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Hospital Materials Management provides timely market news and detailed reports on hospital and group purchasing trends and practices across the country.

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Hospital Materials Management

Issue 12, December 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Teaming up: Even sellers join IDN’s savings effort

  When the Catholic integrated delivery network (IDN) Provena Health in Mokena, IL, tackled trimming...

• Foley prices remain stable

  Even with several new contracts on the books, foley catheter prices have remained stable during the...

• Regional presence aided hurricane response

  The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Wilma shows how group purchasing organizations (GPO) and...

• Hospitals turn to GPO for services beyond purchasing, such as revenue growth

  Obtaining better pricing and utilization of supplies is part of a much bigger healthcare picture...

• HIGPA changing focus to boost public image, reduce supplier involvement

  The board of directors of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) planned to...

Issue 11, November 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• To buy or not to buy: Image devices challenge budgets

  For devices that run $1 million- $2 million or more each, even the generous discounts negotiated by...

• Resource markets nudge IV prices up, survey says

  Prices of IV fluids and related supplies rose in 2004, but not as much as predicted, and they will...

• HOSPITAL PURCHASING

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may begin keeping a closer eye on the performance of medical...

• GROUP PURCHASING

  VHA steps up to the plate with new division dedicated to contract use While Novation in Irving...

Issue 10, October 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Heroic efforts keep supplies coming in wake of Katrina

  Brian Hebert had to slog on foot through the last mile of muddy water to reach the New Orleans...

• PTCA catheters now a bargain

  Prices of cardiac catheters will decline next year, except for incidences in which they are frozen...

Issue 9, September 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E-commerce stats refine search for supply savings

  The 562-bed Memorial Health System of Springfield, IL, estimates it will save $2 million on supply...

• Wound care prices set to rise, survey says

  Prices of wound care supplies are headed up this year, but don't blame the vacuum devices, silver...

• Hospitals make headway in bringing physicians on board with saving efforts

  There is some good news on the physician preference front. A new survey by VHA of Irving, TX...

• Custom-crafted supply chain overhaul produces big savings for VHA member

  VHA and Novation, its purchasing arm, both of Irving, TX, worked together in a consulting project...

Issue 8, August 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• HIGPA enters new phase with year-end Betz exit

  After more than a decade, the Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn. is dropping Robert Betz as its...

• Pacemakers get fancier, pricier

  Pacemaker prices will rise next year, with the newest technology accounting for double-digit...

Issue 7, July 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 6, June 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 5, May 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 4, April 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 3, March 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 2, February 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 1, January 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE