Hospital Materials Management 1991 - 1992: Vol 16-17 Index

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HMM Editorial Index 1991-1992
American Society for Hospital Materials 91:3.
Management Conference * Monongahela recovers revenue with bar coding. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
* Asset management key to tracking radiology sup- Sep 91:18. ¢ Brockton Hospital improves order accuracy by
plies. Sep 92:14. using EDI. Feb 91:12.
* Consultants find slim GPO price differences. Sep Capital Equipment/Equipment * Hospitals signing EDI pacts with ESI. Dec 92:4
91:16 * AmeriNet signs laser, blood salvage system con- ¢ Hospitals, vendors eye quick dawning of stan-
* Convention launched with building demolition. tracts. Apr 92:6. dard EDI. Nov 92:1.
Sep 92:13 * AmeriNet, Baxter partner for equipment buying. ¢ HSCA renews Enterprise EDI contract. Nov
* Forget RFPs and do your own homework. Sep 92:8. 92:5.
Sep 91:17 * AmHS initiates equipment maintenance pro- * MacNeal to use new EDI and JIT to trim inven-
* Hospitals must control unofficial inventory gram. Aug 92:6. tory. Jun 91:3.
Sep 92:17 * Count on spending $35,000 per LDR unit for * Mercy and St. Francis expand EDI systems. May
* Line item data key to controlling inventory. monitors and equipment (Donna Finney). 91:3.
Jul 91:14. ¢ St. John’s cuts costs with recycling, EDL. Sep 91:3.
Sep 92:15
¢ Maintenance insurance cuts service costs. * Financing options loom for capital equipment.
Sep 92:13 Aug 91:1 Food Supplies and Prices
* Materials managers must rethink OR services. * HSCA runs Hitatchi MRI promotion for mem- * Choosing cost effective enthral nutritional sup-
Sep 91:16 bers. Jul 92:8. plies. Jan 92:2.
* Two stockless hospitals report savings * Hospitals choose used equipment to cut costs. Jul * Food prices on the way up due to weather
Sep 92:26 92:2 extremes. Aug 91:1.
* Hospitals convert to disposable ECG electrodes. * Food and nutrition services non-salary expenses
Automated Systems Jul 92:9. (Nona Veasey). Nov 92:8.
* Abington Memorial uses robot for supply trans- * Hospitals enjoy varied equipment financing alter-
port. Aug 92:4 natives (Paul Burgess and Sam O’Rear). Generic Drugs -
* AmeriNet’s ValuSource available to members. Dec 92:8. See Pharmaceutical/
Jul 91:8 * Hospitals purchase abators to heed regulations. Purchasing Management
* Automation, ABD analysis to cut Packard inven- Aug 91:8.
tory. Sep 92:3 * Hospitals look for alternatives to capital equip- Gloves/Glove Shortage
¢ Baylor-Garland to reap operationally with ment buying. May 91:1.
MMIS. Mar 92:3 * Humana layoffs hit corporate purchasing. ¢ AmeriNet standardizes glove program.
* Brockton Hospital improves order accuracy by Sep 92:9 Nov 92:4.
* Humana moves to fee-per-use equipment financ- * Glove prices on the rise. Jun 92:1
using EDL. Feb 91:12
* Carl Albert Indian to sign with U.S. Data Corp ing deals. May 92:1. * Hospitals on yellow alert over allergic reactions
Oct 91:3 * Humana receives bids for (CU/CCU monitors. to latex gloves. Sep 91:10.
* Christian Health MMIS to improve efficiency. Jun 91:9. ¢ Purchasers expect protective supply volumes to
Mar 92:4 * Humana reevaluates MRI financing. May 92: stabilize. Jan 91:1.
* Former materials manager tackles operating * Materials management must play key role in ¢ Supply keeps glove prices down. Jun 91:1.
equipment planning, purchasing, maintenance
room inventory at Desert Springs Hospital
Oct 91:18 (Debra R. Pritchett). Mar 92:18. Health Care Materials Management
¢ Graduate Health System installing new MMIS. * Medicare reimbursement rules slow down equip- Society Conference
Jan 92:3 ment buying. May 92:2. ¢ Air Force: plan up front for equipment purchas-
* Hospital of the Good Samaritan projects savings * Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec ing. Dec 91:18.
with its LAN-based materials system. Feb 91:13. 91:3 ¢ Marketing aids materials management aware-
* Hospital partners shopping for automated system * New surgical procedure spurs laparoscope pur- ness. Dec 91:17.
Oct 91:5 chases. Aug 91:2. ¢ Materials management: ‘No basement bunch.’
* Hospitals save with pharmaceutical ATMs. * NJHA signs equipment rental contract with KCI. Dec 91:17.
Jul 92:6.
Apr 92:5
* Hospitals saving with GPO computerized cata * Physio-Control halts product deliveries; hospitals Housekeeping/Laundry Management
log. Aug 92:5 wary. Jul 92:1. ¢ Arnot-Ogden Memorial is spending more than
* Hospitals use specialty systems to automate par * Proper planning makes capital equipment pur- expected. May 91:14.
chasing easier and more efficient (Beverly Odum).
levels, requisitions and materials transport ¢ Georgia hospital gearing up to offer sterile/laun-
Jul 92:14 Oct 91:16 dry/ incineration services to others. May 91:14.
* Independence hospital cuts ordering time by + Single-use vs. reusable personal protective equip- * Hospitals cut costs by consolidating disinfectants.
64%. Mar 91:5 ment decisions involve more than pricing. Jul Jun 92:2.
¢ Materials management operations are automated 92:16 « Linen and towel prices slip as market softens. Sep
in 82% of all hospitals. Feb 91:13 * SSSH adds vendors for leasing agreements. 91:1.
* Materials managers voice concerns about long Aug 91:7 ¢ Maintenance insurance cuts service costs
term impact of Baxter MMIS sale. Feb 91:12 * SSSH awards rental contract to Medig PRN. Sep Sep 92:13.
* Monmouth saves $190,000 with JIT, automation 92-9 * Shed pounds from waste line and go reusable
Apr 92:3 (letter to the editor, Jan Runkel). Jan 92:17
Decubitus Care/Therapeutic Beds
* Monongahela recovers revenue with bar coding ¢ SSSH service contracts generate $18.5 million.
Sep 91:18 ¢ Abington Memorial cuts costs of mattress over- Jun 92:9
lays. Feb 91:5. ¢ St. Luke’s Hospital eliminates disposable baby
Bar Coding * Hospitals compare mattresses, consider beds vs. diapers in its new family birth center. May 91:15.
overlays. Jun 91:2
* Hospitals combat phone theft with disposables
Dec 91:4 * Hospitals, GPOs look to cut costs with refur- Inventory Control/Stockless Purchasing
* Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec bished beds. Jun 92:1. ¢ Allegheny Valley cuts inventory with stockless.
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HMM Editorial Index 1991-1992
American Society for Hospital Materials 91:3.
Management Conference * Monongahela recovers revenue with bar coding. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
* Asset management key to tracking radiology sup- Sep 91:18. ¢ Brockton Hospital improves order accuracy by
plies. Sep 92:14. using EDI. Feb 91:12.
* Consultants find slim GPO price differences. Sep Capital Equipment/Equipment * Hospitals signing EDI pacts with ESI. Dec 92:4
91:16 * AmeriNet signs laser, blood salvage system con- ¢ Hospitals, vendors eye quick dawning of stan-
* Convention launched with building demolition. tracts. Apr 92:6. dard EDI. Nov 92:1.
Sep 92:13 * AmeriNet, Baxter partner for equipment buying. ¢ HSCA renews Enterprise EDI contract. Nov
* Forget RFPs and do your own homework. Sep 92:8. 92:5.
Sep 91:17 * AmHS initiates equipment maintenance pro- * MacNeal to use new EDI and JIT to trim inven-
* Hospitals must control unofficial inventory gram. Aug 92:6. tory. Jun 91:3.
Sep 92:17 * Count on spending $35,000 per LDR unit for * Mercy and St. Francis expand EDI systems. May
* Line item data key to controlling inventory. monitors and equipment (Donna Finney). 91:3.
Jul 91:14. ¢ St. John’s cuts costs with recycling, EDL. Sep 91:3.
Sep 92:15
¢ Maintenance insurance cuts service costs. * Financing options loom for capital equipment.
Sep 92:13 Aug 91:1 Food Supplies and Prices
* Materials managers must rethink OR services. * HSCA runs Hitatchi MRI promotion for mem- * Choosing cost effective enthral nutritional sup-
Sep 91:16 bers. Jul 92:8. plies. Jan 92:2.
* Two stockless hospitals report savings * Hospitals choose used equipment to cut costs. Jul * Food prices on the way up due to weather
Sep 92:26 92:2 extremes. Aug 91:1.
* Hospitals convert to disposable ECG electrodes. * Food and nutrition services non-salary expenses
Automated Systems Jul 92:9. (Nona Veasey). Nov 92:8.
