Health Industry Today articles from March 1999

Health Industry Today archives from March 1999

Aging population raises demand for arthroscopic procedures.
March 1, 1999... by John Dalton No one denies that as a population ages, so does its requirement for medical care. Demographics alone provide that a graying clientele requires more of everything, from pharmaceuticals to surgical procedures. But while...

Industry news.(healthcare magazines)
March 1, 1999... H&HN becomes a monthly magazine; will readers and advertisers accept changes? Hospitals. What a great name for a magazine. For most advertisers, it was the place to advertise medical and surgical supplies and medical devices in 1976, when...

OMB, FDA warn of trouble ahead for device manufacturers; ready or not, here comes Y2K.
March 1, 1999... There may be trouble ahead in the medical device industry, and while the exact extent of that trouble may not be quantifiable, the exact time is 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2000. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), at least...

MDMA rallies against Clinton FDA budget adding $7 million for PMA application, supplement fees.
March 1, 1999... The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) has made its displeasure known with the fiscal year 2000 budget proposed by President Clinton for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Members of the industry group addressed issues it...

Contract notes.
March 1, 1999... AmeriNet, Inc., St. Louis, has signed long-term contracts with Sammons Preston, Bolingbrook, Ill., and Kimberly-Clark Professional Health Care, Roswell, Ga., that will carry the health care group purchasing organization well into the next...

contract notes.
March 1, 1999... Premier Inc., San Diego, and Allegiance Healthcare Corp., McGaw Park, Ill., have reached an agreement in principle to name Allegiance a "preferred corporate partner." Under the five-year, multibillion-dollar sales and distribution...

product strategy.(Agfa digital imaging equipment, IMPAX equipment)
March 1, 1999... Agfa digital imaging seminars draws attendees for operational info, input on IMPAX equipment Digital imaging equipment, as reported in the February issue of Health Industry Today, is a boom industry in the closing years of the 20th...

product strategy.(cleanroom products)
March 1, 1999... Medical devices and materials performing in a cleanroom environment are at risk of producing a "bio burden" that is unacceptable by today's technically and environmentally demanding standards. Making sure materials and products are acceptable...

1998 market review.(health care device manufacturers and suppliers)
March 1, 1999... Manufacturers, suppliers recorded gains in 1998 Health care device manufactures and suppliers enjoyed generally health y stock gains in 1998, but other segments of the health care industry stumbled badly. When all was said and done,...

around the industry.
March 1, 1999... Cardiac Pathways Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for release of its Raddi[umlaut] steerable, diagnostic catheter for use in performing single-point mapping procedures in patients with...

trade show notes.
March 1, 1999... Show biz Editor's Note: If a trade show or expo you are or were involved with increased (or decreased) the number of participants, exhibitors or floor space, let HIT know. We're also interested in your reactions to today's trade shows. ...

FAHS offers industry workshops.
March 1, 1999... Federation of American Health Systems (FAHS) will hold its 1999 conference April 18-21 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Billing itself as the single most important health policy and hospital industry meeting of the year, the event will feature a...

Carville to address Purchase Connection fete.
March 1, 1999... James Carville, one of America's best known and most colorful political consultant, will deliver the keynote address at the 1999 Purchase Connection Annual Meeting (PCAM) to be held May 22-24 in New Orleans. Produced exclusively for...

NCI to present trio of conferences in 1999.
March 1, 1999... National Contracts, Inc., based in Irvine, Calif., will sponsor a trio of conferences in 1999 designed to help health care manufacturers, distributors, group purchasing organization s (GPOs) and integrated healthcare deliver y networks (IDNs)...

Pri-Med West attracts hard-to-reach audience.
March 1, 1999... Pri-Med West, the finale of three Pri-Med events held in late 1998 and early 1999, will be presented April 9-11 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif. Pri-Med's last trio of events (including Pri-Med South and Pri-Med...

Vascular medicine groups schedule 1st meeting.
March 1, 1999... For the first time ever, physician specialists involved in vascular medicine will meet during the Vascular Centers of Excellence Conference to be held April 30 and May 1, 1999 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, Ill. The conference...

Analysis.
March 1, 1999... The Producer Price Index for finished goods rose 0.5% in January, seasonally unadjusted. The increase followed an advance of 0.4% in December. Eight of the 16 categories tracked in the January PPI report came in with higher prices. The...

Purchasing Managers' Index (over 50% indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding).
March 1, 1999... !!! BEGIN TABLE January '99: 49.5% December '98: 45.3% January '98: 52/4% /// Production Index (over 50%, over time, is generally consistent with growth) January '99: 53.1% December '98: 46.8% January '98: 58.1%...

newsmakers.
March 1, 1999... Health Industry Today provides Job Mart listings free of charge to HIT subscribers, provided those subscribers assume full responsibility for handling their own letters of inquiry. Please send notices of executive, manufacturer,...

PET scanning gains new following as reimbursment issues evolve.
March 1, 1999... A diagnostic imaging procedure that has been in the shadows for nearly all of its 40 years is poised to take on a new glow in the field of nuclear medicine. After decades of near neglect, positron emission tomography (PET) might well find its...