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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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Issue 12, December 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Five top best practices to improve your work and reduce your spending

  Good materials managers are always looking for ways to improve their performance. One of the...

• Do you have what it takes to be a chief resource officer?

  The "chief resource officer" (CRO) is the latest in fad titles for professionals in the realm of...

Issue 11, November 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• When doctors lead contracting efforts, orthopedic implant savings will follow

  Iowa Health, an integrated delivery network (IDN) based in Des Moines, expects to knock a...

• Contracts are key in Foley price stability

  Except for certain specialty and newer models, the prices of Foley catheters have been stable in...

• Orthopedic prices don't match case volume, survey shows

  For years, materials managers have worked to overcome the forces of physician preference in...

Issue 10, October 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Annual AHRMM fest spotlights need for new supply chain strategies

  Will technology save the healthcare supply chain? Will the answer be collaboration? Or, rather...

• Catheter prices level now, but may drop

  Prices of cardiac catheters will decline next year if predictions are correct. In 2006, however...

Issue 9, September 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 8, August 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Expect price hikes for scrubs

  Protective apparel prices will be heading up in 2007, according to nearly 30% of materials managers...

• Knowing the 'code' can help offset cost of supplies

  Materials managers are used to paying for supplies. But there is also a revenue side to the...

Issue 7, July 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Materials managers caught in sudden vendor crackdown on sharing

  Not long ago, Scott Frost received a supply-chain consulting contract containing a clause that...

• Welcome drop seen in stent prices

  As competition increases among stent manufacturers, prices will continue to decrease, this month's...

• Look for price hikes to last through 2006, supply execs say

  Healthcare will not be among the industries paying higher than average prices for the supplies they...

Issue 6, June 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Use your head before moving beds: Precise planning aids vendor switch

  Converting to a new supply vendor is always a challenge, but when the switch involves patient beds...

• Endo price hikes fail to materialize

  Despite continuing issues regarding physician influence and reprocessing regulations, the upward...

• Despite cost, laser technology will catch on due to long-term savings potential

  Hospitals are understandably reluctant to invest huge sums of money in the latest laser technology...

Issue 5, May 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Managing logistics costs pays off in lowering overall supply expense

  When materials managers try to shave costs off of the supply chain, pricing receives the most...

• Caps hold line on knee prices

  The prices of knee implants are on the rise. In HMM's first price survey of knee implants...

Issue 4, April 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Changing of the guard won’t change the course of group purchasing

  Retiring group purchasing veteran Robert "Bud" Bowen says he is optimistic the industry will...

• Suture prices stay the course in 2005

  Overall prices for sutures held steady in 2005, according to materials managers, but individual...

Issue 3, March 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Needle prices level off

  The modest increases in syringe and needle prices that marked 2004 have ended, but the decreases...

Issue 2, February 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Managers say drop in glove prices will be short-lived

  The 30% of materials managers who reported their glove prices de creased last year agreed with the...

• Purchasing pros see price hikes in 2006

  Purchasing and supply executives expect to spend an average of 9% more on capital equipment during...

Issue 1, January 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Groups rally to confront political challenge in 2006

  Group purchasing organizations (GPO) are on the defensive. Halfway through a decade that has...

• Paper prices follow energy

  As long as energy prices continue to rise, so will the price of paper. As with other...