* Abington Memorial uses robot for supply trans- * Hospitals enjoy varied equipment financing alter-
port. Aug 92:4 natives (Paul Burgess and Sam O’Rear). Generic Drugs -
* AmeriNet’s ValuSource available to members. Dec 92:8. See Pharmaceutical/
Jul 91:8 * Hospitals purchase abators to heed regulations. Purchasing Management
* Automation, ABD analysis to cut Packard inven- Aug 91:8.
tory. Sep 92:3 * Hospitals look for alternatives to capital equip- Gloves/Glove Shortage
¢ Baylor-Garland to reap operationally with ment buying. May 91:1.
MMIS. Mar 92:3 * Humana layoffs hit corporate purchasing. ¢ AmeriNet standardizes glove program.
* Brockton Hospital improves order accuracy by Sep 92:9 Nov 92:4.
* Humana moves to fee-per-use equipment financ- * Glove prices on the rise. Jun 92:1
using EDL. Feb 91:12
* Carl Albert Indian to sign with U.S. Data Corp ing deals. May 92:1. * Hospitals on yellow alert over allergic reactions
Oct 91:3 * Humana receives bids for (CU/CCU monitors. to latex gloves. Sep 91:10.
* Christian Health MMIS to improve efficiency. Jun 91:9. ¢ Purchasers expect protective supply volumes to
Mar 92:4 * Humana reevaluates MRI financing. May 92: stabilize. Jan 91:1.
* Former materials manager tackles operating * Materials management must play key role in ¢ Supply keeps glove prices down. Jun 91:1.
equipment planning, purchasing, maintenance
room inventory at Desert Springs Hospital
Oct 91:18 (Debra R. Pritchett). Mar 92:18. Health Care Materials Management
¢ Graduate Health System installing new MMIS. * Medicare reimbursement rules slow down equip- Society Conference
Jan 92:3 ment buying. May 92:2. ¢ Air Force: plan up front for equipment purchas-
* Hospital of the Good Samaritan projects savings * Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec ing. Dec 91:18.
with its LAN-based materials system. Feb 91:13. 91:3 ¢ Marketing aids materials management aware-
* Hospital partners shopping for automated system * New surgical procedure spurs laparoscope pur- ness. Dec 91:17.
Oct 91:5 chases. Aug 91:2. ¢ Materials management: ‘No basement bunch.’
* Hospitals save with pharmaceutical ATMs. * NJHA signs equipment rental contract with KCI. Dec 91:17.
Jul 92:6.
Apr 92:5
* Hospitals saving with GPO computerized cata * Physio-Control halts product deliveries; hospitals Housekeeping/Laundry Management
log. Aug 92:5 wary. Jul 92:1. ¢ Arnot-Ogden Memorial is spending more than
* Hospitals use specialty systems to automate par * Proper planning makes capital equipment pur- expected. May 91:14.
chasing easier and more efficient (Beverly Odum).
levels, requisitions and materials transport ¢ Georgia hospital gearing up to offer sterile/laun-
Jul 92:14 Oct 91:16 dry/ incineration services to others. May 91:14.
* Independence hospital cuts ordering time by + Single-use vs. reusable personal protective equip- * Hospitals cut costs by consolidating disinfectants.
64%. Mar 91:5 ment decisions involve more than pricing. Jul Jun 92:2.
¢ Materials management operations are automated 92:16 « Linen and towel prices slip as market softens. Sep
in 82% of all hospitals. Feb 91:13 * SSSH adds vendors for leasing agreements. 91:1.
* Materials managers voice concerns about long Aug 91:7 ¢ Maintenance insurance cuts service costs
term impact of Baxter MMIS sale. Feb 91:12 * SSSH awards rental contract to Medig PRN. Sep Sep 92:13.
* Monmouth saves $190,000 with JIT, automation 92-9 * Shed pounds from waste line and go reusable
Apr 92:3 (letter to the editor, Jan Runkel). Jan 92:17
Decubitus Care/Therapeutic Beds
* Monongahela recovers revenue with bar coding ¢ SSSH service contracts generate $18.5 million.
Sep 91:18 ¢ Abington Memorial cuts costs of mattress over- Jun 92:9
lays. Feb 91:5. ¢ St. Luke’s Hospital eliminates disposable baby
Bar Coding * Hospitals compare mattresses, consider beds vs. diapers in its new family birth center. May 91:15.
overlays. Jun 91:2
* Hospitals combat phone theft with disposables
Dec 91:4 * Hospitals, GPOs look to cut costs with refur- Inventory Control/Stockless Purchasing
* Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec bished beds. Jun 92:1. ¢ Allegheny Valley cuts inventory with stockless.
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EDITORIAL INDEX 1991-1992
Sep 91:4. hand. Feb 91:3. 91:3.
¢ Allegheny Valley to cut OR inventory by * lowa Lutheran plans to cut OR inventory by 10%. ¢ Shawnee Mission cuts surgical par levels. Dec
$200,000. Apr 91:3 a Apr 91:4. 92:3.
* Automation, ABD analysis to cut Packard inven- * Jewish saving with consignment, JIT with O. R * Sioux Valley to save with MMIS. Sep 91:18.
tory. Sep 92:3. Aug 92:3. * South Chicago Community captures patient
* Baxter narrowing gap with Owens & Minor. Sep * Jordan JIT/stockless trims inventory. Sep 91:4. charges. Jan 92:3.
92:6. * Lakeview Hospital turns OR inventory 12 times * Stanford begins stockless in cardiac cath/angio
* Baylor plan for stockless I.V. detailed. Dec 92:1. per year. Mar 91:14. lab. May 92:2.
* Bellin Memorial saves with General Medical * Lenox Hill Hospital gains space with prime ven- ¢ St. Anthony to set up automated inventory. Jun
stockless. Aug 91:3 dors. Jan 91:4. 91:3.
* Bethania Regional signs modified JIT for * LGHCS sells HCM to Stuart to handle stockless. ¢ St. Elizabeth implements new lens tracking sys-
med/surg. Dec 91:4. Jun 92:3. tem. Jan 91:3.
* Boston hospital to select a second stockless ven- « Line item data key to controlling inventory. Sep * St. Luke’s Episcopal saves with stockless, recy-
dor. Jan 91:3. 92:15 cling. May 92:3.
¢ Cardinal-Durr merger won’t affect Vanderbilt ¢ Lutheran General tackles O.R. inventory, pon- ¢ St. Mary’s bans drug sales reps, sets price cap.
stockless. Sep 92:4. ders JIT. Jun 92:3. Dec 91:3.
¢ Cedars-Sinai to save with preferred vendor. Jul * MacNeal to use new EDI and JIT to trim inven- ¢ Stockless momentum gains in first quarter. Jun
91:21. tory. Jun 91:3. 92:7.
¢ Consignment grows in O.R., stalls in med/surg. * Marian Health to save with five-year stockless * Stockless contracts higher in second quarter. Sep
Jan 92:16. plan. Jan 92:3. 92:5.
¢ Deaconess-Central tackles unofficial inventory. * MCD forms delivered directly to end users. Jan * Stockless program momentum slows in 1991. Jan
Mar 92:3. 91:4. 92:6.
¢ Des Moines General goes stockless with Baxter. * Medical Center to save with JIT, EDI and stock- * Stockless contracts post third quarter 1992 gains.
Aug 91:3. less. Jul 91:3.
* East Liverpool saves with prime vendor agree- * MEDINET network helps hospitals clean house. ¢ Stockless programs sputter after initial boom. Oct
ment. Sep 91:3. Aug 91:3 91:14.
¢ Ellis home infusion venture generates revenue. * Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec ¢ Summit Medical to slash inventory by more than
Jul 91:3. 91:3. half. Apr 92:4.
¢ Enhanced Delivery System bridges traditional- ¢ Mercy-San Diego stockless to save $1.2 million * Two stockless hospitals report savings. Sep 92:26.
JIT gap. Dec 92:2. Mar 92:3. * UMC-Lubbock to cut inventory value with
¢ Evaluating the need for needleless I.V . systems. * Methodist to save $700,000 with five-year stock- MMIS. Apr 92:4.
(Melanie Halpern). Dec 91:2. less. Jul 92:3. * Univ. of Minnesota slashes $2 million from
¢ Evanston Hospital Corp. has new stockless ven- * Monmouth saves $190,000 with JIT, automation. inventory. Jun 91:1.
dor. Jul 92:5. Apr 92:3. * University starts JIT/stockless with Baxter. Jun
¢ Fairview General adjusts inventory reduction * Munroe Regional targets orthopedic inventory. 91:4.
goals. Mar 91:3 Jan 91:6. ¢ VHA Supply adds Midwest to line of distribu-
¢ Falmouth grading system to enhance fill rates. « Myrtue signs three-year stockless with Koley’s. tors. Oct 91:9.
Oct 91:6. Jul 91:3. ¢ Vanderbilt re-evaluating stockless agreement.
¢ Franciscan standardizes vendors, joins CROSS. * New system helps West Jefferson track inven- Nov 92:3.
Dec 91:3. tory. Mar 91:6. ¢ Wentworth-Douglass organizes OR inventory.
* Good Samaritan slashes inventory with stockless. * Northwestern Memorial pays its bills electroni- Oct 91:5.
Sep 91:3. cally. Jan 91:3. ¢ West Penn will use new MMIS to cut inventory.
¢ Harper to save $1 million with Baxter stockless. ¢ Northwestern renegotiates stockless agreement. Apr 91:4.
