Hospital Materials Management 2000 - 2001: Vol 26 Index

13 Pages·5 MB·English

2400) Ineo 155
Shared Services makes Drager Medical sole Novation aims to line up VHA, UHC pacts
Allina Health installs system to upgrade claim source of anesthesia equipment. Aug 00:8. covering blood glucose monitoring goods
management, remittance advice. Nov 01:5. Shriners receives anesthesia machine as a dona- Novation makes Nelicor the sole source of new
tion from Datex-Ohmeda. Apr 01:3. line of pulse oximeters, sensors. Mar 01:7.
Contract for last-resort collection service could
provide ‘found money’ for hospitals. Feb Swedish hospital signs contract to buy anes- Novation renews contract for reagents, blood
00:7. thesia machines from Datex-Ohmeda. transfusion products with Immucor.
Aug 01:4. Nov 01:8.
Contract provides for help in finding, recovering
overpayments, price errors. Sep 01:7. Two groups ink deals with Mass. company for Oximetry devices from Nelicor available to VA
consciousness-monitoring technology. hospitals from supply schedule. Jul 00:4.
Helping patients pay is goal of company named
in new Shared Services contract. Jan 01:8. Nov 00:7. Pair of Consorta contracts cover products
lilinois hospital awards Brim Healthcare agree- related to blood bank, instrumentation.
ment for consulting services. Aug 00:5. Arthroscopy Mar 00:8.
New SSH deal with AMCOL offers help to Novation unveils dual-source agreement covering Premier hospitals aim to save money, lives with
members in collecting unpaid debts. arthroscopy devices, supplies. new blood utilization program. Jul 01:6.
Dec 01:8. Oct 00:8. Premier members review blood cost, safety at
lab services forum in Dallas. Jun 01:6.
Regional GPO acquires data crunching system
for hospital business planning. Aug 00:7. Premier members to have three choices when
buying blood gas testing products. Nov 01:6.
SSH names ExpressBill to let hospitals Coastal Cooperative begins conversion to Hill-
Pulse oximetry device under contract with Amer-
outsource, convert to electronic billing. Rom beds following new contract. Oct 00:8.
iNet promises more sensitive data.
Jan 01:8.
Benchmarks May 00:7.
Reusable pulse oximeters will soon be available
AHRMM aims to develop benchmarks from to hospitals using GE monitors. Jan 01:5.
See Materials management organizations. national poll of materials managers.
Roche to provide blood glucose monitors under
Aug 00:3. new agreement with Novation. Dec 01:7.
ECRI upgrades benchmarking PriceGuide system Safety lancets available to hospitals through
AllHealth leaving MAGNET; will transfer all group to add more data, online access. major med-surg distributors. Apr 01:4.
purchasing business to HPPI. Apr 01:5. Saint Barnabas names Beckman Coulter as sole
Sep 00:6. Premier task force looking at benchmarks for source of hematology systems. Apr 01:3.
stroke treatment outcomes, costs.
Specialized pulse oximetry devices featured in
AmeriNet Dec 00:8. new AmeriNet agreement. Oct 00:6.
AmeriNet adds mobile imaging systems to Reusable pulse oximeters will soon be available Triad Hospitals plans for big savings, thanks to
MedAssets equipment agreement. to hospitals using GE monitors. Jan 01:5. change in service companies. Oct 00:4.
Mar 01:8. Biomedical equipment University of Chicago Medical Center trying new
AmeriNet Central adds 800 more facilities with blood pressure monitor. Nov 01:5.
Oklahoma hospital system inks contract Virginia hospital switches to new vendor of soft
acquisition of long-term care group. covering variety of biomedical devices. ware for transfusion service. Apr 00:5.
Nov 00:6. Mar 01:5. Wisconsin hospitals will expand PACS use using
AmeriNet joins move to offer hospitals mobile new system from A.L.!. Technologies.
diagnostic imaging equipment. Feb 01:6. Blood, blood testing Nov 00:3.
AmeriNet joins Tenet'’s Broadiane.com; combined
Blood clot control products are covered in new
spending volume tops $7 million. May 00:7. HealthTrust contract with Possis. Nov 01:7 Broadiane
AmeriNet plans to expand private label and Blood gas analyzers topic of agreement between Broadlane has new agreement covering compres
committed buying programs in 2000. AmeriNet, Instrumentation Lab. Apr 01:8. sion systems from Huntleigh.
Jan 00:8. Blood gas analyzers topic of AmeriNet agree- Oct 01:6.
AmeriNet selects Siemens to provide variety of ment with Radiometer America. Apr 00:7. Broadlane inks deal that allows members to rent
diagnostic imaging devices. Dec 01:7.
Blood pressure equipment subject of new Ameri- variety of medical equipment. Oct 01:7.
Ohio hospitals join to form IDN, select AmeriNet Net agreement with Medwave Inc. Broadlane members find efficiencies, savings in
Central for group purchasing. May 01:5. May 01:7. new bar code scan system. Dec 01:7.
Patient monitors join AmeriNet portfolio Blood transfusion instruments featured in Broad- Broadlane selects Immucor to provide auto-
following agreement with Protocol. Jun 00:6. lane contract with Immucor Inc. Nov 01:6. mated blood reagent systems. Nov 01:7.
Private-label pharmaceuticals will be made by Broadiane selects Immucor to provide auto-
Abbott for AmeriNet program. Jun 00:8. mated blood reagent systems. Nov 01:7. Broadiane widens supplier net, seeking diversity,
Program aims to link AmeriNet members with California health system opts to obtain hema- environmenta’' friendliness. Dec 01:6.
New York IDN signs long-term contract with
suppliers of emerging technology. Dec 01:8. tology supplies from Beckman. Jul 01:5.
Broadlane for purchasing services.
Shriners hospitals settle on common group Consorta implementing dual-source deal
May 01:5.
purchasing organization: AmeriNet. covering blood gas instruments, software. Jul
Aug 01:5. 00:8. Cancer
Consorta names Abbott sole source of blood
Anesthesia supplies glucose monitoring products. Oct 00:8. See Oncology supplies, equipment.
GPOs owned by MedAssets gain access to anes- Consorta selects Mallinckrodt to provide pulse Capital equipment
thesia products from Vital Signs. Oct 01:8. oximeters and related products. Oct 00:7.
Hospitals deal with blood shortages, filtration AmeriNet group buy features equipment for cath
Hospital spending on anesthesia supplies will
approach $500 million this year. Sep 00:4. cost. Apr 01:1. labs from Siemens Medical.
HSCA has new agreement covering anesthesia How much do you need? Apr 01:9. Auction site helps BJC recycle capital assets.
sensors and monitors. Sep 00:7. Mass. General begins upgrade program for moni- Aug 00:1.
toring, pulse oximetry devices. Jun 01:3. Beth Israel's cardiac imaging facilities growing
Off-contract anesthesia supplies added in new
Premier agreement. Aug 00:15. Michigan hospital signs five-year contract for as labs install Toshiba networks. Mar 00:5.
Respiratory, anesthesia supplies are now avail- hematology, hemostasis systems. May 01:4. Broadlane inks deal that allows members to rent
able in several places on the Web. Jul 00:4. New Premier agreement offers products used in variety of medical equipment. Oct 01:7.
treating, removing blood clots. Jan 01:7.
Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert 2,00 1 23
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission
For more permission information, see page 2.
os rc 5
Sie OLAL
2001 Inde Iouue
Buy equipment with eye on overall mission. New Jersey hospitals to begin selling used equip Hospitals participate in clinical trials that could
Mar 00:2. ment on AuctionMart.com. Feb 01:7. bring drug-coated stent to U.S. Nov 01:5.
Buying, selling used items can yield savings, New JPC deal features diagnostic imaging equip- HSCA selects C. R. Bard division to provide elec
income. Dec 01:1. ment and supplies from GE Medical. trophysiology catheters and cables.
Jun 00:7. Nov 00:8.
Cedars-Sinai to consolidate imaging services
New PACS agreement features easier financial Many cardiology supplies are covered in MHA's
with installation of Cemax PACS. Mar 00:5.
terms through rental system. Feb 00:5. triple agreement with C.R. Bard. Nov 00:8.
Children’s Memorial Hospital selects MasterPlan
Novation deal features scanning devices for Market forces squeeze stent prices. Jun 00:1.
for equipment servicing. Sep 00:5.
nuclear medicine; Siemens is vendor. Multi-use vascular access equipment subject of
Colorado hospital will install imaging equipment Nov. 00:6. new AmeriNet agreement. Apr 00:7.
from Siemens in new facility. Jul 01:5.
Partners plans to trade used equipment inter New Jersey hospital eliminates cine film in four
Consorta decides to expand offerings from GE nally, then auction for extra revenue. digital catheterization labs. Jan 00:5.
Medical; imaging service added. Oct 00:6.
Consorta inks deal with Symphony Medical for Dec 01:5. Novation names trio of stent providers in two-
Reimbursement, range of uses accelerate year deal valued at $483 million. Nov 00:6.
rNoevm.a n0u0f:a8c. tured medical equipment. spending by U.S. hospitals on PET devices. Pacemaker prices dropping. Feb 01:1.
