Health Industry Today articles from December 1994

Health Industry Today archives from December 1994

Purchasers pursue process to standardize orthopedic implants.
December 1, 1994... As cost-containment becomes an even larger issue, providers are starting to take purchasing power out of the hands of physicians who traditionally have selected their own preference items with little regard for price. Purchasers have begun to...

Accucore, Protocol sign marketing agreement for monitoring systems. (Accucore Inc.; Protocol Systems Inc.)
December 1, 1994... Protocol Systems Inc. is taking a place in the cardiac telemetry market by partnering with Accucore Inc. The two monitoring equipment companies have signed a cooperative marketing and development agreement, and Beaverton, Ore.-based Protocol's...

St. Jude markets cardiac pacing products through new Pacesetter unit. (St. Jude Medical Inc.)
December 1, 1994... Months after it acquired the cardiac pacing device business from Siemens AG for $400 million, St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical Inc. received Food & Drug Administration approval for Pacesetter Inc., Los Angeles, to market two pacemakers and...

General Medical updates stockless customer list through third quarter 1994.
December 1, 1994... The following is a list of stockless customers of General Medical Corp., which did not respond in time to be included in last month's Stockless Suppliers list. General Medical Corp., Richmond, Va. (39) Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla....

Imaging center growth continues despite legislation. (diagnostic imaging)
December 1, 1994... Despite pending restrictions on utilization and competition, the national market for diagnostic imaging services continues to grow. According to data recently released by Chicago-based SMG Marketing Group Inc., new imaging centers continued to...

Cost containment, safety factors drive sales of disposable general-use kits and trays.
December 1, 1994... The market for disposable kits and trays continues to grow, led by high-volume sales in the urology, general-use and blood gas kit and tray markets. As hospitals increasingly emphasize cost containment and grapple with stricter Occupational...

Around the industry .... (developments in medical equipment industry)
December 1, 1994... More than 3,500 medical product manufacturing and design professionals attended Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Minneapolis in October--the region's first medical manufacturing trade show--to survey products and services offered by 246...