Jun 92:3. Jul 91:3. * Yale-New Haven projects benefits with new sys-
* Heartland to save money with new MMIS sys- ¢ Northwestern uses hand helds for inventory. Jul tem. Mar 91:6.
tem. Feb 92:3. 91:21.
¢ Hospital of the Good Samaritan projects savings ¢ Parkview stockless cuts inventory values in half. Laboratory/Lab Contracts
with its LAN-based materials system. Feb 91:13. Oct 91:3. * AmeriNet signs four new lab contracts. Jan 92:9.
¢ Hospital cautious with sharps containers. Jul ¢ Piedmont cuts inventory by more than $900,000. * Choosing the right laboratory reagents, instru-
91:2. Jun 91:3. mentation. Apr 92:18.
¢ Hospitals combat phone theft with disposables. * Polyclinic asks vendors to customize supply * MacNeal venture with Damon reduces costs. Jun
Dec 91:4. labeling. May 91:5. 91:20.
¢ Hospitals examine stockless options despite * Premier keeps close watch on stockless. May * Materials management and laboratory must work
resistance. Apr 91:2. 91:10. together under auspices of new rules. Jun 92:16.
¢ Hospital materials managers need to know what * Premier survey probes stockless future. Oct 92:7. * MedEcon tries piggyback bonus to boost compli-
consignment really offers purchasers (Thomas W. ¢ Primary supplier relationships for all inventory ance. Feb 91:6.
Hughes). Mar 91:18. items can reduce a hospital’s operating costs *Mercy value analysis saves almost $500,000
* Hospitals must control unofficial inventory. Sep Apr 92:17 annually. Jun 92:4.
92:17 * Riverside shopping for prime vendor. Jun 91:4. * Non-salary lab expenses tracked. Oct 92:10
¢ Hospitals sell Medline their unofficial inventory * Rockingham Memorial slashes O.R. inventory. * Northwestern system tracks lab supplies.
Jul 91:5. Jul 92:3. Jun 91:20.
¢ Hospitals should save reducing expensed items. ¢ Santa Clara Valley to save with centralization, ¢ Safe Harbor may mean rough waters for hospitals
May 92:4 MMIS. Feb 92:3. contracts. Oct 91:1.
* Hospital systems use off-site warehouses for * San Antonio gears up for stockless agreement.
internal stockless inventory programs. Feb 92:9. Aug 91:3. Materials Management
* Humana to manage inventories with new MMIS. * San Jose Medical Center’s inventory down by (See also — more specific headings)
Aug 92:8. 33%. Apr 91:3. ¢ Baylor-Garland to reap operationally with
* Indiana hospital stockless to slash inventory on ¢ San Pedro gears up for stockless purchasing. Mar
MMIS. Mar 92:3.
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EDITORIAL INDEX 1991-1992
* Bethania Regional signs modified JIT for Sep 91:16 * Doll issues 1991 hospital supplies price forecast
med/surg. Dec 91:4 * Materials managers question how Uniform Com- Mar 91:9.
* Central service non-salary expenses tracked. Dec mercial Code treats faxed purchase orders. Aug ¢ Evaluating the need for needleless I.V. systems.
92:18 91:22 (Melanie Halpern). Dec 91:2.
* Childrens-L.A. to be more efficient with new * MM department at Rhode Island Hospital helps ¢ Falmouth grading system to enhance fill rates.
MMIS. Jun 91:5 facility cut deficit with cost reductions (Charles Oct 91:6.
¢ Christian Health MMIS to improve efficiency Mahoney, MS, RPh). Mar 91:20. ¢ Franciscan standardizes vendors, joins CROSS.
Mar 92:4 * MMs have a role in budget cuts (William R. Dec 91:3
* Diagnostics market on the rise to AIDS, cancer Lewis). Mar 91:21 ¢ Hospital cautious with sharps containers. Jul
tests. Jun 91:17 * Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec 91:2.
* Efficient shipping & receiving ares trim dross 91:3. ¢ Hospitals combat phone theft with disposables.
from materials management operating budget * MLI offers actionable savings tips (Martin Holz- Dec 91:4
May 92:18 man). Sep 92:11 ¢ Hospitals, GPOs look to cut costs with refur-
* Epic Healthcare selects new computer system * New OSHA bloodborne pathogens rules on hori- bished beds. Jun 92:1
May 92:7 zon. Dec 91:4 * Hospitals grim; Physio-Control extends produc-
* Evaluating the need for needleless I. V. systems * Primary supplier relationships for all inventory tion shutdown. Sep 92:1
(Melanie Halpern). Dec 91:2 items can reduce a hospital's operating costs. ¢ Hospitals refute price hikes by setting caps
* Forget RFPs and do your own homework Apr 92:17 Apr 92:10
Sep 91:17 * Restraining sales reps bedevils materials man * Hospitals skittish about war, some brace for
* Franciscan standardizes vendors, joins CROSS agers. Apr 92:1 shortages. Mar 91:1
Dec 91:3 ¢ Reusable personal protective equipment refutes * HSCA merges med/surg capital equipment pro-
* HCSA creates Academy for materials manage savings claims of disposable counterparts (Nathan grams. Aug 91:6
ment. May 92:8 L. Belkin, Ph.D.). Oct 92:14 and ¢ IMS updates HMM's med-surg indexes
* Hershey/Penn State conducts materials study. Jun Dec 92:16 (James J. Doyle, Ph.D.). Feb 91:14.
92:5 ¢ Safety goggle prices expected to fall ¢ |.V. free-flow risk creates alarm, possible price
* Hospital materials managers need to know what Feb 92:14 changes. Aug 92:2
consignment really offers purchasers (Thomas W * Some participants protest results. May 92:14 ¢ Jackson Memorial saves with prime vendor con
Hughes). Mar 91:18 ¢ St. Mary’s bans drug sales reps, sets price cap. tract. Mar 92:4
* Hospital materials managers must understand Dec 91:3 ¢ Markup ratios for medical supplies growing at
HHS’s Safe Harbor regulations. Apr 92:22 ¢ Study: CEOs satisfied with materials managers higher rate than in previous years, HCIA reports.
¢ Hospital materials managers should recognize Sep 91:5 Jul 92:11
and promote their roles in their institutions ¢ A supplier’s firm offer not revocable within time ¢ MedEcon awards more sole sources contracts
Feb 91:25 allotted, according to federal code Oct 91:7
* Hospital Price Index to track revenues Feb 92:22 * MedEcon puts med-surg contracts out to bid. Mar
Feb 92:11 * Tongue blade prices mixed. Feb 92:14. 91:7
* Hospitals look to industry for solutions on how to * UMC-Lubbock to cut inventory value with ¢ Med/surg prices down 1.8% in the first quarter
improve materials handling. Sep 92:18 MMIS. Apr 92:4 Aug 91:16
* Hospitals may be bound by terms added in sup * Vendor discusses high-frequency ventilators. ¢ Efficient shipping & receiving ares trim dross
plier’s acceptance of an offer. Mar 92:22 (J. Bert Bunnell). Dec 91:13 from materials management operating budget
* Hospitals should include clauses in contracts * VHA Supply add Midwest to line of distributors May 92:18
when renting medical equipment to patients. Mar Oct 91:9 * Med/surg prices jump 5. 7 @ in the fourth quarter
91:24 May 92:20
* Hospitals purchase abators to heed regulations Med/Surg Supplies * Med/surg prices slip in 0.2% in the third quarter.
Aug 91:8 * Advanced Cardiovascular Systems cuts catheter Feb 92:16
* Hospitals rethinking use of sharps containers. Jun prices after FDA halts production. Oct 92:1. * Med/surg prices slip 1.7% in first quarter in 1992.
91:21 * AmeriNet Elite contract extends to implants. Jan Aug 92:16.
* How the laws govern advertising and promo 91:10 ¢ Med-surg prices up 5% in the fourth quarter. May
tional allowances given by suppliers. Jan 92:22 ¢ AmeriNet Indexes show drop in rate of inflation. 91:16
* Managers expecting flat MDI prices. Sep 91:19 Mar 92:5 ¢ Med-surg prices up 0.08% in the third quarter
* Materials management and laboratory must work * AmeriNet negotiates early renewals of IV con Feb 91:19
together under auspices of new rules tracts. Jan 91:8 * Mentor set to raise prices for silicone-gel breast
Jun 92:16 * Ancilla Systems replaces Burrows with Colonial implants. May 92:16.
* Materials management must play key role in May 92:6 * Mercy National purchases up 26%; dietary leads.
equipment planning, purchasing, maintenance * Baxter’s urological sales may rise when Bard Oct 91:9
(Debra R. Pritchett). Mar 92:18 makes products. Jan 91:2. * Needle, syringe makers wage war. Jan 91:1.
* Materials manager lambasts anti-disposables * Bethania Regional signs modified JIT for ¢ Producer Price Index held firm at 123.7 in July;
story (Letter to the editor, Claude Hale) med/surg. Dec 91:4 Medical Care Commodities Index up to 188.6.
