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Budgetary Indices &
Pricing Forecast 2010 Even as the nation’s economy ground to a screeching halt in late 2008 and into 2009, there’s scant evidence that prices, by and large, skidded along with it. Perhaps the brightest light at the end of the fiscal tunnel is that supply chain management suddenly is important. MedAssets Budget Forecast Index |
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 EMRs
adding wows to COWsAs electronic medical records weave their way into the everyday workflow of nurses and physicians, the mobile workstation is becoming an essential platform for bringing data to the bedside. Whether you call them COWs (computers on wheels) or WOWs (workstation on wheels), these versatile products can help improve workflow efficiency as well as provide safer patient care. |
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| Infection Connection | ||
 Infusion
catheters refusing infectionsIntravascular catheters may be a blessing to those who have the need for them, but clearly the blessing can also sometimes be a curse if a patient, with or without a pre-existing medical problem, develops a bloodstream infection related to the type of catheter, how frequently it’s manipulated and how long it remains inside the patient. But the latest infusion systems are fighting those odds. |
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Advanced automation,
flexibility top washer-sterilizer wish lists SPDs are expecting more from their equipment vendors in an effort to better manage a burgeoning workload as current washers and sterilizers certainly are offering users improved performance and flexibility to better process new, more complex instrumentation, and enhanced automation and integration capabilities to drive operational efficiencies and throughput, boost data-gathering and record-keeping abilities, and in some cases, free up valuable time to allow staff to focus on other pressing tasks. Advanced automation, flexibility top washer-sterilizer wish lists Steam quality: The last unknown in steam sterilization CS
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chain’s building bluesOne of the few times supply chain management typically leaps into crisis mode has little to do with budget overruns, critical inventory stockouts, demanding clinicians or product delivery delays by the vendor. The crisis occurs during a construction or renovation project when they’re typically brought in at the last minute to contribute. |
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Fast Foreward
Newsmaker Having My Say Capital
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