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Be accountable
The venerable motto of the Boy Scouts of America is "be prepared." It's a mantra that should be--and typically is--embraced by healthcare...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 11/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Performance improvement programs fighting a loss cause: Lean, Six Sigma supplanting CQI, TQM in efficiency, quality arsenal
When budgets hit the rocks, regardless of economic climate, performance improvement programs tend to roll. Back in the 1980s and 1990s,...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 11/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Surgical suites mean business: endoscopy drives patient care, revenue stream regardless of economic conditions
There's an old adage that if you take care of your tools they will take care of you. In hospital and outpatient surgical suites and operating...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 11/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Here we go again
Memo to the Congressional troika of Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI), Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Charles E. Grassley (R-IA): The year 2002 called and wants its...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 10/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Redefining value analysis practices for a healthcare reform-minded industry: are healthcare organizations generating true value or spinning wheels?
During turbulent economic times and/or an arid budgetary climate, healthcare facilities typically turn to performance improvement (PI) programs to...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 10/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Watching your hospital's burgeoning waste line: stericycle expands reach into strategic growth areas
Call what the medical waste management market experienced during the last two decades as nothing less than a seismic shift and you'd classify the...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 10/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Reprocessing fuels green strategies
One key component of an effective and efficient waste management program involves the complete and safe reprocessing of reusable and approved...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 10/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Memo to healthscare reformers …
Shhhh. Grab your nap mats. I'll dim the lights. You don't want to rouse the 800-pound gorilla known as the healthcare industry snoozing in the...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 08/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Supply chain's triple play: meet 3 professionals who are outliers to the status quo
Before Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) staked his claim on the term "maverick" and draped the unofficial title over his running mate Gov. Sarah Palin (RAK)...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 08/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication -
Bar codes earning their stripes: providers, suppliers put their support behind bars for people, products
Ubiquitous in retail and manufacturing but far more uncommon in healthcare, bar coding may slide into a renaissance, courtesy of a floundering...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 08/01/09 by Rick Dana Barlow · More from publication