Diagnostic imaging equipment is featured in Oct 01:4. Premier adds coronary stents, catheters to list
SSH agreement allows members to obtain of products in cardiology portfolio Jan 00:8.
extended MHA agreement with Toshiba.
needed imaging equipment by leasing. PTCA catheter price outlook mixed Feb 00:1.
Jun 00:8.
Diagnostic imaging systems to be offered in new Oct 00:7. PTCA catheter prices move down. Apr 01:1.
Novation contract with Philips. Jun 00:7 Tenet begins group buy for radiology, ultrasound Rush hospitals tap Siemens to develop informa-
equipment from Acuson. May 00:4. tion system for cardiology debts. Jun 00:5.
Digital radiography comes to Alabama through
Tenet hospitals to begin using Masterplan main- Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s goes online with e-
new Swissray installation. Jun 00:5.
tenance services for imaging devices. commerce venture for cardiology Mar 00:5.
E-commerce equipment sites can aid asset
Oct 00:3. Shared Services selects IMPRA to provide
management. Jul 00:11.
Tennessee IDN chooses Philips Medical radi- variety of vascular grafts and accessories. Jul
Equipment-lease contracts through Medic will
ographic, fluoroscopic equipment Jan 00:5. 01:8.
not be affected by bankruptcy action Tennessee IDN extends imaging contract with Stent contract with IntraTherapeutics expands
May 01:5.
Philips to add computed radiography. HSCA's cardiology portfolio. Nov 00:7.
Expanded agreement adds Kodak supplies and
Mar 00:4. Stent prices expected to decline. Sep 01:1.
systems to MAGNET's Imation deal.
Feb 00:7. Texas hospital plans to post equipment on new Survey had incorrect vendor data. Jul 01:13.
auction Web site for resale. Jun 00:4. VA adds Possis Medical to supplier list, including
Florida-based hospital system inks deal with
Triad Hospitals plans for big savings, thanks to new thrombectomy device.
AuctionMart to sell used equipment.
change in service companies. Oct 00:4. May 00:5.
Oct 01:4.
United Iroquois signs contract for online used
For high-priced PACS, vendors are often willing equipment sales with AuctionMart. Jul 01:8. Catheters
to offer attractive financing deals. Jul 01:4.
For ultrasound equipment, AmeriNet turns to GE Want to buy American? Dec 01:11. Foley catheter hikes fail to occur May 00:1.
Medical Systems in three-year deal. Wisconsin hospitals will expand PACS use using Foley prices steady, for now. Jun 01:1.
Feb. 00:7. new system from A.L.|. Technologies. Intravenous catheters, related supplies under
Group buy at HSCA features 8 suppliers, covers Nov 00:3. two new Consorta agreements. Jun 00:6.
variety of capital equipment. Nov. 00:8. Capitation New contract with B. Braun adds safety
Group PACS deal will make digital imaging catheters to Premier's IV portfolio.
investments easier for AmeriNet members. See Risk-sharing. Dec 01:6.
Apr 00:8. Pediatric use approved by FDA for some
Hospitals buy used equipment online; Denver Cardiology catheters supplied by Biosense Webster.
based site serves as distributor. Sep 00:3. AmeriNet adds monitoring, other software to Apr 00:3.
HSCA agreement will allow hospitals, systems to cardiology portfolio Aug 00:15. Premier adds coronary stents, catheters to list
auction used equipment. Mar 01:7. AmeriNet group buy features equipment for cath of products in cardiology portfolio. Jan 00:8.
Imaging. nuclear medicine equipment available labs from Siemens Medical. May 00:7. Premier members offered products used to
under new Premier agreements. Oct 00:8. AmeriNet inks new agreement to provide non- secure catheters in new agreement.
InSource parent names new distributor of the invasive cardiology treatment. Feb 01:7. Oct 00:6.
refurbished equipment it will sell. Apr 00:6. Cardiovascular portfolio at AmeriNet includes PTCA catheter price outlook mixed. Feb 00:1.
lowa hospital chooses St. Louis company for Respironics ventilation units. Aug 00:7. PTCA catheter prices move down. Apr 01:1.
major expansion, remodeling effort. Survey had incorrect vendor data. Jul 01:13.
Commitment on cardiology supplies leads
Nov 01:5. hospital to major price and rebate savings.
Kaiser expands digital imaging array, installs Dec 00:3. Collection service
PACS network in Colorado. Feb 00:4. Consorta inks deal with New Hampshire Contract for last-resort collection service could
MAGNET gains access to refurbished medical company for cardiology drainage products. provide ‘found money’ for hospitals.
equipment with new contract. May 01:6. Nov 01:8. Mar 00:7.
MAGNET selects AuctionMart.com to post Deep discounts on vascular access ports seen in
equipment for sale by member hospitals. e-commerce’s bargain basement. Commited purchasing
Oct 00:6 Apr 00:4. Carrot vs. stick: marketing voluntary compliance.
Mammography devices covered in new contract: Disease-based contracts reflect clinical realities. Oct 00:11.
surgical imaging to follow. Apr 00:8. Jul 01:1. Commitment comes in many forms. Oct 00:9.
Military hospital buys PACS-compatible radiog- Five vendors, wide range of cardiology supplies GPO deals still golden; compliance is the key.
raphy system from Swissray. Dec 00:4. featured in new Consorta deal. Jan 01:6. Oct 00:1.
Mobile P.E.T. scan deal helps California hospital Group will study cardiac catheterization labs, Hospital system uses standardization to produce
avoid big capital investment. Dec 00:5. looking for supply, time savings. Jan 00:6. contract compliance savings. Jun 00:3.
New capital equipment service contract brings Guidant becoming most popular vendor of cardio- HSCA names Tyco division to participate in new
together offspring of big buyers. Jun 00:3. vascular stents, study shows. committed purchasing program. Sep 00:6.
Sep 00:5.
24 Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert ,200 1
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission.
For more permission information, see page 2.
eipjpre as , ae
a) oe = AAL
AU) Inedae Is5ue
HSCA’s new committed buying program base OhioHealth picks up VHA value analysis soft- Michigan company tapped to provide technology
product portfolio growing rapidly. Jul 00:6. ware, adds GENESIS asset system. consulting for AmeriNet. Feb 01:6.
Many labs, one contract. Oct 00:10. Mar 00:4. New consulting contract could help AmeriNet
The physician factor. Oct 00:10. Perot: future materials management systems members get the picture. Aug 00:8.
Who wants to join the million dollar club? will be cheaper to upgrade. May 00:3. New Hampshire hospital aims to save through
Oct 00:11. Premier selects Gateway to provide pc hardware use of cost consulting firm. Dec 01:5.
for member hospitals. Aug 00:11. Southeastern hospital system gives nod to
Communication Regional GPO acquires data crunching system Bergen for distribution, consulting Jan 00:5.
Communication technology, services subject of for hospital business planning. Sep 00:7. VHA working with physician practice consultants
AmeriNet-Avaya agreement. Mar 01:8. Shared Services taps Alabama company to to aid member hospitals. Dec 01:8.
HSCA deal offers telecommunications tech- provide computer hardware, software. Contracting strategies
nology from Lucent spinoff company.
Dec 01:6.
Jan 01:7. Software companies have lost the old customer AHRMM sees shift in reliance on groups for
JPC offers members help with energy, telecom- focus. Feb 01:5. contracts: some home-grown deals OK.
munications cost management. Oct 01:7. Sep 00:3.
Tennessee-based hospital system selects
Telephone bills to be smaller, network larger, McKessonHBOC to provide software. Buying in: IDN reaps GPO benefits. Jul 01:11
under new Genesis agreement. Feb 01:4. Christus Health continues to reap savings from
Jul 00:5.
Telephone interpreters available through Amer- standardization, utilization efforts. Dec 00:3.
Texas hospital becomes first to install materials
iNet deal with OnLine interpreters. Apr 01:8. Coastal Cooperative savings exceed $2M from
system from Canadian firm. Mar 00:5.
using customized contracts from JPC.
Compression devices Texas hospitals give nod to Canadian co. for Sep 00:8.
materials management systems. Apr 00:5.
Broadlane has new agreement covering compres- Trinity Health selects McKesson HBOC to Disease-based contracts reflect clinical realities.
sion systems from Huntleigh. provide managed care software. Apr 01:5. Jul 01:1.
Oct 01:6. Two sources of computer-based training now Distributor consolidation expected to net
Compression device agreement produces major available to members of Premier Inc. savings from standardization, pricing.
savings for Consorta members. Sep 00:8. Apr 00:6. Jul 00:5.
MHA inks corporate deal with Huntleigh for University of Pennsylvania Health System selects For Mass. hospital, adding a second GPO will not
compression, ultrasonic equipment. Siemens to run computer systems. Sep create new contract alternatives.
Dec 00:8. 01:16. Feb 01:5.
MHA selects Huntleigh to provide its line of High group contract use nets major savings for
pneumatic compression equipment. Consorta pair of Georgia hospitals. Jul 01:4.
Sep 01:8. ‘Hospital of the future’ to replace aging facility.
Big Catholic group just got bigger with addition May 01:8.
