Healthcare Purchasing News

1999年

Producer Price Index (-)

As law expires, Pennsylvania facilities take heart (-)

Novation extends UHC purchasing contract with Siemens (-)

Premier Inc (-)

Downward revision for hospital spending forecast (-)

Consumer Price Index (-)

Shop talk (-)

Franciscan Health System (-)

Cosorta Catholic Resource Partners (-)

State needle-safety laws may see sharp increase Julie E. Williamson (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Rash of new lawsuits tied to infected sutures (-)

HealthPartners Inc (-)

Records case advances (-)

OSHA ergonomics standard put on hold Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

Afterwords John O'Connor (-)

OR capital equipment: buying in, leasing out Julie E. Williamson (-)

Shawnee Mission Health System (-)

Suit targets merger (-)

E-commerce looks promising, despite growing pains Julie E. Williamson (-)

Purchasing execs predict strong economy to continue (-)

Non-surgical care requires consent (-)

Kaiser Permanente (-)

For-profits under fire (-)

Y2K law may offer protection from 'frivolous' lawsuits Julie E. Williamson (-)

Central service professionals to hear about future options Jonathan Lord (-)

MedPartners' sales get OK from court (-)

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp (-)

Medicare cuts likely (-)

American Hospital Association (-)

Motivation, teamwork are keys to success in CS (-)

Materials managers get better grades from their bosses Bob Kronemyer (-)

U.S. Oncology Inc (-)

Data bank fines ahead? (-)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (-)

Union growth could mean higher price tags for doctors Tracy A. Blankenheim (-)

Providers find that latex guidance is a sensitive issue John O'Connor (-)

Novation (-)

IDNs maintain strong GPO relationships (-)

Food and Drug Administration (-)

Taking Stock (-)

Thanks to newfound support, third-party reprocessors find growing acceptance Bob Kronemyer (-)

Pay raises vary widely for material managers (-)

Health Services Corporation of America (-)

Survey: Hospital rankings biased toward finances Bob Kronemyer (-)

Health Care Financing Administration (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

'Bloodless' surgery finds growing acceptance (-)

Feds: HCFA needs to watch its contractors more closely (-)

AmeriNet (-)

Feds report that surveyors are too cozy with hospitals (-)

VHA Inc (-)

3M Health Care (-)

Joyce will address central service pros (-)

Health industry investment robust, but slowing (-)

Most medical device companies are Y2K-ready (-)

AmeriNet (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Billings for services lead to Medicare fraud charges (-)

Medical inflation outpaces price index in first quarter (-)

Hurricane Floyd (-)

JCAHO to check security (-)

Price Indices (-)

Hospital wins antitrust lawsuit filed by fired surgeon (-)

Hospitals put little stock in hoarding for the new year Julie E. Williamson (-)

Health Care Policy and Research (-)

St. John's Health System (-)

HCFA lax on oversight? (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

New OSHA bloodborne rule will carry more requirements (-)

Norwood-Dingell legislation gets support from AMA Bob Kronemyer (-)

Sen. Richard Durbin - D-IL (-)

Health Services Corporation of America (-)

Ohio mulls needle safety (-)

Sleepy, Hollow John O'Connor (-)

Going mobile (-)

KKR-Alliance Imaging (-)

Urban and suburban hospitals (-)

InSource Health Services (-)

Dodd: Y2K concerns remain (-)

Stand Fast John O'Connor (-)

ORs open up to outsourced reprocessing, repairs Julie E. Williamson (-)

HealthSouth won't split company (-)

Data management helps link big picture with facility's bottom line Carolyn Pye Sostrum (-)

Consorta Catholic Resources Partners (-)

Marquette General Health System (-)

Vencor files for bankruptcy (-)

Four deaths fuel concerns about overuse of antibiotics (-)

Nursing home rehab on the rise (-)

HealthSouth links deal with WebMD, Haltheon (-)

$41 billion Medicare cut included in GOP tax plan Bob Kronemyer (-)

Saint Barnabas Health Care System (-)

Medicare relief ahead? (-)

Most CS departments ill-equipped to reuse safely (-)

UniHealth plans to sell six groups (-)

Columbia/HCA completes spin-offs of 61 hospitals (-)

Shared Services Healthcare Inc (-)