Oct 91:15 * Buyers taking silicon-gel breast implant ruling in Sep 92:25
+ Materials managers concerned about stockless stride. Feb 92:1 ¢ Purchase Connection reports contract results
Letter to the editor, J. S.M etz). Feb 91:26 * Consignment grows in O.R., stalls in med/surg Feb 92:8
* Material managers must become customer Jan 92:16 * Purchase Connection tray, urological contracts
focused. Jan 92:5 * CROSS bundles laser purchases for hospitals. Feb 92:6.
* Material managers must gear up for OSHA rules Mar 91:8 ¢ Purch. Conn. hospitals to save with waste con-
May 92:3 * Disposable face mask prices to stabilize. Jan tracts. Jun 92:8
¢ Materials managers must know their rights on 92:11 ¢ San Pedro puts JIT on hold to consider new bids
ontracts requiring payment before delivery * DisposablOeR pack prices go up 5%. Mar 91:1. Aug 91:4
Jan 91:25 * Disposables, convenience kits are costing hospi- « Set up a needlestick reporting and tracking pro-
¢ Materials managers must rethink OR services tals an unnecessary fortune. Sep 91:14. gram to see if safety devices are needed.
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EDITORIAL INDEX 1991-1992
Jan 92:14 *OR procedure pack market is soft due to the use Pharmaceutical/
¢ St. Francis saves with JIT for med/surg supplies. of more reusable products, custom packs. Mar Purchasing Management
Oct 91:3. 91:10 ¢ Alliances signs with Merck for sole-source drugs.
¢ St. Joseph extends JIT agreement to the lab. ¢ Smoke evacs extract airborne bacteria from O.R Jan 92:9.
Feb 91:3. laser sites. Sep 92:2. * AmeriNet Indexes show drop in rate of inflation.
«S eSpt. 9L2u:k3e ’s moves supplies to off-site warehouse J* ulR o9c2k:i3 ngham Memorial slashes O.R. inventory. Mar 92:5.
* AmHS and Abbott curb generic drug costs.
* St. Mary’s to save $150,000 with JIT. Apr 92:3 ¢ St. Joseph cuts L.C.U. cuts with supply station. Aug 92:6.
¢ St. Paul Ramsey converts 10 supplies to Colonial Aug 92:4. * Bakersfield Memorial saves with drug ATM.
Jan 91:3 * Wentworth-Douglass organizes OR inventory. May 92:5.
¢ Summit Medical to slash inventory by more than Oct 91:5 ¢ Buying bicarbonate bath in powdered form
half. Apr 92:4 * West Jefferson switches from OR exchange carts slashes costs (Robert J. Doyle, R.N., M.S.)
¢ SupportHealth creates new corporate agreement to par carts. Mar 91:15. Mar 92:17
Feb 92:6 « Cephalosporin prices rising in wake of Pryor bill.
¢ Supply costs per procedure identified in new Orthopedics Jul 91:1.
HMM survey. Aug 92:1 ¢ AmeriNet Elite contract extends to implants. * Drug indexes down 0.2% from second quarter
* Surgical prices inch up. Mar 92:1. 91:10 Jan 91:22.
¢ Suture prices to rise 6%. Sep 92:1. ¢ Former materials manager tackles operating * Drug indexes down 0.3% from second quarter.
¢ UHC signs dual-source national distribution con- room inventory at Desert Springs Hospital. Oct Jan 92:19
tract. Jul 91:1 91:18. * Drug indexes down 0.8% in fourth quarter 1991
¢ United Medical names Baxter in Hermann law- * Hospitals saving with custom implants. Nov Apr 92:19.
suit. Feb 92:2 92:7 ¢ Drug indexes fal! 2.4% in second quarter 1992.
¢ U.S. Surgical poised to make bid for share of ¢ Implant prices rose more than 8%, OMN reports. Oct 92:19.
suture market. Feb 91:1 May 92:17. * Drug indexes fall 1.5% in third quarter 1992. Dec
¢ Vendor discusses high-frequency ventilators * LAC-USC standardizes orthopedic implants. Jul 92:19.
(J. Bert Bunnell). Dec 91:13. 92:5. * Drug indexes increase 2% in first quarter 1992.
* VHA renews sole-source disposables pact with ¢ Munroe Regional targets orthopedic inventory Jul 92:19.
Kimberly-Clark. Nov 92:6 Jan 91:6 * Drug indexes up 3% from third quarter 1990. Apr
¢ VHA shifts private-label distribution to Baxter ¢ Munroe Regional to save $30,000 on orthope- 91:22.
Jan 92:7 dics. Apr 91:4. ¢ Drug indexes up 2% from fourth quarter 1990
¢ Yankee signs five-year contract with Stuarts. Oct * Orthopedic hard goods first for Purchase Connec Jul 91:20.
tion. Dec 91:8 * Drug indexes up 0.7% from first quarter 1991.
* Orthopedic network to be sold; Ettinger joins Oct 91:19.
Operating Rooms Baxter. Sep 91:8. * Generic drug prices may rise 8-10%. Feb 91:1
¢ Allegheny Valley to cut OR inventory by ¢ Orthopedics vendors may target patients directly. * Generic drug prices still falling. Feb 92:1
$200,000 Apr 91:3 Jan 91:7 ¢ GPOs unhappy with pharmaceutical contracts.
¢ AmeriNet signs face shield contract with BFD. * Purchasers see growing role in orthopedics. Sep 92:9.
May 92:6 Jan 91:6. * Groups wary of turmoil in generics industry. May
¢ Baptist Hospital expects to save $750,000. Mar * VHA North Central to rate implants. Sep 91:6. 91:10.
91:15 ¢ VHA regionals ponder orthopedic implants. ¢ HCA’s fallout with Baxter anticipated
* Consignment grows in O.R.., stalls in med/surg Feb 91:7 Mar 92:9.
Jan 92:16 * HCI supplies Moscow center through Vector. Oct
* Epic switches to Jarit for instruments from Paper Products/Forms Management 91:7.
Codman. Jul 92:7 ¢ Controlling custom imprinting costs ¢ Henry Ford moves on drug reps; others debate
¢ Former materials manager tackles operating (Janet Bellows). Oct 92:18. tactic. Mar 92:2.
room inventory at Desert Springs Hospital. * Disposables, convenience kits are costing hospi- * HIGPA offers amendment to reinstate discounts.
Oct 91:18 tals an unnecessary fortune. Sep 91:14. Sep 91:6.
¢ GPOs sign contracts for U.S. Surgical sutures. * Foam cups may be safer. Mar 91:27 ¢ Hospital pharmacists seek to control sales rep
Apr 91:6 * Hospital purchasers expect fetal monitoring activities. Apr 92:2.
* Hospital of the Good Samaritan gains 50% more paper prices to rise 3% to 5% in the next year. May ¢ Hospitals can reduce Rx costs through well-con-
storage space with active-aisle shelves. Mar 91:14. 91:11 trolled formularies, AJHP report says. Nov 92:3.
* Hospitals see steady purchasing of specialty pro- * Increased competition means stable prices for * Hospitals eliminating heparin I. V. catheter
tective wear against blood aerosols. Jul 91:10 yellow self-stick removable note pads. flushes save money, reduce patient side effects.
* lowa Lutheran plans to cut OR inventory by 10%. Jan 91:17. Mar 92:16.
Apr 91:4. ¢ Ingalls Memorial launches paper recycling pro- * Hospitals, pharmacists share equivalent responsi-
¢ Lakeview Hospital turns OR inventory 12 times gram. Feb 92:4. bilities and liabilities for actions. Oct 91:22.
per year. Mar 91:14. * MacNeal will not stop paper recycling program. * Hospitals predict soaring pharmaceutical cost if
¢ Lutheran General tackles O.R. inventory, Mar 91:6 discounts are eliminated, study shows. Jun 92:19.
ponders JIT. Jun 92:3 * Paper prices to escalate 2% to 5%. Apr 91:1. * Hospitals refute price hikes by setting caps.
* MacNeal Hospital evaluates utilization and pro- ¢ Paper prices fall nearly 2%. Apr 92:1. Apr 92:10.
jects operating room savings of $61,000. * Purchase Connection seeks committed volume. * Hospitals save with pharmaceutical ATMs.
Mar 91:15 Mar 91:7. Apr 92:5.
* Mercy value analysis saves almost $500,000 * Purchasers foresee stable prices for lined-paper * IMS updates HMM’s Pharmacy Indexes (James
annually. Jun 92:4 pads. Mar 91:16. J. Doyle, PhD). Jan 91:19
¢ New surgical procedure spurs laprascope pur- * Shadyside Hospital spent $18,000 on recycling ¢ L.V. solution prices to jump 7%. Oct 91:1
chases. Aug 91:2 Apr 91:18. * LV. solution prices rise 5%. Oct 92:1.
* NPA signs suture, DME rental contracts. Jul * Joint Purchasing signs biotech drug contracts
91:6. Mar 92:5.
