finds ways to cut drug costs.( )
April 01, 2005

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth taps Broadlane to outsource purchasi...
April 01, 2005

Stent makers maneuver for primacy, promote test results at cardio meet...
April 01, 2005

Hospitals find going digital is costly, with heavy initial outlays for...
April 01, 2005

Additional cardiology supplies to be made available after St. Jude-Vel...
April 01, 2005

Broadlane chief to hospitals: 'make sure clinicians know cost of suppl...
April 01, 2005

Automated IV therapy system aimed at preventing incorrect doses at Ohi...
April 01, 2005

Pharmaceutical supply shortages blamed on factory closings, approval d...
April 01, 2005

Correction.(Hospital Purchasing)(Correction Notice)
April 01, 2005

Financial consultant aims to help Premier members use data to boost re...
April 01, 2005

Majority of hospitals try to beat GPO prices by renegotiating with ven...
April 01, 2005

Premier brings in pair of former affiliates as full members in January...
April 01, 2005

Consorta gives Sysmex vote of approval with one new contract, another ...
April 01, 2005

Premier gives nod to Derma Sciences to provide line of silver-coated d...
April 01, 2005

Waste-management contract covers growing heap of used computer parts.(...
April 01, 2005

Contrast media focus of Novation-GE agreement.(GE Healthcare)(Brief Ar...
April 01, 2005

Save thousands on medical-surgical supplies.( )(Brief Article)
April 01, 2005