Shareholder suit dismissed (-)

Worth the Effort? (-)

OIG seeks input on guidance rule (-)

Government overzealous in using False Claims Act, group warns (-)

Novation, the supply chain company of VHA Inc (-)

BAD ATTITUDES: Handling negative employees Lisa Werner Carr (-)

Feds: HIV/AIDS take a larger toll on African Americans (-)

Challenge to IDNs: Act more like Fortune 500 firms John O'Connor (-)

Following orders (-)

Afterwords - advertising spaces above surgical sinks; Retracable Technologies Inc. contract with Premier Inc.; OSHA turns to higher cost needle-safety kits; (-)

Correspondence course offered through new program - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management and Purdue University offer Partners in Educational Excellence program (-)

Tenet, physician group form business alliance - Tenet Healthcare Pennsylvaina Region and Delaware Valley Physician Alliance Inc (-)

Perspectives: Letters (-)

Safeskin cinches deals with Owens & Minor, McKessonHBOC (-)

HMOs favor LTC patients - long-term care (-)

Purchase Connection (-)

Power Wheelchair (-)

HealthLine Solutions Inc - Brief Article (-)

Henry Schein expands reach in Europe, U.S - Brief Article (-)

FDA issues: Hemodialysis equipment safety alert - Brief Article (-)

Adhesive Sensors - Oxisensor II latex-free sensors (-)

Second-hand gear - survey from the Healthcare Purchasing News Reader on refurbished medical gear usage (-)

AMA, Copelco devise new practice-finance program - AMA Solutions Inc. and Copelco Capital form AMA CapitalLink (-)

Sporicidin International - Brief Article (-)

Fashion Seal Uniforms - Brief Article (-)

Service Contracts - Brief Article (-)

Bits and bytes making bottom-line differences - Brief Article Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

Bits and bytes making bottom-line differences - 1 - Brief Article Jeff Black (-)

Medical Gas Pipeline - Squire-Cogswell/Aeros Instruments introduces Healthcair series of medical gas pipeline (-)

Professional associations differ on reuse stance - proposed reuse of single-use medical devices causes difference of opinion on question of safety Don Hrabal (-)

Reckitt & Colman - Sporox II sterilizing and disinfecting solution (-)

Skytron - Brief Article (-)

Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp - Brief Article (-)

Needle-Safety Devices - Multi-Draw.sup multiple-vial safety blood collection device; Cover-Cath.sup safety catheter (-)

It's official: Joint certification to debut in 2000 - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management and the National Institute for the Certification of Healthcare Sterile Processing and Distribution Professionals to join Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Supply Contracts - Brief Article (-)

U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D - Brief Article (-)

STERIS Corp - sterile processing system (-)

InterMetro Industries Corp - Brief Article (-)

'Frisco' offers a world of wonders to MM visitors - materials management - Brief Article (-)

Consumer Price Index (-)

AHCPR: Spinal cord injury is most expensive condition Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

OIG wants more scrutiny for hospital-owned practices James M. Berklan (-)

AmeriNet Inc (-)

Health care industry gets low grade for Y2K readiness James M. Berklan (-)

Earnings Digest (-)

Taking inventory (-)

Medicare claims payers defrauded program John Guagliardo (-)

AMA/Intel credential deal targets secure Internet use (-)

Sensitive issue (-)

Afterwords John O'Connor (-)

Study links quality of HMO care, location Julie E. Williamson (-)

Inova Health System (-)

HCFA tells hospitals: Forget Medicaid debt (-)

GAO: Blood shortage not likely for next year James M. Berklan (-)

Experts: Hospital infections a worldwide problem (-)

Supreme Court to hear HMO case on care denial Bob Kronemyer (-)

Catholic Healthcare West (-)

Court upholds law to limit expert testimony in lawsuits Julie E. Williamson (-)

Quarterly hospital earnings down 9.3% in second quarter James M. Berklan (-)

Wound Management & Pressure Relief (-)

Pact will increase physician services (-)

Mercy Resource Management Inc (-)

Taxes for coverage? (-)

Medicare relief a key issue as budget debate continues James M. Berklan (-)

Year 2000 IAHCSMM awards are still up for grabs (-)

Labs can expect new rules soon (-)

Premier Inc (-)