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* Look before leaping when buying costly biotech Mar 92:17 ¢ VHA renews five-year pact for management set
drugs (Patricia A. Colaizzi). Jun 92:15 * HSCA pushes Hausted for patient handling vices. Dec 92:6
« Managers expecting flat MDI prices. Sep 91:19 equipment. Nov 92:4
* Medicaid rebates may skew pricing of * HSCA renews leasing deal with Copelco. Oct Purchasing, Hospital
pharmaceuticals. Feb 91:2. 92-7 (see also Department Listings)
* Mercy National renews prime vendor contract * HSCA renews Enterprise EDI contract. Nov Alta Bates saves after JIT switch to Owens &
with McKesson. Nov 92:6 92:5 Minor. Oct 92:3
* Mercy signs contract with Agfa Matrix and * HSCA signs rental equipment agreement. Dec ¢ Baltimore Co. General purchases X-ray rooms
Miles. Mar 91:9 92:6 Nov 92:2
* Mercy value analysis saves almost $500,000 «I. V. solution prices to jump 7%. Oct 91:1. * Baylor finds new ways to reduce operating costs
annually. Jun 92:4 * Material manager lambasts anti-disposables story Aug 91:3
* New GPO exceeds membership projections (Letter to the editor, Claude Hale) ¢ Bergen Brunswig purchase of Durr questions
Jun 91:7 Oct 91:15 Vanderbilt stockless deal. Oct 92:3
* Pharmacists have more responsibilities, liabilities * MedEcon adds affiliates through partnership. Dec * Bethania Regional signs modified JIT for
than hospital materials managers. Sep 91:22 91:8 med/surg. Dec 91:4
* Pharmacy non-salary expenses per admission * MedEcon awards contracts in eight categories ¢ Bunnell ordered to halt ventilator distribution
Sep 92:10 Oct 92:5 Oct 92:2
* Purchase Connection votes on pharm contracts * MedEcon drops affiliation with HSNE ¢ Children’s saves with recyclable sensors. Nov
Jun 91:9 Oct 92:5 92:2
¢ St. Mary’s bans drug sales reps, sets price cap * MedEcon signs three-year pact with JPC ¢ Evaluating the need for needleless I.V systems
Dec 91:3 Dec 92:6 (Melanie Halpern). Dec 91:2
* Valley Medical installs drug dispensing system * MedEcon to unveil asset management program in
¢ Franciscan standardizes vendors, joins CROSS
Dec 92:3 June. May 92:1 Dec 91:3
* Mercy estimates 6% savings with AmHS buying
* Hospital buyers mull over high-frequency venti
Plastics/Petroleum Products affiliation. Apr 91:1. lators. Sep 91:2
* Mercy National launches three-year strategic ¢ Hospitals combat phone theft with disposables
Productivity plan. Feb 92:6 Dec 91:4
¢ Arnot Ogden spending less after switching dia * Mercy National renews prime vendor contract ¢ Hospitals ill-informed of GPO contract details
pers. Jun 91:6 with McKesson. Nov 92:6 unaware of actual savings, executives say
* Needle, syringe prices fall. Jan 92:1 May 92:12
Purchasing, Group (see also * NPA signs new contracts in seven areas ¢ Lake System cuts infectious waste disposal costs
Department Listings) Dec 91:7 50% using on-site sterilization. Dec 92:4
* Alliance for Children’s Hospitals gains Abbott * NPA signs with Baxter for I. V. products * Medical Center Hospital gears up for new waste
award. Oct 92:6 Aug 91:6 handling program that recycles pre-op trash. Dec
¢ AmeriNet promotes Hausted patient equipment * Orthopedic hard goods first for Purchase 91:16
Nov 92:5 Connection. Dec 91:8 * Mercy National cash incentives 14% higher
* Owensboro-Davies County evaluating seven Aug 92:6
« AmeriNet signs contracts with DuPont, Fuji. Oct
92:5 GPOs. Oct 91:4 ¢ Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec
* Personal protective equipment prices: calm 91:3
¢« AmeriNet signs laser contract with Coherent before the storm? Aug 92:1 * New OSHA bloodborne pathogens rules on hori
Medical. Nov 92:6
* Philips offers finance program with Citicorp. Jun zon. Dec 91:4
* AmeriNet standardizes glove program. Nov 92:4
* AmeriNet’s vendor contract sales near 1990 total 91:17 ¢ Pelham Bay avoids costs with tray processing
¢ Premier contracts with BFD for protective wear
Dec 91:6 service. Oct 92:4
* AmHS cuts insurance premium costs 20% Dec 9] 6 ¢ Safety goggle prices expected to fall. Feb 92:14
Nov 92:5 ¢f rPorme miJe&rJ dpiasrttrniebrustheisp . $1O.c6t5 9m2i:l6l ion in dividends ¢ Salinas Valley retrofits Honeywell system
* AmHS renews three radiology pacts. Oct 92:6 Dec 92:3
¢ AmHS/Service Master contract yields $335,000 ¢ Premier survey probes stockless future ¢ Santa Clara Valley to save with centralization
Oct 92:7
MMIS. Feb 92:3
D* ecA MI9 1:s7w itches to McGaw from Baxter for 1.\ * Shriners, Charter hospital systems seek new ¢ Self-renewing or ‘evergreen’ clauses in hospital
GPOs. Mar 91:2 purchasing have legal consequences. Aug 92:22
sets. Oct 92:5
* Cephalosporin prices climb at slower rate in ¢ Santa Clara Valley to save with centralization, ¢ Shawnee Mission cuts surgical par levels
1992. Jul 92:1 MMIS. Feb 92:3 Dec 92:3
¢ SSSH signs four contracts. Dec 92:7
* CHIC signs contract with Pediatric Nursing Spe ¢ So. Ga. Med Center cuts red bag waste. Dec 92:5
cialists. Oct 92:5 ¢ SSSH signs respiratory care pact with Primedica. ¢ St. Joseph's (Phoenix) recycling cuts waste 40%
* Choosing cost effective enthral nutritional sup Oct 92:6 Oct 92:4
plies. Jan 92:2 ¢ St. Joseph System changes tracking programs. ¢ St. Joseph's (Tampa) acquires Humana Women’s
* Consultants find slim GPO price differences. Sep Dec 92:7 Hospital. Dec 92:5
91:16 * SunHealth awards grant to N.C. hospital ¢ St. Mary’s bans drug sales reps, sets price cap
Oct 92:6
* Contract purchases up 18% in 1990, says new Dec 91:3
report. Dec 91:6 * 3M ruling calls hospital, GPO contracts into * St. Paul to reduce lost patient charges by $36,000
* Freestanding surgery centers’ boom continues question. Sep 91:1 Aug 92:5
Dec 91:8 I* ndicUHaCt orrse.l eaNseosv 9C2:o6m pendium of Quality * Tongue blade prices mixed. Feb 92:14
* GPOs react positively to new rules. Sep 91:15 ¢ United Hospital (N.Y.) buys MedTake system
¢ Group contracts will grow, industry to consoli * UniHealth expands supply pact with Baxter. Nov Dec 92:4
date. Jun 91:10 92:4 ¢ Valley Medical installs drug dispensing system
¢ Hospitals, GPOs look to cut costs with refur * USS renews affiliation with MedEcon. Jul 91:8 Dec 92:3
bished beds. Jun 92:1 * VHA signs two contracts with Johnson & John- ¢ Vanderbilt re-evaluating stockless agreement
* Hospitals, vendors debate health care costs son. Dec 92:6 Nov 92:3
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* Vendor discusses high-frequency ventilators. * Medical Center Hospital gears up for new waste + X-ray film scam hits East Coast; 17 plead guilty.
(J. Bert Bunnell). Dec 91:13. handling program that recycles pre-op trash. Mar 92:1.
¢ West Suburban outsources reusable processing. Dec 91:16.
Oct 92:3. * Medical Center of Central Ga. converts to Department Listings
reusables. Aug 92:3.
Radiology * Medical waste becomes monster in cost-cutting
Costbusters
¢ AmeriNet signs radiology contracts with DuPont, fight. Dec 91:1.
Fuji. Oct 92:5. * MONOC joins JPC, signs infectious waste con- * Buying bicarbonate bath in powdered form
slashes costs (Robert J. Doyle, R.N., M.S.).
¢ Asset management key to tracking radiology sup- tract. Feb 92:4.
Mar 92:17.
plies. Sep 92:14. * New York hospitals join Highland Hospital in
¢ Asset management aids radiology headaches regional incinerator construction project. Jan * Choosing cost-effective enthral nutritional sup-
(Barbara J. Boyd). Oct 92:8. 91:15. plies (Mona Veasey, R.D.). Jan 92:2.
* Baltimore Co. General purchases X-ray rooms. * NJHA renews hazardous waste removal contract. * Choosing the right laboratory reagents, instru-
Nov 92:2. Apr 92:8. mentation. Apr 92:18.
* Radiology departments cut costs. Aug 92:10. ¢ Orlando Regional to microwave medical waste. * Controlling custom imprinting costs (Janet Bel-
* Radiology non-salary expenses per procedure. Jun 92:3. lows). Oct 92:18.
Aug 92:10. * Powders added to body fluids facilitate waste + Evaluating the need for needleless I.V. Systems
* Tough competition tempers X-ray prices. Dec handling. Oct 91:2. (Melanie Halpern). Dec 91:2.
92:1. ¢ Purch. Conn. hospitals to save with waste con- * Look before leaping when buying costly biotech
tracts. Jun 92:8. drugs (Patricia A. Colaizzi). Jun 92:15.
