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Articles in June, 2008 issue of Healthcare Purchasing News

• Going public about going public: MedAssets chief opens up about transparency, Wall Street and healthcare's travails
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Healthcare product recalls up 6 percent in first quarter of 2008
• Noninvasive hemoglobin testing
• CMS proposes more accurate payment rates for Medicare skilled nursing facilities
• Patient equipment cleaning; separating clean from decontam areas
  by Ray Taurasi
• New Class 6 indicators
• Are you ready for the 3 "G's"?
• Mobile workstations gain traction: portable units boost accuracy, efficiency and care
  by Julie E. Williamson
• California system minimizes waste to maximize outcomes
  by Kathryn Kudzia
• Worth repeating
• Fast stats
• A roadmap to change: selecting and evaluating disinfectants and sterilants
  by Susan Cantrell
• Electric Lift Ergosmart Prep Station
• Show them the money: 4 metrics to prove the financial impact of your initiatives
  by Robert T. Yokl
• Physician compensation survey shows gender gap in earnings
• Quick and easy steps toward putting compliance within reach
  by Jayne Baskin
• Block style brushes
• Supply chain mavericks: six degrees of separation: meet 3 men and 3 women circumventing the supply chain status quo
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Taking SPD to a "whole new place": designing a new sterile processing department
  by Rose Seavey
• Flexible bone reamer cleaning brushes
• Data standard precautions
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Seeing light in the darkness
  by Fred W. Crans
• Stocking up on stockout prevention strategies: 11 organizations highlight 'inventory best practices'
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Touchless towel dispenser
• Medicare costs estimated to top $21.1 billion for 5 years of care for elderly cancer patients
• Celebrating history, education, generosity in Reno
• MRSA protective apparel
• Kimberly-Clark Health Care and 3M join forces to empower central sterilization personnel
• Remote monitoring improves heart patients' health, may reduce hospital readmissions
• Asset manager
• Supply chain stretches all the way to China
  by Kristine Russell
• MedAssets to acquire Accuro Healthcare Solutions
• Champions for success cover bases with infection control bundles
  by Jeannie Akridge
• RFID enabled clinical supply management
• Spotting value analysis as the strategic tool it is
  by Andrew Knight