Healthcare Purchasing News articles from December 1999

Healthcare Purchasing News archives from December 1999

The Health of Our Nation's Hospitals.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Hospital Statistics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Health Care Financing Administration.
December 1, 1999

American Nurses Association.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Budget package completed.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

FDA finally proposes strategy for single-use medical devices.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Abbott pulls products; fined $100 million by FDA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Purchasers turning to Internet to obtain used equipment.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Tenet ponders shift toward PVC-free products.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Device surveillance proposal is redundant, industry says.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

HCFA: Oversight improving.(Health Care Financing Administration )
December 1, 1999

Court: State ignores costs.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

House approves nurse visas.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Bliley: Open NPDB to public.
December 1, 1999

Supplier to pay $535,000.(medical device manufacturer)(lawsuit)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Stericycle closes $410 million BFI acquisition.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

J&J acquires Innovative Devices.(Johnson & Johnson)
December 1, 1999

Alaris settles with Becton Dickinson.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Pyxis acquires robotics company.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Bemis sells patient care line.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Holding company formed.(AML/APL Inc. )
December 1, 1999

Premier Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Health Services Corporation of America.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Radiology Partners Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

AmeriNet.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Survey: As Y2K nears, hospitals not taking stock.
December 1, 1999

OSHA seeks write stuff for ergonomics proposal.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Provider numbers used to bilk Medicare.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Report: HIV patients get inadequate care.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Report raises questions about organ transplants.
December 1, 1999

FDA will expedite blood-safety policies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

The Children's Hospital in Denver is HPN's Central Service Department of the Year.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Seal of approval.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

IAHCSMM educational meeting draws global CS staffers.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS.(Directory)
December 1, 1999

EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS -- DECONTAMINATION, HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION, ULTRASONIC WASHERS.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS -- STERILIZATION.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Afterwords.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999

Earnings Digest.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

Price Indices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
December 1, 1999

Latex reaction.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999

While you wait.
December 1, 1999