* Minimizing travel costs (Diana Lyons).
Telecommunications ¢ Reusable underpads favored despite steady
* AmeriNet contracts for nurse paging systems. Jul prices. Jul 91:17. Nov 91:2.
92:6. ¢ Shed pounds from waste line and go reusable * Replacing urine midstream kits (Suzanne M. Col-
lamer). Feb 92:15.
¢ AMHS signs hardware, clinical systems con- (Letter to the editor, Jan Runkel). Jan 92:17.
tracts. Jun 91:7. * So. Ga. Med Center cuts red bag waste. Focus
Dec 92:5.
* EPIC signs commission contract with Bell.
* SSSH chooses MedX for waste services. * Arnot-Ogden Memorial is spending more then
Jul 91:8.
* MedEcon sets up private AT&T telephone net- Aug 91:6. expected. May 91:14.
work. Aug 92:7. ¢ SSSH members seek full-time service waste * Baptist Hospital expects to save $750,000.
* Solid thorough bid process helps hospitals find hauler. Apr 91:19. Mar 91:15.
best telecommunications system values. * SSSH service contracts generate $18.5 million. * Brockton Hospital improves order accuracy by
Jun 92:9. using EDI. Feb 91:12.
Apr 91:15.
* SunHealth, AmHS look at U.S. Sprint technol- ¢ St. Joseph’s (Phoenix) recycling cuts waste 40%. * Efficient shipping & receiving ares trim dross
ogy. Jan 91:10. Oct 92:4. from materials management operating budget.
May 92:18.
¢ VHA renews three-year contracts with AT&T. ¢ St. Luke’s Episcopal saves with stockless, recy-
Aug 91:7. cling. May 92:3. ¢ Franciscan standardizes vendors, joins CROSS.
* Thorek saves $40,000 through waste handling. Dec 91:3.
Waste — Handling/Disposal Jul 92:5. ¢ Georgia hospital gearing up to offer sterile/laun-
* Vector signs medical waste disposal agreement. dry/incineration services to others. May 91:14.
¢ AMHS and Vision Sciences develop endoscope Apr 92:9. * Hospital of the Good Samaritan gains 50% more
sheath. Jun 92:7.
* Vendor refutes waste handling powder story storage space with active-aisle shelves.
* Bethania Regional to shut down incinerator. Apr
(Letter to the editor, James J. Norton). Jan 92:18. Mar 91:14.
92:5.
* Hospital of the Good Samaritan projects savings
* Cooperative incinerator may cause problems if Waste — Legislation/Regulation with its LAN-based materials system. Feb 91:13.
not-for-profit venture. Jul 91:22. * Hospital of the Good Samaritan to save with
¢ East Texas Medical to save with new autoclave. * Medical Center Hospital gears up for new waste autoclave. Aug 91:14.
J¢ uEnn v9i2:r5o.n mental positioning kit created by 9h1a:n1d6l.i ng program that recycles pre-op trash. Dec *f lHuosshpeis taslasv e elmiomnienya,t inrge dhuecpea rpiant ieIn.t V . sciadteh eetfefrec ts.
ASHCMPR. Oct 91:6. * Shore Memorial Hospital’s purchasing criteria
Mar 92:16.
¢ Franklin Square to upgrade incinerator, up recy- change to include recyclability. Apr 91:18.
* Hospitals looking at alternative treatment meth-
cling. Oct 91:5.
X-ray Film ods to dispose of infectious medical waste.
¢ GPOs, alliances reexamine waste treatment Apr 92:14.
options. Dec 91:1. * Cedars-Sinai to save with preferred vendor. * Hospitals look to industry for solutions on how to
* Hospital of the Good Samaritan to save with Jul 91:21. improve materials handling. Sep 92:18.
autoclave. Aug 91:14. * Contrast media screening avoids $777,500 in * Hospitals saving with custom implants.
* Hospitals have several methods available to treat costs. Sep 92:3. Nov 92:7.
and dispose of medical waste. (Nelson S. Slavik). * Film prices rise. Dec 91:1. * Hospitals use specialty systems to automate par
Dec 91:14. ¢ Intermountain customer service builds compli- levels, requisitions and materials transport.
* Hospitals looking at alternative treatment meth- ance. Feb 91:7. Jul 92:14.
ods to dispose of infectious medical waste. * Iroquois film agreement switches X-ray vendors. * Hospitals use alternative off-site methods.
Apr 92:14. Jan 91:9. Aug 92:14.
* Hospitals use alternative off-site methods. ¢ Materials managers clip contrast media costs. Jun * Indiana Hospital recycling program costs
Aug 92:14. 92:14. $13,000. Apr 91:19
¢ Ingalls Memorial launches paper recycling pro- * Purchase Connection negotiates X-ray products. * Iroquois to develop regional autoclave.
gram. Feb 92:4. Apr 91:6. Aug 91:14.
* Iroquois to develop regional autoclave. * UHC signs contracts for lab, respiratory, X-ray. * Lakeview Hospital turns OR inventory 12 times
Aug 91:14. Feb 91:6. per year. Mar 91:14.
* Lake System cuts infectious waste disposal costs * UHC signs contracts for contrast media, X-ray * MacNeal Hospital evaluates utilization and pro-
50% using on-site sterilization. Dec 92:4. film. Jul 91:6. ject operating room savings of $61,000.
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Mar 91:15 May 92:6 ¢ Doll issues 1991 hospital supplies price forecast.
* MacNeal venture with Damon reduces costs. Jun * AmeriNet signs four new lab contracts. Jan 92:9. Mar 91:9
91:20 * AmeriNet signs laser, blood salvage system con- ¢ Epic Healthcare selects new computer system.
¢ Materials management operations are automated tracts. Apr 92:6. May 92:7.
in 82% of all hospitals. Feb 91:13 * AmeriNet signs laser contract with Coherent ¢ EPIC signs commission contract with Bell.
* Materials managers clip contrast media costs. Jun Medical. Nov 92:6. Jul 91:8.
92:14 ¢ AmeriNet signs preferred distributor contracts. ¢ Epic switches to Jarit to instruments from
* Materials managers voice concerns about long Jun 92:7 Codman. Jul 92:7.
term impact of Baxter MMIS sale. Feb 91:12 ¢ AmeriNet standardizes glove program. ¢ First vendor/alliance service agreement signed.
* Medical Center Hospital gears up for new waste Nov 92:4 Jun 91:7.
handling program that recycles pre-op trash ¢ AmeriNet TargetBuy nets 14 CT scanners. ¢ Franciscan switches to McGaw as IV supplier
Dec 91:16 Jun 92:9 May 91:9
* Monogahela recovers revenue with bar coding ¢ AmeriNet’s ValuSource available to members. ¢ Freestanding surgery centers’ boom continues.
Sep 91:18. Jul 91:8 Dec 91:8
* New York hospitals join Highland Hospital in * AmeriNet’s vendor contract sales near 1990 total. ¢ GE and Mercy join in CT scanner contract.
regional incinerator construction project Dec 91:6 Feb 91:6
Jan 91:15 * AmHS and Abbott curb generic drug costs. ¢ GPOs sign contracts for U.S. Surgical sutures.
* Northwestern system tracks lab supplies Aug 92:6. Apr 91:6.
Jun 91:20 * AmHS and Kodak sign corporate agreement. Mar ¢ GPOs unhappy with pharmaceutical contracts.
* Northwestern uses hand helds for inventory 91:9 Sep 92:9.
Jul 91:21 * AmHS and Vision Sciences develop endoscope ¢ Greater Cleveland regroups after split with
* Shadyside Hospital spent $18,000 on recycling sheath. Jun 92:7 MedEcon. Sep 92:7
Apr 91:18 * AmHS buys system to comply with OSHA regs. ¢ Group contracts will grow, industry to consoli-
* SSSH members seek full-time service waste Feb 92:8 date. Jun 91:10
hauler. Apr 91:19 *« AmHS contracts with IBM to corporate agree- ¢ Groups wary of turmoil in generics industry. May
* St. Luke’s Hospital eliminates disposable baby ment. Jan 91:8 91:10.
diapers in its new family birth center. May 91:15 * AmHS cuts insurance premium costs 20%. * HCA chooses Baxter bedside system. Sep 92:7.
¢ West Jefferson switches from OR exchange carts Nov 92:5 * HCI supplies Moscow center through Vector. Oct
to par carts. Mar 91:15 * AmHS distributes $3.9 million in cash dividends.
Mar 92:6. ¢« HSCA implements group reporting system with
Group Purchasing * AMHS increases funds to Thermoscan; CHCA ESI. Sep 91:8
* Adventist Hospitals sign contract with HSCA invests. Sep 91:6. * HSCA merges med/surg. capital equipment pro-
Apr 91:14 * AMHS initiates equipment maintenance pro- grams. Aug 91:6
+ Alliance for Children’s Hospitals gains Abbott gram. Aug 92:6. « HSCA pushes Hausted for patient handling
award. Oct 92:6 * AmHS renews three radiology pacts. Oct 92:6 equipment. Nov 92:4.
* Alliances signs with Merck for sole-source drugs ¢ AmHS/ServiceMaster contract yields $335,000. * HSCA renews Enterprise EDI contract.