Computer equipment, software of large Texas IDN to the fold. Apr 01:8. Hospital system uses standardization to produce
Consorta contract portfolio growing along with contract compliance savings. Jun 00:3.
Banner Health plans to install software from savings for members, group reports. Hospital to vendor of new device: ‘Share our
Lawson for materials management. Sep 00:8. reimbursement woes.’ Feb 01:4.
Sep 01:4. Consorta edges Premier as contracting agent for Hospitals preparing future attack response.
Baptist Health decides to continue outsourcing 45-hospital Catholic network. Sep 01:6. Nov 01:15.
of information technology. Dec 00:5. Consorta creates giant imaging portfolio. HSCA's new committed buying program base
California hospitals moving to outsource Feb 01:2. product portfolio growing rapidly. Jul 00:6.
computer operations with Perot Systems. Consorta decides to expand offerings from GE It takes teamwork to produce big savings.
May 00:4. Medical; imaging service added. Oct 00:6. Dec 00:14. .
California IDN chooses McKesson Corp. for new Consorta members can choose from two distribu- JPC predicts big savings gain for hospitals using
Compmaattiebriilailtsy mwaasn agdeecmiednitng sfyascttoerm . whNeonv 0Ca1l:i4-. Constoorrst ao f mfeomodb esresr virceep orptr odbuicgt ss.a viJnugns 00w:h8i.le Kaisceoro peexrpaetcitvse tpou rrcehaaps ibnigg sparvoignrgasm sa.f teMra r 01:7.
fornia hospital picked record system. using ever-expanding portfolio. Oct 01:7. outsourcing contract duties to Broadlane.
Jun 00:5. Consorta members save on imaging equipment Feb 01:3.
Genesys selects MediClick to provide ProClick through group buy with GE. Aug 01:8. Kansas hospitals merging supply stores, people
materials management system. Apr 01:5. Consorta pilots online catalog site, while looking as acute-care transfer nears. Jul 01:4.
Georgia hospital installs Pyxis integration soft- for an e-commerce provider.
ware from Geac Computer Corp. Oct 01:3. Feb 00:6. N.H.t ihono spoift aplh ysaidcdisa n to prpaucrtcihcaess.i ngJ ul cl0o0u:t3 . with addi-
Growing pains: glitches mark new MMI systems. Intravenous catheters, related supplies under Novation contract consolidation continues.
Jan 01:1. two new Consorta agreements. Jun 00:6. Feb 01:14.
HCA decides to use Lawson package to link Large Hawaiian hospital system decides to Oregon, Georgia hospitals to be honored by GPO
materials, financial systems. Dec 00:4 become newest member of Consorta. for supply chain innovations. Apr 01:3.
How automation can trim supply chain costs Mar 01:5. Premier backing away from blockbusters,
Jun 00:2. Strong first year prompts growth push for looking for supply chain value instead.
IDNs strive to automate clinical efforts with Consorta. Apr 00:1. May 00:6.
Horizon package from McKesson. Dec 01:3. Three years, three sources mark contract issued Standardization still saves: N.Y. hospital will net
Indiana hospitals expect savings to result from by Consorta for patient monitors. Jun 00:8. $4.6 million from conversion. Aug 00:4.
demand planning with new software. Consulting Texas-based IDN joins Mercy Resource Manage-
Oct 00:5. ment, keeps Premier contracts. Apr 01:5.
Materials management technology use still in BJC Health System opts to continue with Bergen Tiny Alabama hospital is state's biggest spender
early stages at most hospitals. Oct 00:3. for consulting, distribution. Jan 00:5. in Shared Services Healthcare. Jun 01:5.
McKessonHBOC officials respond to gripes. Consorta contract with food consultant restruc- To cut costs, build supplier, clinician ties
Jan 01:10. tured to add new product updates. Mar 01:8. Jan 00:10.
New SAP materiais management system on the Consulting services from CareScience now avail- Touro Infirmary reining in vendor reps in effort to
way for University of Arkansas. Jul 01:5. able to AmeriNet members. Mar 01:8. boost contract compliance. Jul 01:5.
lilinois hospital awards Brim Healthcare agree- Vendors must ‘give value’ to earn GPO award.
ment for consulting services. Aug 00:5. May 01:15.
Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert ,200 1 25
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission
For more permission information, see page 2.
cipjypefs
a ar OAL
2001 Inidae Iguue
Distributor dance continues; Bergen, Allegiance At JPC, flexibility, commitment count most in
seek to combine med-surg. Aug 00:3. dot-com choice. Nov 01:10.
California IDN finds savings from bringing courier
services under materials dept. Distributor merger approved; Allegiance will take Auburn becomes the first hospital to link mate-
Jul 00:5. over Bergen med-surg unit. Oct 00:3. rials system with Broadlane site. Dec 01:4.
Distributor sets up online buying function
Auction site helps BJC recycle capital assets
connecting hospital customers, sellers.
Jul 00:5. Aug 00:1.
CHRISTUS seeks speedier data review from pact Electronic ordering available for products from Bar code technology available through Shared
with Mercy Resource Mgt. May 01:3. C.R. Bard through distributor site. Dec 00:4 Services agreement with BCX. Aug 01:7.
Consorta adds online database from 3M to its HSCA Select program will use Allegiance, Broadlane beckons, hospitals bite as Tenet
WINGS electronic commerce site. May 01:7. Bergen Brunswig as preferred distributors. Ventro site launches catalog. May 00:3.
Premier database to be used to help FDA track Aug 00:6. Broadlane drops Ventro as e-commerce partner;
patient use of pharmaceuticals. Dec 09:7 InSource deal makes Bergen Brunswig preferred adds auction site and lab service. Apr 01:6.
distributor for all facilities. Mar 01:8. Broadlane members increasing Web use for
Diagnostic supplies InSource parent names new distributor of the purchasing; online orders top 24,000.
See also Radiology, Laboratory. refurbished equipment it will sell. Apr 00:6. Sep 01:4.
Consorta adding med-surg, food service agree Ohio IDN renews major distribution deal with Broadiane’s e-commerce site humming along
ments in early months of 2000. Mar 00:6. Cardinal Health for most supplies. Jan 01:5. despite tech partner breakup. Aug 01:7.
Thermometers, disposable and reusable, are the On Wisconsin: conversion nets big bucks. Buyers impatient with e-commerce delays.
topic of new Shared Services deal. Jul 01:7. Oct 01:14. May 01:2.
Philadelphia hospital decides to split distribution Canadian GPO takes up e-commerce with instal-
Dialysis between two companies. Jun 00:4. lation of purchasing site. Jun 00:7.
HSCA inks new contract with C.R. Bard covering Premier deal offers data tracking service Canadian group adds to online offerings with
line of dialysis catheters. Dec 00:7 through distributor's reporting system. Trudell Medical Marketing deal. Nov 01:6.
New Novation deal features disinfectants used in Nov 00:6. Canadian health system begins testing Neoforma
dialysis, part of new portfolio. Jun 00:6. Prime distributor contract yields up-front, contin site for electronic commerce.
uing savings for Wisconsin hospital. Apr 01:4.
Disaster response Jun 01:3. CHCA hospitals can now order supplies from
Grounded: logistics crunch averted in wake of Southeastern hospital system gives nod to Promedix site. Aug 00:11.
tragedy. Oct 01:1. Bergen for distribution, consulting Jan 00:5. CHeS seeks industry-wide set of standards.
Specialty distribution still in phone, fax age. Jun 01:2.
HospNiotva ls0 1:p1r5e.p aring future attack response jun 01:14. Colorado IDN signs deal for e-commerce using
Tennessee IDN expects big savings from stream Lawson to connect to GHX site. Sep 01:5.
Supply chain vulnerable in many ways. lining distribution with Cardinal. Columbia has new group, e-commerce deal.
Dec 01:2 Oct 01:4. Feb 00:2.
Distribution Texamse dihocsapli-tsaulr giscyaslt emd istsreilbeucttosr . OwAeung s 01&:5 .M inor as Compel-icaonmcmee,r caec cucroancnye ctuipo nf.o r Nhoovs pi0t0a:l5s. following
AmeriNet continues distribution deal, adds first Texas hospitals expand use of products, services Consorta adds online database from 3M to its
commercial printing vendor. May 00:7. from Cardinal Health companies. WINGS electronic commerce site. May 01:7.
As inSource, HSCA merge, long-time executive jul 00:5. Consorta launches streamlined WINGS Web site,
leaves to join distributor. Aug 01:6. Texas hospitals name Owens & Minor as prime including online contract prices.
Ascension Health looks forward to big savings by distributor in five-year deal. Jun 01:5. Aug 00:7.
consolidating distribution. Jun 01:4. Under new contract, Kaiser Permanente hospi Consorta pilots online catalog site, while looking
Baylor selects Owens & Minor as prime distrib tals will start using Owens & Minor. for an e-commerce provider.
utor; cites e-commerce capability. Apr 01:5. Sep 01:11. Feb 00:6.
Big savings can come in small packages. University Hospitals of Cleveland gives nod to Consorta to host upcoming meeting of health
Nov 00:15. Medline industries for distribution. Feb 01:3. care electronic standards group. Jul 01:7.
