Most Recent Articles from Hospital Materials Management

• Spine product pricing presents latest cost control challenge; second of a two-part series. 

  After relative success negotiating hip and knee implant prices, many hospitals now view spine products as the new battleground. Controlling...

  07/01/09 by Johannessen, Wade · More from publication

• Pharma prices jump in first quarter.(PRICE INDEX) 

  Prices for a small market basket of four basic medication categories surged in the first quarter of 2009, jumping by 3.52% according to new...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Good news: knee implant prices slip; small, but important price retreat for two straight years.(PRICE SURVEY)(Reprint) 

  Prices for knee implants declined for the second straight year, reflecting stronger group purchasing contracts and a measure of product...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Put onus on vendors to meet your security and safety requirements.(VENDOR MANAGEMENT) 

  In the March HMM, ("Develop vendor management policy to control new products," p. 11) we discussed the value of developing and implementing a...

  05/01/07 · More from publication

• Expect rise in suture prices until increase in market pressure.(PRICE SURVEY) 

  Despite increase in the use of alternatives to sutures, prices of the stitches are likely to continue rising, according to one materials expert....

  05/01/07 · More from publication

• Price survey.(medical equipment industry)(Statistical table) 

  PRICE SURVEY Sutures Item Vendor Description Catgut G122H Cardinal Health CHRMC 3-0 SH 27IN 1/2...

  05/01/07 · More from publication

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