Jan 92:9 Dec 91:7 Nov 92:5
* AmeriNet, Baxter partner for equipment buying * AMHS signs hardware, clinical systems con- * HSCA renews leasing deal with Copelco.
Sep 92:8 tracts. Jun 91:7. Oct 92:7.
« AmeriNet buys Fujinon endoscopes, lights. ¢ AMHS signs IV agreement with Baxter Health- *« HCHSC signs info systems agreement with 3M
Jan 91:10 care. Mar 91:7. HIS. Jul 91:7.
* AmeriNet distribution under new department * AMI plan cuts members’ local contract costs. Jul * HEDIC to issue to RFPs for EDI network ser-
Jun 91:9 92:6. vices. Jun 91:8.
* AmeriNet Elite contract extends to implants * AMI switches to McGaw from Baxter for 1.V ¢ HIGPA offers amendment to reinstate discounts.
Jan 91:10 sets. Oct 92:5. Sep 91:6.
* AmeriNet contracts for breast imaging systems * Ancilla Systems replaces Burrows with Colonial. * HMHS reduces suppliers, forms partnership. Sep
Aug 92:6 May 92:6. 91:7.
« AmeriNet contracts for nurse paging systems. * CHAMPS leaves MedEcon, joins Premier Hospi- * HSCA creates Academy for materials manage-
Jul:92:6 tals. Jan 92:7. ment. May 92:8.
¢ AmeriNet contracts for tympanic thermometers. * CHCA recommends Nellcor pulse oximetry * HSCA runs Hitatchi MRI promotion for mem-
Jan 92:8 products. Apr 92:9. bers. Jul 92:8.
* AmeriNet contracts for underwater treadmill * CHIC signs contract with Pediatric Nursing Spe- * HSCA signs new physician recruitment contract.
Apr 92:8 cialists. Oct 92:5. Apr 92:8.
* AmeriNet gives results of third round of Target- * Children’s endorses Ohmeda infant products. Jun ¢ HSCA signs rental equipment agreement.
Buy. May 91:8 92:9. Dec 92:6.
* AmeriNet Indexes show drop in rate of inflation. * Children’s Hospitals awards seal to seven prod- ¢ HSCA signs 3-year contract with Hewlett-
Mar 92:5 ucts. Jan 91:9. Packard. Sep 91:6.
* AmeriNet inks contracts for Picker CT scanners. « Contract purchases up 18% in 1990, says new « HSS/AmeriNet adds Midwest to its affiliations.
Mar 92:6 report. Dec 91:6. May 91:7.
* AmeriNet initiates equipment maintenance pro- * Contract revenues exceed $14 billion in fiscal ¢ HSS returns more than $1 million to members.
gram. Aug 92:6 1990. Mar 92:6. Mar 92:6.
* AmeriNet negotiates early renewalso f IV con * CROSS bundles laser purchases for hospitals. * Humana layoffs hit corporate purchasing.
tracts. Jan 91:8 Mar 91:8. Sep 92:9.
* AmeriNet promotes Hausted patient equipment. * CROSS signs anesthesia products contract. * Humana receives bids for (CU/CCU monitors.
Nov 92:5 May 92:8. Jun 91:9.
* AmeriNet signs contracts with DuPont, Fuji. Oct * Daughters of Charity reduces contracts, vendors. ¢ Humana to manage inventories with new MMIS.
9? 5 Apr 92:7. Aug 92:8.
* AmeriNet signs face shield contract with BFD. * Daughters of Charity system negotiates supply. * Incarnate Word second group to leave CROSS.
Apr 91:8. Sep 92:8.
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* Independence Hospital cuts ordering time by Jul 91:6. Dec 92:7.
54%. Mar 91:5. * NPA signs with Baxter for I.V. products. * SunHealth awards grant to N.C. hospital.
¢ Intermountain customer service builds compli- Aug 91:6. Oct 92:6.
ance. Feb 91:7 ¢ Orthopedic hard goods first for Purchase Connec- * SunHealth, AmHS look at U.S. Sprint technol-
* Iroquois film agreement switches X-ray vendors. tion. Dec 91:8. ogy. Jan 91:10.
Jan 91:9. * Orthopedic network to be sold; Ettinger joins ¢ SunHealth cluster meetings focus on cost reduc-
* Iroquois signs with HSCA for med-surg, lab, Baxter. Sep 91:8. tions. Jul 91:6.
pharm. May 91:7. ¢ Premier adds Illinois Masonic to membership. * SunHealth forms TQM alliance with partners.
¢ IV pact worth $50 million to Owen and McGaw. Oct 91:9. Feb 92:7.
Apr 91:6 ¢ Premier Alliance names Strong materials v.p. Jan ¢ SunHealth members to receive incentive credits.
¢ Joint Purchasing signs biotech drug contracts. 91:8 Oct 91:8.
Mar 92:5. * Premier contract commitment jumps 700%. * SupportHealth creates new corporate agreement.
¢ JPC renegotiates I.V. contract with Abbott. Jul 92:6. Feb 92:6.
Oct 91:9. * Premier contracts with BFD for protective wear. * Surgical prices inch up. Mar 92:1.
* Kansas City group makes switch to HSCA from Dec 91:6. * UHC seeks bids from pre-qualified vendors.
NPA. Jan 92:8 * Premier distributes $1.65 million in dividends Feb 91:6.
* MAGNET inks corporate pact with Hill-Rom, from J&J partnership. Oct 92:6. * UHC sign contracts for contrast media, X-ray
SSL. Jan 91:9. * Premier goes Kosher with Schreiber, Wilton. Sep film. Jul 91:6.
* Malmonides is newest Premier shareholder. 92:9. * UHC signs contracts for lab, respiratory, X-ray.
Apr 92:9. * Premier keeps close watch on stockless. Feb 91:6.
* MedEcon adds affiliates through partnership. Dec May 91:10. ¢ UniHealth expands supply pact with Baxter. Nov
91:8. ¢ Premier members save with new contracts. 92:4
* MedEcon awards contracts in eight categories. Sep 92:7. « USS renews affiliation with MedEcon. Jul 91:8.
Oct 92:5. ¢ Premier pays dividends of $1 million to mem- * Vector signs medical waste disposal agreement.
* MedEcon awards members and vendors at Link. bers. Oct 91:9. Apr 92:9.
Jun 91:8. ¢ Premier receives grant for drug error data base * VHA Central adopts HCIA quality indicators.
* MedEcon awards more sole sources contracts. Jul 92:8. Nov 92:6.
Oct 91:7. ¢ Premier signs drug pact with Sandoz. Apr 91:8. ¢ VHA contracts for automated Pap smears.
* MedEcon drops affiliation with HSNE. Oct 92:5 ¢ Premier survey probes stockless future. May 92:5.
* MedEcon extends to West Coast HealthNet deal. Oct 92:7. * VHA contracts for Pyxis drug, supply dispensers.
Mar 91:8. * Purchase Connection chooses Ethicon May 92:8.
* MedEcon plans equipment for new East Coast Oct 91:7. * VHA contracts new laser angioplasty system.
hospital. Jul 92:7. * Purchase Connection negotiates X-ray products. Mar 92:5.
* MedEcon puts med-surg contracts out to bid. Mar Apr 91:6. ¢ VHA distributes $6 million to its member hospi-
91:7. * Purchase Connection reports contract results. Feb tals. Apr 91:8.
* MedEcon signs corporate pact with Hill-Rom, 92:8. * VHA North Central to rate implants. Sep 91:6.
SSI. May 91:9 * Purchase Connection seeks committed volume * VHA regionals ponder orthopedic implants.
* MedEcon signs Hill-Rom SSI corporate agree- Mar 91:7 Feb 91:7.
ment. Mar 91:7. * Purchase Connection tray, urological contracts. * VHA renews five-year pact for management ser-
* MedEcon signs three-year pact with JPC. Feb 92:6. vices. Dec 92:6.
Dec 92:6. ¢ Purchase Connection votes on pharm contracts. ¢ VHA renews three-year contracts with AT&T
* MedEcon tries piggyback bonus to boost compli- Jun 91:9. Aug 91:7.
ance. Feb 91:6. * Purchase Connection will not renew with * VHA renews sole-source disposables pact with
* MedEcon weds equipment, consulting programs. Terumo. Jul 92:6. Kimberly-Clark. Nov 92:6.
Mar 92:7. ¢ Purch. Conn. goes on-line with electronic cata- ¢ VHA shifts private-label distribution to Baxter.
* Mercy signs contract with Agfa Matrix and log. Sep 92:9. Jan 92:7.
Miles. Mar 91:9. ¢ Risk-taking company bets it will achieve savings. ¢ VHA signs two contracts with Johnson & John-
¢ Mercy National launches three-year strategic Jul 91:8. son. Dec 92:6.
plan. Feb 92:6. ¢ 700 AmeriNet hospitals to participate on sutures. * VHA Supply adds Midwest to line of distribu-
* Mercy National purchases up 26%; dietary leads. Jun 91:10. tors. Oct 91:9
Oct 91:9. ¢ SSM adds 10 Wheaton Franciscan hospitals. Apr * VHA Supply signs fifth technology agreement.