BJC Health System opts to continue with Bergen VA hospital seeks distributor to bring private Distributors setting stage for future switch to e-
for consulting, distribution. Jan 00:5. sector approach to supply chain. Jan 01:5. commerce with new site. May 00:4.
Broadiane, Marconi revise agreement covering VA medical centers give nod to Allegiance for DNs say they are ready for Internet buying now;
radiology supply distribution. Sep 01:10. distribution of med-surg supplies. May 00:5. vendors still thinking it over. Feb 00:5
California hospital rushes to change distributors Virginia system gives nod to Owens & Minor for Don't expect using e-commerce to buy med-surg
after unexpected rate hike. Jun 01:4. renewal of distribution deal. Oct 01:5. supplies to be like Amazon.com. Apr 00:3.
California hospital signs with Medline; future E-commerce consolidation continues with deal
plans call for stockless distribution. Donating supplies uniting platforms of GHX, Neoforma.
Oct 00:4 Donating excess supplies, equipment may cut Oct 01:6.
California IDN inks corporate agreement with inventory, disposal expenses. Jan 01:8. E-commerce integration to begin with HCA,
Cardinal for med-surg, pharmacy. Oct 01:5. Premier hospitals in Medibuy deal. Apr 01:4.
Central warehouse serves IDN well, but suppliers Drugs E-commerce poses more questions than answers.
Still slow to catch on. Sep 00:5. Jun 00:1.
See Pharmaceutical products.
Compliance depends on reliability of local E-commerce saves by consolidating small POs.
delivery. Apr 00:12. Electronic commerce Jan 00:2.
Consorta names pair of long-term care distribu E-standards group plugs away at data integration
tors: Medline, McKessonHBOC. Sep 00:6. See also Internet. issues, adds new members. Nov 00:7.
Consorta will use McKessonHBOC, Medline for ‘Wait and see’ attitude prevails Nov 00:9. Five major vendors join e-commerce ranks.
aiternate-site deliveries. Aug 00:8. AllHealth joins Internet age with Neoforma, e- May 00:2.
Director was force behind change. Jul 01:13. mail. Mar 01:18. Group formed to set standards for Web
Distribution deal aims to save New Mexico hospi AmeriNet: ‘We don’t need another organization’. commerce adopts new name, project.
tals millions. May 00:11. Jun 01:10. Feb 01:6.
Distribution deal to net $1 million yearly in Another e-commerce venture: Bergen Brunswig Groups Say bail-out of Neoforma.com safeguards
savings for New Mexico hospital. Apr 00:5. sets up Pharmabid.com. Jan 00:5. their e-commerce plans. Mar 01:6.
Hospital Materials ManagemDeceemnbert ,200 1
© Copynght 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission.
For more permission information, see page 2.
So3 PEetC Iod AL
QU) Ineo Ig 3ua
HCA prevails on suppliers to develop integration Novation rolling out online portfolio according to Endoscopy
of e-commerce facility. Aug 00:5. Neoforma.com agreement. Jul 00:7.
See Less-invasive surgery.
HCA, Premier to share stake in medibuy.com. Now...and then: Novation e-commerce vendors
Sep 00:1. imagine future supply chain. Sep 00:15. Energy
HINs accepted by growing number of IDNs to Oregon hospitals will use Pointshare to put some
identify facilities using the Internet. medical functions online. May 00:4. California PUC eases blackout fears, exempting
Aug 00:4. Premier Health Exchange e-commerce site now large hospitals as ‘essential’. May 01:4.
HINs track buyer trails on info superhighway. in the hands of medibuy.com. Mar 01:6. JPC offers members help with energy, telecom-
May 00:8. Premier taking steps to put Beckman Coulter munications cost management. Oct 01:7.
Hospital associations ponder policies on relative products on medibuy.com site. Feb 01:6. Market changes can fuel savings on energy.
merits of e-commerce sites. Aug 00:4. Premier to let Medibuy.com run online buying. Sep 00:2.
Hospitals awaiting arrival of e-commerce stan- Apr 00:2. New Premier agreement aimed at keeping
dards. Jun 01:1 Product selection growing on order site bringing energy costs in line at member hospitals. Jun
Hospitals help create e-commerce site. Premier's Web catalog online. Jan 00:7. 00:7.
Aug 00:2. Product standards movement gains momentum No easy answers for California hospitals dealing
Hospitals using regional distributor now can with Premier testimony. Sep 01:7. with energy shortage, expense. Mar 01:3.
order med-surg supplies on medibuy. Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s goes online with e- Some distributors boost surcharges in response
Aug 01:4. commerce venture for cardiology. Mar 00:5. to steep fuel cost increases. Sep 00:4.
InSource parent launches e-commerce site. Seeking savings on the internet. May 00:12.
Environment
Jan 00:12. Slow and steady wins race to e-success, GHX
Integration now includes need to adjust to verifies. Nov 01:1. Earth-friendly body bags are topic of new
variety of e-commerce options. Jun 00:5. Standards for the world. Jun 01:9. contract by Consorta with LASAN Plastics.
lowa health systems becomes e-commerce Stanford Hospital agrees to buy specialty med- Oct 01:8.
pioneer with GHX. Nov 01:11. surg products on Promedix site. Sep 00:4. Think of environment when choosing supplies.
IPO or not, medibuy.com, Premier move ahead Study said to show how buying online will Sep 01:11.
with merged e-commerce function. address transaction discrepancies. Jun 01:7. Broadlane widens supplier net, seeking diversity.
Aug 00:6. Study: E-commerce could save hospitals and environmental friendliness. Dec 01:6.
Kaiser Permanente begins e-commerce tech- suppliers $6 billion. Sep 01:17.
nology buying venture with Ariba. Jul 00:4. Study: e-commerce will improve logistics.
Kansas hospital becomes one of the first Nov 00:2. In battle to limit federal supply schedule,
customers of new e-commerce service. Supplier-owned e-commerce site adds more lawmakers agree to preserve status quo. Dec
Jul 00:4. members Jul 00:11. 00:6.
Main e-commerce issue in 2001 will be inter- Supplier-owned e-commerce Web site adds more
face. Nov 00:1. members Aug 00:10. FDA regulations
Major Chicago medical center connects to GHX Switch to online buying proves effective, but FDA warning letter turns out to mean agents
site using Omnicell software. Sep 01:5. process takes some getting used to. were off duty when item arrived. Mar 01:4.
Maryland hospital to try database update using Jun 01:4. FDA's short hours keep materials managers
service of e-commerce provider. Sep 01:4. System interface, tiie first step in online buying, working overtime. May 01:10.
Medbuy embarks on 10-year agreement with to be installed in Tulsa hospitals. Feb 01:3.
Neoforma for electronic commerce. Tenet begins registering hospitals to buy med- Flooring materials
Jan 01:8. surg products on Promedix site. Jul 00:3.
Premier inks deals covering flooring materials,
Tenet partner Ventro to shut down Tenet, Chemdex pact to put BuyPower portfolio
food service distribution. Dec 00:10.
Promedix.com, specialty supply site. online, then add GPO catalogs. Jan 00:6.
Jan 01:3. Tenet-owned e-commerce site named Broadiane, Food supplies and service
Medibuy hires software companies to help hospi- Ricker appointed COO. Apr 00:3.
tals link up with its site. Jun 01:5. Texas hospital plans to post equipment on new Coca-Cola agreement expected to net savings of
Members of Premier, HealthTrust can now order auction Web site for resale. Jun 00:4. more than $700,000 a year. Feb 00:7.
from distributor through Web site. Aug 01:9. Washington firm will provide online charts for Consorta adding med-surg, food service agree-
Mercy Health System selects MedPlus to help Premier's Provider Select members. ments in early months of 2000. Mar 00:6.
put patient records online. Oct 00:5. Sep 00:7. Consorta contract with food consultant restruc-
Neoforma wants to drop ‘dot-com’ suffix, faces Web moves toward unity as GPOs push stan- tured to add new product updates. Mar 01:8.
reverse stock split to boost price. Aug 01:7. dards. Jul 00:1. Consorta members can choose from two distribu-
Neoforma’s Canadian venture is gaining ground Why hospitals aren't rushing into e-commerce. tors of food service products. Jun 00:8.
as Medbuy launches info site. May 01:7. Jan 01:2. Dual-source food pacts aim to ensure standardi-
New HSCA Internet program will allow vendors to Yankee Alliance hospitals begin ordering zation at Tenet hospitals. May 00:4.
track member compliance. Dec 00:7. supplies online through medibuy.com. New Consorta deal provides customized
New Jersey hospital begins to implement Dec 00:5. reporting of food service purchases. Jul 00:8.
strongest online connection to GHX site. New HSCA deal puts dietary information on data-
Nov 01:4. Emergency supplies base, provides software training.
Novation adding GE Medical products to Market- Hospitals preparing future attack response. Mar 00:7.
place@Novation buying site. Nov 01:7. Nov 01:15. Novation expands committed food buying
program. Apr 00:10.
Novation catalog lands on Neoforma site; Premier tackles emergency room logistics and
Premier inks deals covering flooring materials,
hospital interest grows in online buying. practices in new program for members. food service distribution. Dec 00:10.
Sep 01:15.
Dec 00:7.
