Bariatrics
Hospitals equip to meet the bariatric challenge: April 2006
Capital equipment
Assessing capital equipment needs for your organization: August 2006
Case carts
A supply delivery system that can streamline your case cart operation: April 2006
Central service
Off-site CS keeps up with OR demand: May 2006
Contract management
Finding the right balance for contract reviews: December 2006
Cost control
Dispensing of excess scrub expenses: January 20006
Fueled by price increases, materials managers fight back: February 2006
At the heart of savings: March 2006
Implementing controls in the OR can help reduce cost and inventory: March 2006
Negotiating with statistics: November 2006
Data mining
Integrated systems uncover mission-critical information: January 2006
Cleaner data, better business: July 2006
Cleaning up supply chain data: November 2006
Devices
Monitoring expenses in an upbeat cardiac market: January 2006
Chemical sensors market still dominating biosensors: February 2006
Stay alert! Tracking recalls: October 2006
Spinal implant pricing model at work: October 2006
Disaster preparedness
A year in the making: August 2006
Endoscopes
Automated scope test spots costly leaks: August 2006
Equipment maintenance
There’s more than one way to effectively maintain equipment: February 2006
Green Purchasing
Moving mountains to reduce waste: September 2006
GPOs
An industry in flux: March 2006
HAI prevention
Prevent sepsis from taking its toll: April 2006
Education begets prevention: May 2006
Prevent nosocomial infections at the start: July 2006
Michigan hospitals focus on infection control initiatives: August 2006
Drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ require more aggressive measures: December 20006
Infection control
Maintain product sterility in storage with protocols and common sense: May 2006
Interdepartmental communication
Aligned schedules make OR and materials more efficient: February 2006
Costly issues of an uncommunicative OR: March 2006
Organizations can benefit from SPD reporting to materials: June 2006
Instrument tracking
How are you tracking your instruments and equipment?: August 2006
Orthopedics
Trend shows growing orthopedic surgery case load: July 2006
Outsourcing
Look before you leap: November 2006
Pandemic Preparedness
A pandemic plan for success: January 2006
Pandemic preparedness: April 2006
Organizations collaborate to mitigate pandemic: July 2006
Patient safety
Taking risky business out of the MRI suites: January 2006
System marks new method of preventing wrong-site surgery: February 2006
Finding the wrong fit: April 2006
Hope in the midst of declining safety grades: May 2006
Lives, not money are the bottom line in materials management: June 2006
Endotracheal education begets patient safety: August 2006
Back-to-basics measures save lives: September 2006
Surgical fire prevention is everyone’s concern: September 2006
30 methods of prevention are worth a pound of cure: November 2006
Tubing misconnections: A perilous design flaw: November 2006
Technological methods used to prevent errors aren’t infallible: December 2006
Pricing transparency
Price transparency issue has all sides seeking clarity: May 2006
Product evaluations
Involving staff in product evaluations is essential for successful operations: December 2006
Purchasing
Clean up device purchasing processes: June 2006
Purchasing alliance feels the power: October 2006
Role changes create new opportunities and partnerships: October 2006
Regulatory
How to respond when JCAHO comes calling: November 2006
Reprocessing
Reprocessing takes root despite controversy: May 2006
RFID
The right time and place for technology: January 2006
Is RFID right for your organization?: June 2006
Six Sigma
How to optimize inventory: February 2006
Standardization
A goal for four: February 2006
Supply standardization efforts: A priority in your organization?: September 2006
Sterile processing
Hold vendors accountable for proper sterilization instructions: January 2006
A study in washing and sterilization: February 2006
EtO system improves turnaround time: October 2006
New surgical instruments and sets bring sterilization challenges: November 2006
Consignment trays and the hidden costs of sterilization: December 2006
Supply chain
Partnering to improve the supply chain: February 2006
SWOT team solves supply chain issues: April 2006
Evolution of the supply chain exchange: July 2006
Store-bought lessons: July 2006
Back to supply chain basics: July 2006
Understanding the supply chain as a component of patient care: July 2006
Integrating the supply chain: August 2006
A blueprint to build a cost-effective supply chain: September 2006
Build a better supply chain with metrics that work: October 2006
Linking materials to the revenue cycle: December 2006
Surveys
Raise awareness – ASHCSP’s inaugural survey: October 2006
Technology
On the record about EMRs: January 2006
System ensures fluid specimen collection: January 2006
When seconds count: March 2006
Making rounds via remote robot: March 2006
Business issues determine how executives prioritize IT projects: May 2006
Automated delivery cuts time and costs: June 2006
Nurses communicate with wireless badges: June 2006
Technology implementation part of hospitals’ strategic focus: June 2006
IT implementation challenges and solutions: July 2006
Save time and money with supply chain automation: August 2006
Wireless paves the way for efficiency: September 2006
Nurses rave and rant about IT: October 2006
Vendor management
Gatekeepers halt renegade purchasing: June 2006
