Health Industry Today articles from October 1998

Health Industry Today archives from October 1998

Market Memo Resurgence in demand sparks sales in medical glove market By Curt Werner.
October 1, 1998... Ever so quietly, the market for medical gloves in the U.S. has been in a boom period. Powered by renewed interest from health care workers in preventing the spread of infectious disease, and lent a hand, so to speak, from rising...

Stern new challenges facing today's hospital distributors By Curt Werner.
October 1, 1998... For better or worse, the once staid business of supplying hospitals and non- acute care facilities with devices, supplies and other products finds itself in the throes of major change. From the big, publicly held and steadily thinning ranks...

industry news: U.S. Surgical ends tender offer; Did Circon miss the boat?
October 1, 1998... The long-running saga of a takeover attempt gone bad ended last month when United States Surgical Corp. terminated its $16.50 per share tender offer aimed at acquiring endoscope and video systems maker Circon Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif. U.S....

product strategies.(MedPro Inc. and Healthcare Products Inc. are launching Needlyzer device to destroy used hypodermic needles)
October 1, 1998... n MedPro predicts the last of accidental needlesticks with new Needlyzer device Healthcare Products Inc., Nashville, Tenn., and its distribution and marketing arm, Louisville, Ky.-based MedPro Inc. say that there is "never a need for an...

HIBCC elects Almon board chairman.
October 1, 1998... Ted Almon, president of The Claflin Co., East Providence, R.I., has been elected chairman of the board of directors for the Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC). Almon succeeds Walter W. Mosher Jr., Ph.D., president of...

Trade pubs face off in battle for advertisers.
October 1, 1998... A simmering feud between two medical device industry trade publications fighting hard for advertisers has pitted a veteran publisher with little health care experience who recently purchased a respected trade magazine against a pair...

bmedecon sale final.
October 1, 1998... MedEcon sale to MHA completed; Wooldridge takes executive post As expected, Managed Healthcare Associates Inc., a marketing and contract management organization that specializes in pharmaceuticals for the long-term care market, completed its...

Worth reading Here are a few articles of interest to readers of Health Industry Today:.
October 1, 1998... - Health Care Strategic Management: Every hospital and health care system should already be carefully auditing the procedure coding that its medical records staff performs in order to ensure that the hospital does not put itself in a...

around the industry.
October 1, 1998... McKesson Corp., San Francisco, announced that its McKesson Health Systems Group will purchase for $35.5 million in cash MedManagement L.L.C., a subsidiary of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., Nashville, Tenn. MedManagement is a Minneapolis-...

show biz.
October 1, 1998... 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 Curt...

Purchasing Managers: Slowdown continues in manufacturing sector.
October 1, 1998... For the third consecutive month, the pace of growth in the nation's manufacturing sector slowed, according to the latest report from the National Assn. of Purchasing Management. Mirroring the bear market on Wall Street, the August result came...

newsmakers.
October 1, 1998... n Abbott Laboratories: Miles D. White was elected CEO and Robert Parkinson Jr. was elected executive vice president as part of the succession plan of this Abbott Park, Ill.-based health care product manufacturer. White has been with Abbott...