Health Industry Today articles from May 1999

Health Industry Today archives from May 1999

Market Memo: Emergency equipment market driven by pre-hospital revenues.
May 1, 1999... by John Dalton The emergency medical and trauma care device marketplace is caught in a good news-bad news syndrome. The good news is that the market for pre-hospital emergency and trauma equipment is really healthy, and is expected to remain...

AORN Congress O99.(includes information on products exhibited at the conference)
May 1, 1999... AORN Congress O99 hints at return to hands-on marketing strategies Last month's Association of Operating Room Nurses' (AORN) 46th annual Congress was entitled "Bridging The Centuries," and in the shadow of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge a...

Sinking providers want products that improve quality and reduce the cost of providing care.
May 1, 1999... by Donald E. L. Johnson, Publisher Providers are or soon will be swimming in seas of red ink, and this is making life much more difficult for their suppliers. Indeed, already, many national chains are pulling out of nursing home and home...

New Colorado legislation limits AED lawsuit risk.
May 1, 1999... Colorado Governor Bill Owens has signed into law a bill that ultimately should make automatic external defibrillators more available throughout the state, an action that may soon be copied around the country. In a legislative move...

HSCA, pacemaker, defibrillator manufacturers using web sites to reassure clients, customers.
May 1, 1999... A major GPO and a trio of pacemaker and defibrillator manufacturers have taken web site steps to assure their members and customers that Y2K concerns are of no concern to their well-being. Health Services Corporation of America (HSCA), Cape...

Marketing Strategies.(Vision-Sciences)
May 1, 1999... Vision-Sciences hoping national media mentions, contamination issues will open up sheath market A small medical device company struggling to survive is hoping a big boost from national media will give it new life. As reported in the April,...

Frost & Sullivan expanding report delivery with online services.
May 1, 1999... Market consultants, publishers Frost & Sullivan expanding report delivery with online services Venerable Frost & Sullivan, founded in New York City in 1961 as a provider of market research, has gone through a number of evolutions while...

MRI technology sales climb to all-time levels.
May 1, 1999... Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology sales set an all-time record in 1998 of nearly $1 billion, according to industry trade newsletter MRI INDUSTRY REPORT. The MRI industry continues to ride a two-year growth wave in the United States,...

Microelectronic implant market reaches $4.3 billion in 1998.
May 1, 1999... The market for microelectronic implants reached $4.3 billion in 1998 and will increase at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 15.5%, reaching $9.01 billion in 2003, according to a study released by Business Communications Co., Inc.,...

Open platform systems preferred by CLIS end users.
May 1, 1999... Open platform systems are the preferred choice for end users of clinical laboratory information systems (CLIS), says Frost & Sullivan, the Mountain View, Calif. database supplier. When CLIS users make the decision to purchase new, or...

SMG lists Advocate Health Care at top of IHN rankings.
May 1, 1999... SMG Marketing Group, Inc. has named Advocate Health Care, Oakbrook, Ill., the top integrated healthcare network (IHN) for 1999. Advocate and other top IHNs are profiled in IHN 100[ordinal indicator, feminine], a publication of the Chicago-based...

Around The Industry.
May 1, 1999... - Endocare, Inc., Irvine, Calif., producers of the only temperature-monitored cryosurgical systems specifically cleared by the FDA for the treatment of prostate cancer, has been informed by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of...

MDMA calls for investigational device coverage; HIMA departs from previous FDA funding stance.
May 1, 1999... It's been a busy time for industry advocacy groups. The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) has called for expanded coverage of investigational medical devices, formed an alliance with the National Technology Transfer Center, backed...

ADDM urging federal agencies to enforce rules, regulate reprocessing of single-use disposables.
May 1, 1999... A medical device advocacy group recently formed in Washington, D.C. has just four members (although it is talking to three more prospective recruits) and among its goals is a desire to hasten its own demise. The fledgling Assn. of...

Mergers & Acquisitions.
May 1, 1999... Global market sets pattern for Datex-Ohmeda; first year filled with integration, implementation On April 4th of 1999, Datex-Ohmeda celebrated its first birthday. The company was formed in 1998 by a Finnish corporation that purchased from...

trade show notes : Show biz.
May 1, 1999... 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. Contact John...

Trade Show Calendar.
May 1, 1999... Trading places Here's Health Industry Today's listing of key health care trade shows for the coming months. To add one, contact John Dalton at 303-967-0170, fax 303-290-9025, or e-mail to HIT@businessword.com Dates Meeting ...