Healthcare Purchasing News articles from February 2001

Healthcare Purchasing News archives from February 2001

Hospital prices rise to offset cutbacks.
February 1, 2001

Bush suspends late Medicare regulations.
February 1, 2001

Safety needle campaign intensifies.
February 1, 2001

FDA braces for more SUD reuse filings.
February 1, 2001

Material managers may only nibble IT pie.
February 1, 2001

Rural hospitals plan around perilously thin supply chain.
February 1, 2001

Study: Hospital care traded for drugs.
February 1, 2001

Miniature, dual-chamber implantable defibrillation approved.
February 1, 2001

Anesthesia service requirements.
February 1, 2001

Donated blood restrictions.
February 1, 2001

Tissue bank information base.
February 1, 2001

Medicare+Choice solvency.
February 1, 2001

Earnings Digest.
February 1, 2001

Purchasing Managers' Index.
February 1, 2001

Price Indices [*].
February 1, 2001

Analysts: Hospitals digging out of credit hole.
February 1, 2001

OR enjoying more control over CS units.
February 1, 2001

Author: Preoccupation with price a dead end.
February 1, 2001

GPO: Mideast ripples mean pricing uncertainties.
February 1, 2001

Report: New drug could save 20,000 lives in a year.
February 1, 2001

Study: Hospitals believed to be underreporting errors.
February 1, 2001

MedPAC recommends BIPA update below marketbasket.
February 1, 2001

Free equipment directory launched online.
February 1, 2001

Hospitals continued to close, patient stays shorter in 1999.
February 1, 2001

Healthcare sector reports positive results for 2000.
February 1, 2001

HHS issues details of antimicrobial plan.
February 1, 2001

FDA approves new ICD and pacemaker platform.
February 1, 2001

JCAHO studies adequacy of healthcare staffing.
February 1, 2001

ATS: Nosocomial pneumonia still a major concern.
February 1, 2001

Hospital credit rating outlook poor for next two years.
February 1, 2001

Study: Automated device betters manual for newborns.
February 1, 2001

Blood draw safety needles cleared for market by FDA.
February 1, 2001

JCAHO revises standards for preferred provider groups.
February 1, 2001

Epidemiologists want to help prevent medical errors.
February 1, 2001

New rules outlaw physician self-referrals.
February 1, 2001

Study: Docs maybe swayed by outpatients test requests.
February 1, 2001

HHS committee pushes leukocyte reduction.
February 1, 2001

Minimum nursing ratios.
February 1, 2001

Experts weigh in on issue of retaining older OR nurses.
February 1, 2001

Study may give nurses leverage for OR smoke rules; OSHA meeting planned.
February 1, 2001

FDA clears computed radiography system.
February 1, 2001

Fusion system approved, with conditions.
February 1, 2001

Scope thieves still a costly problem.
February 1, 2001

Needle roll call.
February 1, 2001

Vascular radiation products heating up.
February 1, 2001

Biodex Medical Systems.
February 1, 2001

Getinge/Castle.
February 1, 2001

Skytron.
February 1, 2001

MAQUET.
February 1, 2001

Luxtec Corp.
February 1, 2001

Heraeus Medical Inc.
February 1, 2001

W.A. Baum Co. Inc.
February 1, 2001

Mobile Instrument Service and Repair Inc.
February 1, 2001

Johnson & Johnson Medical.
February 1, 2001

medpool.com.
February 1, 2001

Medibuy.com.
February 1, 2001

Kimberly-Clark.
February 1, 2001

Fashion Seal Uniforms.
February 1, 2001

Parker Laboratories Inc.
February 1, 2001

Precision Endoscopy of America (PEA).
February 1, 2001

Regent Medical.
February 1, 2001

Sempermed.
February 1, 2001

Medical Indicators Inc.
February 1, 2001

Uniflex.
February 1, 2001

Karl Storz.
February 1, 2001

Surgical Product Acquisition.
February 1, 2001

Welch Allyn.
February 1, 2001

3M.
February 1, 2001

Luxtec Corp.
February 1, 2001

CDC warns of anti-HIV drug.
February 1, 2001

Survey: Sepsis definitions may hinder diagnosis.
February 1, 2001

Manufacturer seeks clarity on new needle law.
February 1, 2001

CDC expanding national health worker safety study.
February 1, 2001

Sterilization failure common, yet dangerous.
February 1, 2001

WORTH REPEATING.
February 1, 2001

Manage knowledge, save money.
February 1, 2001

Taking a new look always a good idea.
February 1, 2001

PEOPLE & OPINIONS.
February 1, 2001

Hold the dessert.
February 1, 2001

[0] Skytron.
February 1, 2001

[0] Heraeus Medical Inc.
February 1, 2001