Novation connects 333 member hospitals to e- Tenet hopes hospital ERs will run more smoothly Gastrointestinal products
with management software. Sep 01:5.
commerce site run by Neoforma. Dec 01:9. Feeding, biopsy products are featured in MHA
Novation-Neoforma deal making progress as Emerging technology deal with C.R. Bard division. Apr 01:7.
hospitals sign up, investors approve.
GI products, accessories, covered under new
Sep 00:7. Program aims to link AmeriNet members with InSource deal with C.R. Bard division.
suppliers of emerging technology. Dec 01:8. Mar 01:7.
Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert ,200 1 27
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission
For more permission information, see page 2.
SPael\y
2001 Index Ij3ue
Gloves NJHA gaining competitive edge for HPPI in North For high-priced PACS, vendors are often willing
east’s group purchasing market to offer attractive financing deals. Jul 01:4.
AmeriNet renews deal with WRP Corp. covering May 01:11. For ultrasound equipment, AmeriNet turns to GE
variety of surgical gloves. Mar 01:8.
Medical Systems in three-year deal.
Ansell remains a source of exam gloves under
Feb 00:7.
renewal of Novation agreement. Apr 00:8.
For powder-free gloves, Kaiser switches to As InSource, HSCA merge, long-time executive Group PACS deal will make digital imaging
Regent Medical's Biogel® brand. Mar 00:4 leaves to join distributor. Aug 01:6. investments easier for AmeriNet members.
Apr 00:8.
Glove price drop may be short-lived. Jul 00:1 Building maintenance supplies featured in new
Glove price report challenged. Oct 00:3. HSCA agreement with Beta Corp. Jun 00:7. Hospital documents PACS savings by recording
Medline to administer glove contracts inherited GPO merger finalized; InSource and HSCA now improved utilization rate. Dec 01:3.
from MediGuard takeover. Mar-98 :4. part of MedAssets GPO division. Jun 01:6. Hospitals signing up for line of diagnostic
No extra charge for synthetic gloves in new HSCA kicks off contract compliance program imaging equipment from Swissray Intl.
version of Kendall urological trays. Apr 00:4. with wound closure agreement. Jun 00:6. Nov 01:4.
No hike in sight for glove prices. Aug 01:1. HSCA’'s new committed buying program base HSCA offers mobile PET scanning service in
Non-latex surgical gloves from BarrierMed added product portfolio growing rapidly. Jul 00:6 agreement with California company.
to supply schedule for VA hospitals. IDNs, multi-site hospitals could benefit from Jan 01:6.
Oct 01:7. compliance ‘loophole’ in program. Mar 00:3. MHA renews agreement with Siemens for diag-
Novation signs new glove agreements, drops InSource and HSCA eye possible merger. nostic imaging equipment. Jan 01:6.
WRP for powder-free exam gloves. Mar 00:7. May 01:1. Imaging, nuclear medicine equipment available
Veterans hospitals will use Ansell Healthcare Nonacute facilities get benefits of group under new Premier agreements. Oct 00:8.
Products for exam gloves. Aug 00:5. purchasing under special HSCA deal. Kaiser expands digital imaging array, installs
Mar 00:8. PACS network in Colorado. Feb 00:4.
Gowns Pricing tiers feature of clinical laboratory Mammography devices covered in new contract:
See Protective apparel. contract between HSCA, Fisher Scientific surgical imaging to follow. Apr 00:8.
Apr 00:6.
MHA inks agreement with Siemens for newest
Group purchasing organizations Acuson ultrasound equipment. Dec 01:9.
See individual groups listed by name. MHA renews agreement with Siemens for diag-
See Materials management organizations.
Current anti-trust policy exempts health care nostic imaging equipment. Dec 00:11.
Oct 01:11. Imaging equipment Michigan hospital to install digital system for
Future of GPOs in doubt as e-commerce grows
image management from Medcon. Dec 01:3.
Sep 00:10. AmeriNet adds mobile imaging systems to
GPO organization finds record of savings from MedAssets equipment agreement. Mar 01:8. Military hospital buys PACS-compatible radiog-
raphy system from Swissray. Dec 00:4.
use of group purchasing contracts. AmeriNet joins move to offer hospitals mobile
Mobile P.E.T. scan deal helps California hospital
Dec 00:6 diagnostic imaging equipment. Feb 01:6.
avoid big capital investment. Dec 00:5.
IDNs to gather in Florida to debate issues of AmeriNet selects Siemens to provide variety of New JPC deal features diagnostic imaging equip-
logistics outsourcing, group purchasing. diagnostic imaging devices. Dec 01:7. ment and supplies from GE Medical.
Aug 01:3. Beth Israel's cardiac imaging facilities growing Jun 00:7.
Law specifically exempts ‘joint purchasing’. as labs instali Toshiba networks. Mar 00:5. New JPC deal features diagnostic imaging equip-
Oct 01:2.
Broadlane implements group buy deals with ment and supplies from GE Medical.
Santa Clara auditors verify GPO savings. Acuson for imaging equipment. Oct 01:8. Jul 00:6.
Aug 01:2. California hospital installs software from New PACS agreement features easier financial
Senate subcommittee to probe GPO influence. Novadigm to boost imaging, lab systems. Nov terms through rental system. Feb 00:5.
Aug 01:1. 01:5. New PACS equipment to be installed in three
‘Small market share? No problem’ GPOs reas- California hospital selects Vancouver firm to phases at Louisiana hospital. Nov 01:4.
sure supplier groups at meetings. Jun 00:7. provide software for imaging. Feb 01:5. Newest TargetBuy program will feature imaging
There's still room for savings from using more Cedars-Sinai to consolidate imaging services equipment from Marconi Medical. Mar 01:6.
GPO contracts, HIGPA study finds. Apr 01:7. with installation of Cemax PACS. Mar 00:5. Novation deal features scanning devices for
HealthTrust Purchasing Group Cleveland Clinic uses Internet site to buy nuclear medicine; Siemens is vendor.
Siemens computed tomography scanner. Nov 00:6.
Columbia has new group, e-commerce deal. Feb 01:5. Premier gives MedAssets nod to provide remade
Feb 00:2. Colorado hospital will install imaging equipment diagnostic imaging equipment. Nov 01:6.
HealthTrust finds novel approach to physician Siemens in new facility. Jul 01:5. Radiology equipment is topic of contract with
preference Sep 00:15. Diagnostic imaging equipment is covered in Agfa for Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Quorum acquisition will add $900 million to Premier's new contract with GE Medical. Dec Sep 00:4.
HealthTrust annual purchasing volume. 00:8. Reimbursement, range of uses accelerate
Aug 01:9. Diagnostic imaging equipment is featured in spending by U.S. hospitals on PET devices.
Safety lancets available to HealthTrust members extended MHA agreement with Toshiba. Oct 01:4.
under contract with SurgiLance. Dec 01:8. Jun 00:8. Shands hospitals investing in digital cardiac
Diagnostic imaging systems to be offered in new image network from Heartlab. Oct 01:5.
HMM-HIT merger Novation contract with Philips. Jun 00:7. Shared Services renews Agfa agreement, adds
Digital mammography provides better outcomes, filmless imaging PACS equipment. Oct 01:8.
Bringing buyers and sellers together. Jul 01:3. but few hospitals can afford it. Oct 01:5. SSH agreement allows members to obtain
Hospital systems Digital mammography study prompts purchase of needed imaging equipment by leasing.
SenoScan at major hospitals. Nov 01:3. Oct 00:7.
See integrated delivery networks. Digital radiography comes to Alabama through SSH inks deal with Diagnostic Imaging to
new Swissray installation. Jun 00:5. distribute imaging equipment, supplies.
Expanded agreement adds Kodak supplies and Ju! 01:8.
MHA snags Texas business from HPP! with systems to MAGNET's Imation deal. TargetBuy deals take off at AmeriNet, with radi-
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. Apr 00:7. ography, mammography devices.
Feb 01:6. Dec 00:8.
Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert ,200 1
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce. fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission.
For more permission information, see page 2.
SPECIAL
200) Ineo’ [53s F
Tenet begins group buy for radiology, ultrasound Savings set to grow this year in custom IDN JPC has new agreement with Polymedco for
equipment from Acuson. May 00:4. contracting program from JPC. Sep 01:7. variety of diagnostic testing agents.
Tennessee IDN chooses Philips Medical radi- St. Louis IDN reinvents supply chain step by
Dec 01:9.
ographic, fluoroscopic equipment. Jan 00:5. step. Nov 01:2.
JPC pharmaceutical portfolio will gain volume
Tennessee IDN extends imaging contract with Systems reshuffle hospitals in Indiana, creating with addition of Continuum buyers. Jan 00:7.
Philips to add computed radiography.
new IDN and possible GPO move. Dec 01:4. JPC predicts big savings gain for hospitals using
Mar 00:4.
Tenet supply costs dip slightly as percent of net cooperative purchasing programs. Mar 01:7.
Texas hospital plans to convert to digital
revenue in second fiscal quarter. Feb 01:3. Little guys with big plans: JPC seeks national
imaging system from A.L.I. Technologies. Dec
This is real integration: CHW centralizes buying coverage for imaging portfolio. Jul 01:6.
