Recently added articles from Hospital Materials Management:
When doctors lead contracting efforts, orthopedic implant savings will follow.(IMPLANT SAVINGS)
Nov 01, 2006; ... Iowa Health, an integrated delivery network (IDN) based in Des Moines, expects to knock a conservative 15% off the cost of its most commonly used orthopedic implants by the end of 2006. Although the effort began less than one year ago, Iowa is turning its doctors into group ...
Contracts are key in Foley price stability.(PRICE SURVEY)
Nov 01, 2006 ... Except for certain specialty and newer models, the prices of Foley catheters have been stable in the past year and are likely to remain so in 2007. Materials managers responding to this month's HMM price survey cite contract terms that lock in prices or strictly limit increases. ...
Orthopedic prices don't match case volume, survey shows.(SURVEY)
Nov 01, 2006 ... For years, materials managers have worked to overcome the forces of physician preference in orthopedic implant contracting, seeking to curb mounting prices. But have they also been in the dark about what they and their hospitals really pay for the implants? Possibly, ...
Prices rise along with business activity in August: but ISM purchasing survey sees price stability in healthcare.(ISM INDEX)(Institute for Supply Management)
Nov 01, 2006 ... Economic activity in the manufacturing sector continued to increase in August, in tandem with the overall U.S. economy, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) in Tempe, AZ. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for August was 54.5%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage ...
Palestine Regional saves costs by switching to on-demand electronic forms system.(HOSPITAL PURCHASING)
Nov 01, 2006 ... Although predictions of a paperless office that were popular at the dawn of the computer era never came to pass, it is possible to drastically reduce the amount of paper a hospital uses. Materials managers can take the lead in reducing paper use, with benefits ranging from ...