Do mergers impact quality? (-)

American Hospital Association (-)

Why they re-buy (-)

California alters plastic surgery laws (-)

Scripps Health (-)

New fraud investigations? (-)

New Jersey Gov (-)

Program makes it easier for purchasers to get data Bob Kronemyer (-)

Guidelines target office surgery (-)

St. Barnabas Health Care System (-)

Nursing ratios advance (-)

Food and Drug Administration (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Single-use device reprocessors under scrutiny Julie E. Williamson (-)

Report: BBA will continue to take toll on hospitals Bob Kronemyer (-)

Tenet Healthcare Corp (-)

Profit downturn ahead? (-)

Producer Price Index (-)

Study: On-the-spot heart tests to soar in next five years Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

Key players raising stakes in the e-commerce game Julie Williamson (-)

Health Services Corporation of America Inc (-)

Medicare relief is $15 billion question (-)

Seal of approval - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Health Services Corporation of America - Brief Article (-)

House approves nurse visas - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

American Nurses Association - Brief Article (-)

While you wait (-)

The Children's Hospital in Denver is HPN's Central Service Department of the Year - Brief Article James M. Berklan (-)

Premier Inc - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Court: State ignores costs - Brief Article (-)

Health Care Financing Administration (-)

Latex reaction - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

FDA will expedite blood-safety policies - Brief Article Julie E. Williamson (-)

Holding company formed - AML/APL Inc (-)

HCFA: Oversight improving - Health Care Financing Administration (-)

Hospital Statistics - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Price Indices - Brief Article - Illustration (-)

Report raises questions about organ transplants Todd Shields (-)

Bemis sells patient care line - Brief Article (-)

Device surveillance proposal is redundant, industry says - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included Todd Shields (-)

The Health of Our Nation's Hospitals - Brief Article (-)

Earnings Digest - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Tenet ponders shift toward PVC-free products - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included Todd Shields (-)

Report: HIV patients get inadequate care - Brief Article (-)

Pyxis acquires robotics company - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Afterwords - Brief Article John O'Connor (-)

Provider numbers used to bilk Medicare - Brief Article (-)

Alaris settles with Becton Dickinson - Brief Article (-)

Purchasers turning to Internet to obtain used equipment - Brief Article Julie E. Williamson (-)

Equipment Specifications — Sterilization - Illustration - Statistical Data Included (-)

OSHA seeks write stuff for ergonomics proposal - Brief Article James M. Berklan (-)

J&J acquires Innovative Devices - Johnson & Johnson (-)

Abbott pulls products; fined $100 million by FDA - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included James M. Berklan (-)

Equipment Specifications — Decontamination, High-Level Disinfection, Ultrasonic Washers - Illustration - Statistical Data Included (-)

Survey: As Y2K nears, hospitals not taking stock James M. Berklan (-)

Stericycle closes $410 million BFI acquisition - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

FDA finally proposes strategy for single-use medical devices - Brief Article Julie E. Williamson (-)

Equipment Manufacturers - Directory (-)

AmeriNet - Brief Article (-)

Supplier to pay $535,000 - medical device manufacturer - lawsuit - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Budget package completed - Brief Article James M. Berklan (-)

IAHCSMM educational meeting draws global CS staffers - Brief Article (-)

Radiology Partners Inc - Brief Article (-)

Bliley: Open NPDB to public (-)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Brief Article (-)

Handsink (-)

Angelica Image Apparel (-)

Best Glove Manufacturing (-)

Take a gander at this: Billboards are sprouting in ORs Laura Thill (-)

Senior buyer hopes cost-cutting leads to boardroom Laura Thill (-)

Health Services Corporation of America Inc (-)

Corrections (-)

Federal Government (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index (-)

Needle Guards (-)

ENOCHS Examining Room Furniture (-)

Instrument Makar Inc (-)

Year 2000 testing will impact sterility assurance (-)

Surgery center MM mixes Far East religion with business Mark D. Thill (-)

Veterans Administration National Acquisition Center (-)

Cal-OSHA's needle-safety expense report questioned (-)

Price Indices - Statistical Data Included (-)

Nitrile Glove (-)

Pellerin Milnor Corp (-)

Microflex Corp (-)