01:4. May 00:1. New JPC deal features diagnostic imaging equip-
Three midwestern hospitals plan to use digital Triad to buy Quorum, moving $1 billion worth of ment and supplies from GE Medical.
imaging systems from EMed. Dec 01:3. annual purchasing to new GPO. Jan 01:4. Jun 00:7.
Wisconsin hospitals will expand PACS use using Savings set to grow this year in custom IDN
new system from A.L.|. Technologies. Internet contracting program from JPC. Aug 01:14.
Nov 00:3. See also Electronic commerce.
Laboratory
Arkansas hospital contracts with Web site devel-
Incontinenccaere
oper to improve marketing efforts. AmeriNet names California company to provide
AmeriNet inks contract with First Quality for Dec 00:5. diagnostic quality control. Aug 00:7.
disposable incontinence products. Feb 01:8. E-commerce integration to begin with HCA, AmeriNet renews contract with LabCorp. to
Incontinence supplies see growing market. Premier hospitals in Medibuy deal. Apr 01:4. provide reference laboratory services.
Oct 00:2. HCA signing up hospitals to use Internet prod- Jan 01:6.
VA selects Carrington Laboratories to provide ucts for creating their Web sites. Feb 01:4. Bedside testing equipment for Novation
incontinence care products. Jun 00:4. Novation, Allegiance begin three-year study of members to come from Abbott Labs.
Internet's impact on supply chain. May 01:6. Jan 01:7.
Sisters of Mercy hospitals to receive new online Broadlane gives nod to Fisher subsidiary for
Raw material costs will drive price hikes this care management system. Aug 01:5. distribution of laboratory supplies. Dec 01:8.
year. Feb 00:12. Texas hospital selects MedPlus to provide California hospital installs software from
Internet-based electronic patient records. Novadigm to boost imaging, lab systems. Nov
IinSource Aug 01:5.
01:5.
As InSource, HSCA merge, long-time executive intraocular lenses Diagnostic equipment topic of new deal betweeri
leaves to join distributor. Aug 01:6. HSCA and Abbott Laboratories.
GPO merger finalized; InSource and HSCA now IOL price locks prove farsighted. Sep 00:1. Nov 00:7.
part of MedAssets GPO division. Jun 01:6. IOL prices stable as uses grow. Oct 01:1. Expanded agreement adds immunoassay prod-
InSource and HSCA eye possible merger. New HCFA ruling offers hospitals better reim- ucts to Premier deal with Roche. Mar 00:8.
May 01:1. bursement for using innovative IOLs. General laboratory products will come from Alle-
InSource parent acquires another group; new Nov 00:5. giance under new Novation pact. Apr 00:7.
division is non-acute care specialist. New line of IOLs now included in portfolio as General laboratory products will come from Alle-
Oct 00:6. Premier selects Allergan’s Sensar line. giance under new Novation pact. May 00:7
InSource parent launches e-commerce site. Aug 00:8. GPOs look to Dade Behring for long-term, wide-
Jan 00:12. ranging laboratory supply contracts.
intravenous therapy Apr 00:6. E
Integrated delivery networks
Abbot IV pump defect said corrected, but FDA HealthTrust selects Bio-Rad Laboratories for
Banner Health System selects Premier as its Says company failed to report it. Nov 00:5. variety of quality control systems. Nov 01:7.
group purchasing organization. May 01:5. AmeriNet continues to use B. Braun as source of Hospital labs taking Abbott Labs decree in
California-based IDN flexes buying muscle. IV systems, related products. Apr 00:7. stride; CLMA wins extra time to convert.
BJC embarks on major deal to purchase infusion Jan 00:3.
Feb 00:1.
CHRISTUS seeks speedier data review from pact pumps and needleless devices. Feb 01:3. lowa hospital chooses St. Louis company for
with Mercy Resource Mgt. May 01:3. IV deal nets big savings for Consorta members, major expansion, remodeling effort.
Hospital aims for savings under more benign and it’s only the beginning. Sep 00:7. Nov 01:5.
HCA. May 01:10. IV prices creep upward again. Apr 00:1. JPC contract with World Diagnostics offers
Hospital juggles two group portfolios following IV prices expected to stabilize. May 01:1. discounts on laboratory supplies. Jun 00:6.
takeover by Consorta member. Apr 00:5. Sole-source agreement with Abbott Labs covers JPC deal with Sigma Diagnostics covers long list
Hospitals still look for buying strength in infusion pumps for Consorta. Mar 00:7. of laboratory testing products. Apr 00:8.
numbers, while continuing to specialize. JPC has new agreement with Polymedco for
inventory control
Mar 00:4. variety of diagnostic testing agents.
IDNs to gather in Florida to debate issues of Florida-based hospital system to install Pyxis
Dec 01:9.
logistics outsourcing, group purchasing. automated dispensing systems. Apr 00:5. Kaiser Permanente has new agreement covering
Aug 01:3. Genesys selects MediClick to provide ProClick cancer testing materials. Apr 00:4.
IDNs, multi-site hospitals could benefit from materials management system. Apr 01:5. Lab products covered in new agreement between
compliance ‘loophole’ in program. Mar 00:3. INTEGRIS selects BCX to provide scanners, MAGNET and TREK Diagnostics.
Indiana IDN uses new Dupont hospital to demon- workstations for automated inventory. Jul 00:7.
strate paperless innovations. Nov 01:5. May 01:5. LabCorp gets HSCA nod as newest source of
Multi-source deals come to HCA hospitals. reference laboratory testing services.
Sep 01:16. Jun 01:8.
New Jersey IDNs stay independent under GPO JPC contract with World Diagnostics offers LSU health care division awards contract for
pact. Sep 01:15. discounts on laboratory supplies. Jun 00:6. diagnostics to Beckman Coulter. Jun 01:4.
Ohio hospitals join to form IDN, select AmeriNet Many specialized laboratory tests available in
Central for group purchasing. May 01:5. renewed AmeriNet deal. Sep 01:6.
Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert ,200 1 29
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission.
For more permission information, see page 2.
oif re 3
Ir OLAL
200) Inde Ista
McKesson software to run lab testing equipment Grounded: logistics crunch averted in wake of Canada’s largest GPO gains buying clout: more
for Christian Hospital. Nov 01:5. tragedy. Oct 01:1. contracts, members, equal savings. Jul 00:7.
MHA contract adds Radiometer America as Hospital move will delay implementation at one, Canada’s largest GPO still growing, both in
second supplier of lab equipment. Jun 00:7. but Novation site has many takers. Oct 00:4. membership and contract portfolio size.
New York hospital has new agreement for variety Kaiser Permanente acquires warehouse from Jul 01:7.
of biomedical instruments. Apr 01:4 failed dot-com grocery company. Dec 01:4. Canada’s Medbuy continues to grow, adding
Novation inks Dade Behring deal, expands rela long-term care site as member. Nov 01:7
tionship with C.R. Bard. May 00:8. Kaiser selects Contract Support Services to Canadian GPO takes up e-commerce with instal-
Novation members to have choice of three refer- oversee supply, logistics overhaul. Oct 01:5. lation of purchasing site. Jun 00:7.
ence laboratories under new pact. May 01:7. Nation's most isolated hospitals seeking to band Medbuy expanding range to Canada’s eastern-
Premier renews Beckman Coulter deal for distri together for supply backup. Nov 00:4. most provinces with new office. Aug 01:6.
bution of lab instruments, kits. Aug 01:9. Supply chain vulnerable in many ways.
Rural New Hampshire hospitals select Beckman Dec 01:2. MedEcon/MHA
Coulter for diagnostic systems. Jun 01:3. Third-party logistics providers raise rates; hospi Diagnostic imaging equipment is featured in
St. John Health System awards contract for tals with contracts protect prices. Mar 01:5. extended MHA agreement with Toshiba
immunochemistry to Beckman Coulter Jun 00:8.
Sep 01:5. Long-term care MedEcon dropped from new GPO name, but
Tenet hospitals to use Bio-Rad for quality control Broadlane opens some of its contracts acute-care contracts will continue.
in clinical diagnostic laboratories. Jun 00:4 to long-term care facilities in AAHSA. May 00:6.
Vendor alliance said to bring added value for Dec 01:8. Med-surg supplies covered in MHA’s new agree-
outsourced laboratory testing service. ment with ‘disadvantaged business.’
Jan 01:5. Dec 00:7.
MHA contract adds Radiometer America as
Laser equipment AllHealth leaving MAGNET; will transfer all group
second supplier of lab equipment. Jun 00:7.
purchasing business to HPPI.
HealthTrust selects Eclipse Surgical as source of MHA snags Texas business from HPP! with
Sep 00:6.
TMR laser equipment, supplies. Oct 00:8 Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council.
Feb 01:6.
Maintenance, housekeeping
Less-invasive surgery
Building maintenance supplies featured in new Medical gases
AmeriNet inks new agreement to provide non
HSCA agreement with Beta Corp. Jun 00:7.
invasive cardiology treatment. Feb 01:7. Bottled gas savings result from prompt payment,
Consolidating elevator maintenance possible
Catholic Health Initiatives signs contract for line avoidance of rental charges.
under new VHA-KONE contract. Jun 00:8.
of trocars from Applied Medical. Apr 00:5. Dec 00:5.