* Mercy National renews prime vendor contract 91:9. May 91:8.
with McKesson. Nov 92:6. * SSSH adds vendors for leasing agreements. ¢ Wisconsin GPO will buy anesthesia equipment.
* New database tracks group purchasing affilia- Aug 91:7. Apr 91:6.
tions. May 92:6. * SSSH adds Siemens to dual-vendor contract. Sep * Yankee signs five-year contract with Stuart.
* New GPO exceeds membership projections. 91:8. Oct 91:8.
Jun 91:7. ¢ SSSH awards contracts and negotiates discounts. * YARDS to distribute Baxter products through
* NJHA renews hazardous waste removal contract. Apr 91:8. Stuart. Jun 92:7.
Apr 92:8. ¢ SSSH awards rental contract to Mediq PRN. Sep
* New York group switches to McGaw IV solu- 92:9. Hospital Purchasing
tions. Apr 91:7. ¢ SSSH chooses MedX for waste services. ¢ Abbott-Northwestern to save with foam recy-
¢ NJHA signs equipment rental contract with KCI. Aug 91:6. cling. May 91:6.
Jul 92:6. * SSSH service contracts generate $18.5 million. * Abington Memorial cuts costs of mattress over-
* NME and USC form hospital partnership. Jun 92:9. lays. Feb 91:5.
May 91:9. ¢ SSSH signs four contracts. Dec 92:7. * Abington Memorial uses robot for supply trans-
* NPA signs new contracts in seven areas. ¢ SSSH signs respiratory care pact with Primedica. port. Aug 92:4.
Dec 91:7. Oct 92:6 * Allegheny Valley cuts inventory with stockless.
¢ NPA signs suture, DME rental contracts. * St. Joseph System changes tracking programs. Sep 91:4.
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EDITORIAL INDEX 1991-1992
* Allegheny Valley to cut OR inventory by Sep 91:3. * Mercy National cash incentives 14% higher.
$200,000. Apr 91:3. * Graduate Health System installing new MMIS. Aug 92:6.
* Alta Bates saves after JIT switch to Owens & Jan 92:3 * Methodist to save $700,000 with five-year stock-
Minor. Oct 92:3. * Hallmark Healthcare centralizes with HSCA. Feb less. Jul 92:3
* Arnot Ogden spending less after switching dia- 92:3. * Monmouth saves $190,000 with JIT, automation.
pers. Jun 91:6. * Harper to save $1 million with Baxter stockless. Apr 92:3.
* ASHMM updates its exam to reflect current Jun 92:3. ¢ MCD forms delivered directly to end users.
issues. Apr 91:5 * Heartland to save money with new MMIS sys- Jan 91:4.
« Automation, ABD analysis to cut Packard inven- tem. Feb 92:3. * MedEcon sets up up private AT&T telephone
tory. Sep 92:3 * Hershey/Penn State conducts materials study. Jun network. Aug 92:7.
* Bakersfield Memorial saves with drug ATM. 92:5. * Medical Center of Central Ga. converts to
May 92:5 * Hospitals combat phone theft with disposables. reusables. Aug 92:3.
* Baltimore Co. General purchases X-ray rooms. Dec 91:4. * Medical Center to save with JIT, EDI and stock-
Nov 92:2 * Hospital partners shopping for automated sys- less. Jul 91:3
* Baylor finds new ways to reduce operating costs. tems. Oct 91:5. * Med-surg prices up 0.08% in the third quarter.
Aug 91:3 * Hospitals save with pharmaceutical ATMs. Feb 91:19.
¢ Baylor-Garland to reap operationally with Apr 92:5. * MEDINET network helps hospitals clean house.
MMIS. Mar 92:3 * Hospitals saving with GPO computerized cata- Aug 91:3.
* Bellin Memorial saves with General Medical log. Aug 92:5. * Mercy and St. Francis expand EDI systems. May
stockless. Aug 91:3. * Hospitals sell Medline their unofficial inventory. 91:3.
* Bergen Brunswig purchase of Durr questions Jul 91:5. * Mercy-San Diego stockless to save $1.2 million.
Vanderbilt stockless deal. Oct 92:3 * Hospitals should renegotiate prices now. Mar 92:3.
* Bethania Regional signs modified JIT for Mar 91:3. * Mercy saves with state equipment financing. Dec
med/surg. Dec 91:4. * Hospitals should save reducing expensed items. 91:3.
* Boston City expects to save at least $180,000. May 92:4. * Mercy value analysis saves almost $500,000
Mar 91:4 * Hospitals sign with ESI. Dec 92:4. annually. Jun 92:4.
* Bethania Regional to shut down incinerator. * Hurley Medical Center eliminates rental fees. Jan * Methodist to save $700,000 with five-year stock-
Apr 92:5 91:6. less. Jul 92:3.
* Boston hospital to select a second stockless ven- * Indiana hospital stockless to slash inventory on * Michael Reese converting to Humana systems.
dor. Jan 91:3 hand. Feb 91:3. May 91:4.
¢ Bunnell ordered to halt ventilator distribution. * Ingalls Memorial launches paper recycling pro- * MONOC joins JPC, signs infectious waste con-
Oct 92:2 gram. Feb 92:4. tract. Feb 92:4.
* Buyers say orthopedics prices are too high. * Inova Health sponsors environmental sympo- * Montefiore Implements needleless I. V. system
Jan 91:7 sium. Feb 92:5. Jul 92:3.
¢ Cardinal-Durr merger won't affect Vanderbilt * lowa Lutheran plans to cut OR inventory by 10%. « Munroe Regional targets orthopedic inventory.
stockless. Sep 92:4 Apr 91:4. Jan 91:6.
* Carl Albert Indian to sign with U.S. Data Corp ¢ Jackson Memorial saves with prime vendor con- * Munroe Regional to save $30,000 on orthope-
Oct 91:3 tract. Mar 92:4. dics. Apr 91:4.
* Childrens-L.A. to be more efficient with new * Jewish saving with consignment, JIT in O.R. Aug ¢ Myrtue signs three-year stockless with Koley’s.
MMIS. Jun 91:5 92:3. Jul 91:3.
* Children’s saves with recyclable sensors. Nov * Jordan JIT/stockless trims inventory. Sep 91:4. * New OSHA bloodborne pathogens rules on hori-
92:2. * King’s Daughters signs new Baxter agreement. zon. Dec 91:4.
* Christian Health MMIS to improve efficiency. May 91:4. * New system helps West Jefferson track inven-
Mar 92:4 * LAC-USC standardizes orthopedic implants. tory. Mar 91:6.
* Companies launch hospital OSHA compliance Jul 92:5. ¢ Northwestern Memorial pays its bills electroni-
guides. Jun 92:5. * Lake System cuts infectious waste disposal costs cally. Jan 91:3.
* Contrast media screening avoids $777,500 in 50% using on-site sterilization. Dec 92:4. ¢ Northwestern Memorial’s expenses 3% below
costs Sep 92:3 * Lenox Hill Hospital gains space with prime ven- norm. Mar 91:3.
* Deaconess-Central tackles unofficial inventory dors. Jan 91:4. ¢ Northwestern renegotiates stockless agreement.
Mar 92:3 * LGHCS sells HCM to Stuart to handle stockless. Jul 91:3.
* Des Moines General goes stockless with Baxter. Jun 92:3. * Omaha hospital projects $5,000 sterilant savings.
Aug 91:3 + Lutheran General tackles O.R. inventory, pon- Feb 91:4.
* East Liverpool saves with prime vendor agree- ders JIT. Jun 92:3. ¢ Orlando Regional to microwave medical waste.
ment. Sep 91:3 * MacNeal emergency room cuts expenses by Jun 92:3.
* East Texas Medical to save with new autoclave. $21,000. May 91:6. ¢ Orthopedics vendors may target patients directly.
Jun 92:5 * MacNeal to use new EDI and JIT to trim inven- Jan 91:7.
* Ellis home infusion venture generates revenue. tory. Jun 91:3. * OSHA issues final bloodborne pathogens rules.
Jul 91:3 * MacNeal will not stop paper recycling program. Jan 92:4.
* Environmental positioning kit created by Mar 91:6. * Owensboro-Davies County evaluating seven
ASHCMPR. Oct 91:6 * Magnet contracts for BFD protective products. GPOs. Oct 91:4.
* Evanston Hospital Corp. has new stockless ven- Aug 92:8. * Parkview stockless cuts inventory values in half.
dor. Jul 92:5 * Marian Health to save with five-year stockless Oct 91:3.
+ Fairview General adjusts inventory reduction plan. Jan 92:3. * PDM offers Roche lab testing services.
goals. Mar 91:3. * Marshall standardizes and cuts vendors and PO Aug 92:8.
* Falmouth grading system to enhance fill rates. costs. Feb 91:4. * Pelham Bay avoids costs with tray processing
Oct 91:6 * Material managers must become customer service. Oct 92:4.
* Franklin Square to upgrade incinerator, up recy- focused. Jan 92:5. ¢ Piedmont cuts inventory by more than $900,000.
cling. Oct 91:5 * Materials managers must gear up for OSHA rule. Jun 91:3.
* Good Samaritan slashes inventory with stockless. May 92:3. * Polyclinic asks vendors to customize supply
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