Futurist eyes high-tech, high-touch OR in 21st Century Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Trend watchers see growth and financial troubles ahead (-)

Premier Inc (-)

Federal agencies warn about glass capillary tubes (-)

Earnings Digest - Statistical Data Included (-)

Flash Sterilization Cycle (-)

Heinemann's Environmental Monitoring Inc (-)

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc (-)

Nurses must be OR fire marshals Rick Dana Barlow (-)

OR material manager nets savings through outsourcing Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

AmeriNet Inc (-)

Discount for therapy mattresses OK'd (-)

Avoiding The Scrap Heap - distribution outsourcing Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Cassette Systems (-)

OMS Medical Supplies Inc (-)

Protective Wear (-)

Computer technology, career recruitment top AORN show Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Purchasing analyst's cost cutting creates new product Julie E. Williamson (-)

VHA Inc (-)

PVC issue gaining momentum - polyvinyl chloride Jane Martinsons (-)

Traffic Management - budgeting Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Bed Exit System (-)

Meditek Inc (-)

Disinfection, sterilization market faces mixed future (-)

Colorado battles antibiotic use (-)

Valley Health pharmacy director's middle name is 'cutting costs' Julie E. Williamson (-)

Top 10 networks ranked (-)

Six months to year 2000: Is your facility stockpiling? Julie E. Williamson (-)

Cracks In The Fortress? - McKesson HBOC Inc Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Hand-Held Dopplers (-)

Suburban Surgical Company Inc (-)

Wanted: CS departments that make a difference (-)

Most clinics not Y2K ready: Senate (-)

St. Vincent instrument specialist won't take 'no' for an answer Bob Kronemyer (-)

Device removes blood clots (-)

Medical Device Manufacturers Association (-)

BP Monitor/ ECG Interface (-)

Liquid Waste System (-)

W.A. Baum Co. Inc (-)

Joint CS certification program gains approval (-)

Public clueless about clinic rules (-)

Recognizing unsung heroes in health care Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Ultrasonography lauded (-)

HIV and hepatitis (-)

CCU headwall - critical care unit (-)

Allegiance Healthcare Corp (-)

Allegiance Healthcare corp (-)

Maintaining instruments a balancing act for CS Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

Precision Dynamics Corp (-)

Medi-Plus? (-)

Heeding guidelines may repel media scrutiny Don Hrabal (-)

Neoforma offers a virtual shopping mall of ideas John Andrews (-)

Consorta Inc (-)

Online health data popular (-)

Joint certification program (-)

FDA warns of contamination - Brief Article (-)

HealthSouth Corp - Brief Article (-)

Scissors-Grip Instruments - Asian Medical Technologies introduces VersaLap.sup instruments with locking handle for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery (-)

Alternate sites need better grip on glove issues - Frost and Sullivan conducts research on usage of latex-alternative gloves (-)

Blickman Health Industries - Brief Article (-)

Advanced Sterilization Products - Brief Article (-)

AHRMM looks to set new educational standards - Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management - Brief Article (-)

For-profits sacrifice charity - Brief Article (-)

McKesson HBOC Inc - Brief Article (-)

Latex-Free Cart - by Edgeco (-)

Kimberly-Clark geared up for more acquisitions - Kimberly-Clark Professional Health Care Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Mobile Instrument Service & Repair - Brief Article (-)

Allegiance Healthcare Corp., V. Mueller - Brief Article (-)

MM evolution needed - Brief Article Ken Dominiak (-)

Medicare tops voter fears - Brief Article - Polling Data (-)

Stericycle crowned king of medical waste management - Brief Article Carolyn Pye Sostrom (-)

Protective Eyewear - Wilson-brand Polysafe (-)

Scope flashback - survey of operating room personnel on endoscopic products and services (-)

Medex - Medex Pressure Transducer System (-)

STERIS Corp - Brief Article (-)

CEO misses the point - Brief Article Robert Betz (-)

Vendors testify about Y2K - Brief Article (-)

Congress mulls needle-safety bill; more states act - Brief Article Sandy Parlin (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index - for health care industry (-)

Synthetic Glove Packaging - innovations from Dash Medical Gloves (-)

Less invasive cardiology procedure given green light - Port-Access (-)

NewBold Corp - announces new imprinter service program (-)