Consorta members can order supplies online
Contract expansion adds Cook items to MHA selects Praxair to provide gases, related
through Grainger contract Jan 00:7.
AmeriNet's endoscopic instrument deal. equipment for medical uses. Dec 00:7.
Expanded Grainger contract will provide wide
Nov 01:8.
Endoscopic prices remain flat. Dec 00:1. range of repair parts for AmeriNet. Oct 00:7. Medical physics
University of Maryland renews contract for asset
Federal Supply Schedule boasts new line of endo management with MasterPlan. Jan 00:4. SSH selects Alliance Medical Physics to provide
scopic instruments from Gibbons. medical physics consulting. Mar 01:7.
Feb 01:7. Mastectomy supplies
Group will stick with endo market leader U.S. Medical transcription
Surgical despite legal challenges. Apr 01:6. Despite covering all bases, hospitals now paying
Hospitals turning to endoscopes for more proce more for mastectomy supplies. Jun 00:3. Medical transcription, other services offered
under new HSCA agreement. Dec 00:6.
dures, as vendors improve products.
jun 01:5 Materials management organizations Motor vehicles
Novation has new three-year agreement with AHRMM board complete for 2002. Dec 01:14.
Pentax for endoscopy equipment. Jul 00:8. Materials management groups say they will Enterprise contact is designed to help AmeriNet
Novation makes Gibbons second source of endo ‘speak with one voice’ after merger. members manage vehicle fleets. Dec 01:9.
scopic instrument components. Mar 01:8. May 01:4.
Novation renews endoscopy package with Smith Michigan chapter gains top AHRMM award for Needles, syringes
& Nephew for another three years. Oct 00:7. newsletter, educational programs. Aug 01:4. AmeriNet signs contract with Abbott Labs for
Premier names InnerDyne to provide minimally Nation's most isolated hospitals seeking to band safety needles made by Retractable.
invasive surgical instruments. Dec 00:6. together for supply backup. Nov 00:4. May 01:6.
Range of laparoscopic instruments available at OR logistics helped transform health care: Backlogs, fines part of fallout from safety device
the same price on DoD list. Jan 00:8. former surgeon general salutes IAHCSMM. rules. Jul 00:2.
Reimbursement lags hospital spending on Jan 01:3. Bush review could put safety law on hold; order
popular endoscopic instruments. Oct 01:3. would move effective date to June.
Wide range of med-surg products covered in Mar 01:4.
AmeriNet deal with Smith & Nephew. GPO merger finalized; InSource and HSCA now Consorta adding med-surg, food service agree-
Jul 01:7. part of MedAssets GPO division. Jun 01:6. ments in early months of 2000. Mar 00:6.
Linen inSource and HSCA eye possible merger. Feds tackle needle safety issue as House passes
May 01:1. bill to require use, documentation. Nov 00:3.
See Textiles. InSource parent acquires another group: new Firms’ use of safety device study to boost
Logistics dOicvti s0i0on: 6.i s non-acute care specialist. Govemranrmkeetnitn g hoesfpfiotrta lsa ngfelorcsk inEgC RIt.o TFeerbu m0o0 :3f.o r
Cedars Sinai finds PBMS case cart system aids InSource parent launches e-commerce site. needles, syringes under agreement.
standardization, utilization. Jul 01:2. Jan 00:12. Jun 00:5.
Colorado hospital starts moving supplies as part JPC adds Retractable products to safety needle
of major facility relocation. Nov 00:4. MedBuy portfolio, distributed by Abbott. Dec 01:9.
Communication key to supply chain efficiency Additional Canadian hospital systems become More safety needle contracts emerge following
Apr 00:11 members of Medbuy Corp. Feb 00:7. new law: Premier names four. Jan 01:7.
30 Hospital Materials ManagemDeceemnbert ,200 1
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission.
For more permission information, see page 2.
SIO
200) Inda¢ Issue
Needle prices down sharply. Nov 01:1. MAGNET renews sole-source storage agreement Kimberly-Clark 1-step sterilization wrap, ortho-
Ohio is the latest state to pass law requiring with Spacesaver Corp. Jan 01:8. pedic goods get nod from Consorta.
safety needles in hospitals. Aug 00:5. Mobile storage equipment for InSource members Jan 00:6.
Oregon health system names New Medical Tech- to come from Spacesaver. Aug 00:8. Medline to supply sterile procedure trays to
nology as source of safety syringes. Premier members now have sole source of Kaiser hospitals in new agreement. Jul 00:5.
Aug 01:4. mobile and stationary storage units. Novation makes Gibbons second source of endo-
Ouch! Needle prices on the way up. Jan 00:1. Jul 00:8. scopic instrument components. Mar 01:8.
Review shows Safety needles leave hospitals in SSH awards renewal agreement to firm that Novation to offer non-sterile procedure kits made
quandary. Sep 01:1. makes shelving, storage equipment. by MedLine Industries. Feb 00:7.
Safety device law has suppliers reeling. Oct 01:7. Operating room supplies are covered under JPC
Dec 00:2. Year-end renewals at HSCA include storage deal with Profex Medical. May 01:6.
Safety regulation compliance is the topic of equipment, surgical supplies. Jan 01:6. Operating room supplies, apparel covered in new
Premier audio conference on needles. Kaiser Permanente agreements. Sep 00:5.
Sep 01:8. Oncology supplies, equipment Savings will add up on OR disposables under
Safety requirements for needles, sharps may AmeriNet selects Dutch company as new source Ohio hospital's new agreement. Mar 01:5.
come under new federal legislation. of supplies used in radiotherapy. May 01:7. SSH offers surgical instrument repair through
Oct 00:4. Brachytherapy contract yields greater use of new contract with N.J. company. Oct 00:7.
Selling safety: needle law change won't be pain- treatment option at Via Christi. Surgical supplies for Consorta members to come
less. Feb 01:1. Aug 01:3. from health care division of 3M. Jan 00:8.
Spending on injection devices expected to rise, California hospital inks new agreement covering The view from abroad. Mar 01:9.
but needleless costs will drop. May 01:4. cancer treatment equipment. Dec 00:4. Three-year contract to bring DeRoyal's
State safety needle legislation continues to Consorta signs deal for brachytherapy treatment TracePaks to Shared Services members.
mushroom but not all rush to regulate. from Nycomed Amersham. Aug 01:8. Apr 00:7.
Mar 00:13. Equipment for treating cancer becomes part of
Orthopedics
VA list; Varian named supplier. Aug 01:3.
Non-sterile packs
Groups renew Varian Medical agreements Hip prices feared heading up Nov 00:1.
Latest Premier-Medline contract covers custom covering advanced radiotherapy systems. Hospitals find thermal products useful during hip,
non-sterile and latex-free kits. Dec 00:11. Aug 01:8.
knee arthroscopy procedures. Dec 01:5.
Non-sterile packs for many procedures available Major groups venture into prostate radiotherapy Kaiser adds Smith & Nephew as source of ortho
under new Premier agreement. Oct 00:7. with Amersham deals. Jul 01:7.
pedic implant products, accessories.
Maryland hospital adds second system for
Novation, VHA, UHC mammography from Siemens Corp. Apr 01:4. Apr 01:4.
Kimberly-Clark 1-step sterilization wrap, ortho-
Diagnostic imaging systems to be offered in new M.D. Anderson has new cancer treatment device pedic goods get nod from Consorta.
Novation contract with Philips. Jun 00:7. that links CT, linear accelerator. Jan 00:6.
Mayo Foundation seeks benefits of group Dec 01:5. Novation signs three-year agreement with
purchasing, elects to join VHA Inc. Aug 00:8. New technology for cancer detection is subject Aircast for orthopedics supplies. Dec 00:8.
Multi-source deals featured in Novation package of AmeriNet contract award. Mar 01:6. Wide range of med-surg products covered in
Sep 00:14. Oncology products are subject of contract AmeriNet deal with Smith & Nephew.
New agreements cover skin care, supplies for between Novation and Florida drug co. Jul 01:7.
incontinence from Carrington Labs. Jun 00:6. Oct 01:7.
New Novation deal features disinfectants used in Prostate cancer brachytherapy is topic of new Outsourcing
dialysis, part of new portfolio. Jun 00:6. HealthTrust contract with Mentor. Feb 01:8. California hospital expands outsourcing agree
New Novation deals focus on med-surg, diet. Shared Services offers less-invasive prostate ment from food to housekeeping. Jul 00:4.
Feb 00:8. therapy with Imagyn agreement. May 01:7. California hospitals moving to outsource
Novation contract consolidation continues.
computer operations with Perot Systems.
Feb 01:14. Operating room
May 00:4.
Novation marks three-year anniversary with
AmeriNet selects Carl Zeiss to provide micro- Kaiser expects to reap big savings after
record savings, lagging dot-com. Jun 01:6.
scopes used in surgical procedures. Jul 01:7. outsourcing contract duties to Broadlane.
Novation rolling out online portfolio according to
Deadline looms for reuse rules; hospitals are Feb 01:3.
