By Shawn Rhea |
March 08, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription Three-and-a-half years ago, 254-bed Providence Hospital in Washington had a self-managed, on-site delicatessen that, while it served good sandwiches, was a money pit for the provider. “We were having problems with portion control,” says Beth Yesford, Providence's director of food and nutrition. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans |
December 07, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Medical equipment manufacturer Stryker Corp. said last week it would spend $525 million to get into the healthcare device-reuse business. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
November 16, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Environmental mandates may follow healthcare reform as the next big revolution that providers face, with some healthcare providers working to have a say in the matter. FULL STORY »
By Gregg Blesch |
November 02, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Darrel Lorch is a good-natured grouser, and that's how he starts when he recounts how it has been to help out with a new cooperative set up to allow small local farms to sell food to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis.—and eventually other hospitals, nursing homes and schools. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
August 31, 2009
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Basic Web Registration When regional group purchasing organizations consolidated into a handful of national groups throughout the 1980s and '90s, the moves were largely based on a belief that healthcare providers leverage better pricing when large organizations band together to contract with suppliers. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
August 03, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Lawmakers and several healthcare experts last week questioned why the American Medical Association and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education have resisted further restricting industry sponsorship of continuing medical education. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
July 27, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription It was hardly a new message when presenters at the 2009 Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management conference made it clear that controlling physician preference purchasing has become an even more urgent goal for supply-chain managers, given dismal operating margins and healthcare reform efforts that could require providers to make smarter, more efficient technology-use decisions. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
June 29, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription A global trade dispute over raw materials could affect the cost of producing surgical instruments, hospital beds, operating room tables and other healthcare equipment and supplies. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond |
June 22, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription A major problem stemming from the recent shutdown of a Canadian nuclear reactor is more about economics than physics, as nuclear and medical experts asked Congress for funding to solve the current supply-and-demand dilemma surrounding medical radioisotopes. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
June 01, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription The race is on to become the first and last standing among developers hoping to create a massive medical-products mart that would draw buyers from across the country to do one-stop shopping. But the efforts, which are being mounted in Cleveland, Nashville and New York—and together are valued at $1.7 billion—don’t currently appear to be rousing significant interest from purchasers or vendors. FULL STORY »