ENOCHS Examining Room Furniture - Brief Article (-)

Perspectives: Careers - Brief Article (-)

Device user fees proposed - Brief Article (-)

Price Indices - Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index for the health care industry (-)

Sterilizaton Wraps & Containers - discussion on preference of surgical instrument storage (-)

New wound care products facing closed OR budgets? - discussion of new wound management technology Julie E. Williamson (-)

Duracell Inc - Brief Article (-)

Safetec of America Inc - Brief Article (-)

IDNs continue to maintain strong GPO ties - integrated delivery networks, group purchasing organizations - Brief Article - Polling Data (-)

Larger losses forecast - Brief Article (-)

Earnings Digest - health care industry earnings (-)

Medical device group petitions FDA to ban reuse - Medical Device Manufacturers Association asks for ban on reusing disposable medical and surgical devices (-)

Anesthesiologists seek new clinic guidelines - on office-based surgery from Synergy Healthcare Services (-)

U.S. Counseling Services Inc - Brief Article (-)

Global Software Inc - Brief Article (-)

Needle safety dogged by efficacy, economic concerns Sandy Parlin (-)

Stocking up for Y2K - Brief Article - Polling Data (-)

Brush Cleaning Kit - Brief Article (-)

Minimally invasive surgery opens up more care options - Brief Article Julie E. Williamson (-)

IOM panel cites antibiotic misuse in hospitals - Brief Article (-)

Supply Contracts - Brief Article (-)

Mercy Health, Holy Cross make plans to merge - Brief Article (-)

Promoting needle safety - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Moisturizing Cream - Brief Article (-)

Perot, Medic agree to supply contract - Brief Article (-)

Running on empty? - Brief Article (-)

Women and heart disease - Brief Article (-)

The American Association of Health Plans issued a statement questioning the findings of a report on denials of coverage by health plans - Brief Article - Polling Data (-)

Purchasing Managers' Index - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Latex-Free Surgical Tape - Brief Article (-)

ARC acquires four surgical care centers - Brief Article (-)

Beating antibiotic resistance - Brief Article Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Too much blood drawn? - Brief Article (-)

Smith & Nephew - Brief Article (-)

Price Indices - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Instrument Management - Brief Article - Polling Data - Statistical Data Included (-)

PhyCor gains investment partner - Brief Article (-)

Perspectives Careers - Brief Article (-)

Study favors system docs - Brief Article (-)

Graham-Field Health Products Inc - Brief Article (-)

Earnings Digest - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

IAHCSMM recognizes CS leaders - Brief Article (-)

Premier speaks out against group purchasing critics - Brief Article Richard A. Norling (-)

FDA approves 'super' aspirin - Brief Article (-)

Medical device hazard information is now available on the Internet - Brief Article (-)

Afterwords - Brief Article Rick Dana Barlow (-)

IAHCSMM seeks to cultivate future CS work forces - Brief Article (-)

Reuse debate rages on - Brief Article Pamela Furman (-)

International trade fairs combine forces - Brief Article (-)

Industry earnings rise 15% - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Starting from scratch leads Still to material management success - Brett Still - Brief Article Rick Dana Barlow (-)

Infusion System - Brief Article (-)

Higher salaries offset by flat raises - Statistical Data Included (-)

APIC honors Rutala - Brief Article (-)

Information key to material management future: HCRMS - Health Care Resource Management Society - Brief Article (-)

Stockpiling discouraged - Brief Article (-)

McKesson HBOC fires execs - Brief Article (-)

Pain Management System - Brief Article (-)

Surgery professionals have options to trocars - Brief Article (-)

APIC pinpoints needle safety - Brief Article (-)

J&J Medical lands artificial-skin marketing contract - Brief Article (-)

Clarification - Brief Article (-)

Extraction Tool - Brief Article (-)

Sales rep access - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included (-)

Federal needle-safety law looms (-)

OPERATIONS - Brief Article (-)

Hospital Y2K readiness still in question - Brief Article (-)

Identification Bands - Brief Article (-)

Cost and safety rule trocar choices - Brief Article (-)

U.S. nears 'painful' transition to antibiotic conservation - Brief Article (-)

Service Contracts - Brief Article (-)

PVC fight moving to bottom line - Brief Article Jeff Black (-)