Neoforma.com agreement. Jul 00:7.
wary. Mar 01:1. Mississippi hospital elects to outsource
Portfolio expanding with brand-new deals. Contracts flatten gown prices. Oct 00:1. computer operations with N.Y. vendor.
Sep 01:17.
Despite covering all bases, hospitals now paying Sep 00:5.
There's more to group than purchasing.
more for mastectomy supplies. Apr 00:4. South Carolina IDN signs long-term pact
Jun 01:11. Five-year deal gives VA hospitals source of including warehouse takeover by O&M.
Vendors must ‘give value’ to earn GPO award.
variety of disposable surgical supplies. May 00:5.
May 01:15.
Sep 01:5. Texas company will handle hospital call centers
VHA members to share $87.6 million distribution Florida hospital joins small group to offer gamma under VHA outsource agreement. Oct 01:7.
based on this year’s income. Jan 00:7. knife radiosurgery under contract. Oct 01:4. University of Pennsylvania Health System selects
VHA reports increased cash distributions, major
Getting ready for inspection. Mar 01:10. Siemens to run computer systems. Sep
savings from use of Novation deals. Grounding pads featured in three new Novation 01:16.
Aug 00:7. deals; NOVAPLUS also added. Aug 00:7. VHA outsourcing pacts will free members to
Office equipment, furniture HealthTrust names SRI/Surgical Express to concentrate on clinical operations. Oct 01:6.
provide reusable surgical supplies. Jun 01:8.
AmeriNet has new multi-year agreement offering Hospitals sign deals for OR custom packs with Paper, office supplies
Steelcase office, health furniture. Nov 01:7. newly named SRI/Surgical Express. Consorta consolidates office supplies under
Consorta signs new contract with Canon Mar 01:5. agreement with Boise Cascade. Sep 00:6.
covering line of photocopy equipment. HSCA names Tyco division to participate in new Consorta selects Standard Register as sole
Nov 01:6. committed purchasing program. Aug 00:7. source of office forms, labels. Mar 01:7.
Consorta’s new sole-source office supply deal In new forms management deal, SSH goés sole-
features minority-owned vendor. Sep 01:6. source with Standard Register. Mar 00:7.
Hospital Materials ManageDmeceemnbert ,200 1 31
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission
For more permission information, see page 2.
Siew JL,
200) Inde 153
Nodding to member preferences, SSH opts to go Pediatric supplies Earth-friendly body bags are topic of new
sole-source with document co. Apr 00:6. contract by Consorta with LASAN Plastics.
CHCA reviewers give seal of acceptance to
Novation’s HUB program adds Native American Oct 01:8.
variety of specialty pediatric products.
Papeorf fipcrei ces upspwliyn gcso . reOscits t 00t:a2m.i ng. Mar 00:1. DeviJcuel 0f0o:r8 .s creening newborn hearing subject of Premier
Premier members begin shifting business to new AmeriNet agreement Jan 00:7. Banner Health System selects Premier as its
second supplier of document services MAGNET agreement will feature device that group purchasing organization. May 01:5.
Jan 00:6. monitors infants for jaundice. Oct 00:8. Big Catholic group just got bigger with addition
Upswing in paper prices seen. Jul 01:1. Non-invasive infant jaundice monitor topic of of large Texas IDN to the fold. Apr 01:8.
Premier deal with Datex-Ohmeda. Sep 00:7. Consorta edges Premier as contracting agent for
Patient furniture, supplies 45-hospital Catholic network. Sep 01:6.
Broadlane inks deal with MEDIQ/PRN covering Pharmaceutical products Focus at Premier is on nurturing compliance. Jun
rental of medical equipment. Nov 01:7. 01:11.
Cardiovascular index continues to climb in 2001.
Consorta adds to Medline portfolio with medical Sep 01:21. New contract with B. Braun adds safety
equipment, apparel agreements. Apr 01:7. Even if New England states can reduce drug catheters to Premier's IV portfolio.
Dealm ewmitbhe rmsa jocrl esano apump akone rc lesahnoiunlgd ahgeelnpt sS.S H prices, few hospitals will see benefit. Dec 01:6.
Feb 00:4.
May 01:7. New Premier agreement aimed at keeping
Ever-steeper price hikes evident in drug index.
FDA warning letter turns out to mean agents energy costs in line at member hospitals. Jun
Jul 00:15.
were off duty when item arrived. Mar 01:4. Generic drug market heats up. Mar 01:1. 00:7.
Growing Premier contract with Medi-Fiex now
HSCA contract allows members access to Premier adding off- contract price data in latest
has preoperative patient cleanser. Oct 01:8. recently-approved cytarabine injection. version of e-commerce system. Feb 00:6.
HealthTrust opts to continue with MEDIQ as sole Jan 01:7. Premier backing away from blockbusters,
source medical equipment rentai. Inpatient pharmacy at Henry Ford to get new looking for supply chain value instead.
Nov 01:7. drug therapy management system. May 00:6.
Midmark gets AmeriNet nod to provide variety of Aug 01:4. Premier database to be used to help FDA track
medical equipment to members. Nov 01:8. inSource will share radiopharmaceutical deal patient use of pharmaceuticals. Dec 01:7.
Novation selects therapeutic bed maker KCI USA with other MedAssets properties. Oct 01:6. Premier members will meet to assess supply
in new five-year agreement. Sep 01:7 Johns Hopkins will use pharmaceuticals from costs connected with strokes. Oct 00:6.
Paper products, skin lotion among items covered Bergen Brunswig for transplants. Jan 00:5. Premier purchasing division relocates.
in new HSCA-Kimberly-Clark deal. Oct 00:7 JPC pharmaceutical portfolio will gain volume Aug 00:8.
Skin-care product conversion expected to yield with addition of Continuum buyers. Jan 00:7. Premier to let Medibuy.com run online buying
savings from reduced infection. Jun 01:3. Long-term relationship gains renewal option as Apr 00:2.
Special phones for patients are among products AmeriNet adds to Syncor pact. Sep 01:10. Same town, new address for Premier; GPO
covered in new JPC agreement. Oct 01:8. New York study shows hospitals save $ by changes location of Charlotte office.
Patient monitoring choosing ciprofloxacin as antibiotic. Jan 00:7.
Jan 00:4.
AmeriNet adds monitoring, other software to Non-cephalosporins lead drug index increases. Price forecasts
cardiology portfolio Aug 00:15. May 00:15. No surprise: prices of most items headed up. Mar
AmeriNet negotiates deal for PC cards that turn North Carolina IDN names McKessonHBOC as 01:14.
computers into device monitors. Aug 01:9. prime distributor of pharmacy supplies. Prices set to rise in 2001, but modestly.
Broadiane selects Spacelabs to provide equip- Aug 00:5. Feb 01:15.
ment used for patient monitoring. Sep 01:8 Novation names Women First Healthcare to Raw materials, labor said to drive price hikes.
Novation members will have discounted access provide transdermal estrogen patches. Apr 01:14.
to portable patient monitoring. Jul 00:6. Feb 01:7.
Patient monitors designed to work with MRI are Novation selects group of national, regional Price index
topic of HealthTrust agreement. Sep 01:8. distributors for pharmacy. Jul 00:7. Drug prices leveling off: index up only 1.74%. Jan
Patient monitors join AmeriNet portfolio Pharmacy software by MediQual expected to
01:15.
following agreement with Protocol. Jun 00:6. save HSCA members on medication.
Ever-steeper price hikes evident in drug index.
Three years, three sources mark contract issued Jun 01:7.
Jul 00:15.
by Consorta for patient monitors. Jun 00:8. Premier agreement offers help of system to Med-surg index still down, but volatility
prevent drug administration mistakes.
Patient records Mar 00:6. increases. Jan 00:18.
Med-surg index up, but many categories down.
Cancer center converting to electronic patient Premier database to be used to help FDA track jun 00:18.
records with Per-Se system. Jun 01:4. patient use of pharmaceuticals. Dec 01:7. Med-surg price index creeping downward.
Mercy Health System selects MedPlus to help Premier will use MedContrax software to
May 01:18.
put patient records online. Oct 00:5. manage pharmacy contract portfolio. Non-cephalosporins lead drug index increases.
Middletown Regional selects A4 Health for new Aug 01:9. May 00:15.
electronic patient record system. Dec 01:4. Private-label pharmaceuticals will be made by Pharmaceutical indexes down in second quarter.
Missouri hospital plans to install software from Abbott for AmeriNet program. Jun 00:8. Nov 01:21.
States look to GPO strategies in response to
MedPlius for patient record system. Pharmaceutical prices end year down slightly.
Aug 00:5 escalating costs of prescription drugs. Apr 01:18.
Aug 00:6.
New Jersey hospitals convert to MedPlus in elec- Quarterly IMS price index includes variety of
tronic patient records contract. Plastic products products in sponge category. May 01:3.
May 00:4. Stability marks latest med-surg indices.
AmeriNet contract adds plastic products to Jul 01:18.
current Fisher HealthCare offerings. Trend appears down for med-surg prices.
May 00:7. Oct 01:20.
32 Hospital Materials ManagemDeceemnbert 2,00 1
© Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc. It is illegal under federal copyright law to reproduce, fax or input electronically this publication or any portion of it without the publisher's permission.
For more permission information, see page 2