Healthcare Purchasing News articles from September 2002

Healthcare Purchasing News archives from September 2002

Please make it stop. (From the Editor).
September 1, 2002

MedAssets partners with CareMedic. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

Broadlane awards contract to Dictaphone. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

Consorta launches Strategic Value Management Program. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

Houston's Memorial Hermann automates with McKesson. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

FDA urged to go slow on mandated barcodes. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

H-P, Agilent settle Fed claim of faulty medical equipment. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

Government OK's higher payments for drug-coated J&J stents. (News Wire).
September 1, 2002

Fast Stats.
September 1, 2002

Med-surg distributors pound away at a stable, but demanding hospital market. (News).
September 1, 2002

Plumper paychecks for infection control personnel. (News).
September 1, 2002

GPO controversy could be drawing to a close. (News).
September 1, 2002

Hospital's latex-free program fits like a glove. (What Works).
September 1, 2002

HHS rescues inner-city hospital as outpatient clinic. (Outpatient Connection).
September 1, 2002

Adventist Health inks floor-covering pact. (Outpatient Connection).
September 1, 2002

Quidel debuts urinalysis diagnostic product. (Outpatient Connection).
September 1, 2002

Wireless technology transmits change into materials management. (Surgical Business).
September 1, 2002

Wireless order entry to explode in hospitals. (Surgical Business).
September 1, 2002

Benchmarking report: rental and commercial laundry operating expense lowest. (Surgical Business).
September 1, 2002

Inceptio earns FDA approval for vascular imaging system. (New Technology).
September 1, 2002

ESTECH products enable robotic beating heart surgery. (New Technology).
September 1, 2002

Cart vendors seek to win the space race. (Products & Services).
September 1, 2002

Digitized surgical images. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Barcode wristbands guide. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Perfusionist equipment cart. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Endoscope protection. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Real-time anesthesia tracking. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

All-purpose transport cart. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Large, folding cafeteria tables. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Efficient diabetes monitor. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Flexible lighting. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Fracture alignment tool. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Monitored IV delivery. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Secure narcotics cabinet. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Tray identification tags. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

IV dressings. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

Digital radiography system. (New Products).
September 1, 2002

AHA hits back at Chicago Tribune report on infections. (Infection Control Update).
September 1, 2002

OSHA targets infection risks at nursing facilities. (Infection Control Update).
September 1, 2002

Needlestick prevention group adds eight new members. (Infection Control Update).
September 1, 2002

Wound management presents financial and outcome challenges. (Safety Matters).
September 1, 2002

On SP outsourcing misconceptions and clean water. (CS Questions - CS Answers).
September 1, 2002

Fall IAHCSMM meeting offers river of educational opportunity. (IAHCSMM Viewpoint).
September 1, 2002

Infection control is everybody's business. (People & Opinions).
September 1, 2002

Strategic partnering: new variations for the 21st century. (ASHCSP Angle).
September 1, 2002

An industry starving for cost-effective education. (Having My Say).
September 1, 2002

Letters.
September 1, 2002