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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 8, August 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Materials management has effect on high-tech acquisitions

  Hospitals have cut back sharply on capital equipment acquisitions during this economic downturn...

• Group buys offer relief from tough financial conditions

  The majority of hospitals are struggling to access capital and have been forced to cut spending...

Issue 7, July 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Case study: Cost-cutting in high demand

  California’s John Muir Health and Tucson Medical Center in Arizona together saved...

• Spine product pricing presents latest cost control challenge

  Controlling supply costs in the spine market is an inherently more difficult challenge due to the...

Issue 6, June 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Stimulus funds take aim at treatment protocols Cutting cost at root of federal efforts to trim healthcare spending

  This feature story looks at an upcoming federal program designed at least in part to help cut...

• Managing orthopedic implant costs takes imagination and a smart game plan Many hospitals have succeeded in controlling implant costs

  Product standardization in the sensitive physician preference area of orthopedic implants has...

• How one IDN gave cold shoulder to high energy costs Hospital invests and warms to far-reaching power savings

  : A hospital’s physical plant can provide a wealth of savings opportunities. Materials...

Issue 5, May 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Recession batters hospitals, but leaves most suppliers unharmed Capital equipment and pharma struggle, but consumables sales show resilience

  The recession has forced hospitals to reorder their budgets in response to declines in occupancy...

• To save money on OR products, call a doctor

  As part of cost cutting, hospitals are more involved than ever on trimming costs for physician...

Issue 4, April 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Hospitals push back against declining revenue

  The recession along with the growing number of uninsured and underinsured patients is forcing...

• A scientific approach to buying decisions

  Purchasing and materials management executives are pulled in many directions. Vendors are anxious...

Issue 3, March 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Group purchasing under the microscope

  Academic analysis by a University of Pennsylvania researcher has found that hospitals are...

• Standards movement shifts toward GS1 version

  While there is consistent agreement by suppliers and providers that adopting industry standards...

• Hip implant price hikes ease as market matures

  The HMM Price Survey has found price increases for hip implants appear to be easing. Implant prices...

Issue 2, February 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• For hospitals, a bitter pill to swallow

  Major pharmaceutical manufacturers are not providing timely notification of price changes. And...

Issue 1, January 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Healthcare reform looms on the horizon

  How will reform affect the supply chain? And how will hospital budgets, materials management, and...

• HMM 2008 index

  Ask the expert Go through your GPO’s contracts for lower prices. June, p. 6.