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Supply chain/SCM

Premier Requires UDI

Premier Incorporated announced a new requirement for unique device identifiers. Premier is the largest healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO) in the U.S and is the first GPO to require such. The new requirement was described in release issued by the organization. more...

July 24, 2008 Related topics: Trends, Supply chain/SCM, Policies & Procedures

Environmentally Friendly Approaches for the Hospital Supply Chain

An environmental purchasing consultant from Practice Greenhealth, Lara Sutherland, will present information on means to implement environmentally friendly purchasing practices at the upcoming Association for Healthcare Resources & Materials Management Conference, as reported by Health Data Management. more...

July 10, 2008 Related topics: Supply chain/SCM, Supplies, Policies & Procedures, Cost savings

IBM Tracks Medication Supply Chain

In an effort to reduce counterfeit medications from infiltrating the market, IBM introduced an RFID system for medication...

Healthcare Supply Chain Requests Survey Respondents

The collaborative Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition developed a survey designed to evaluate the use of unique organizational...

Asset Tracking Utilizes Ultrasound Transmission

Seton Medical Center implemented a unique approach for its asset tracking system, which was described in Health Data...

Geisinger Ordering Process Acknowledged

The Geisinger Supply Chain Services system was acknowledged by Healthcare Purchasing News as the premier materials management department...

TECSYS Receives Acknowledgement for Supply Chain Management

Inbound Logistics named TECSYS one of the Top 100 IT Logistics providers according to a press release issued...

VA Hospitals Implement RFID Robots for Supply Management

The Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network is installing 21 of the Aethon, Incorporated TUG robots to help...

Carolinas HealthCare Employing RFID System

An RFID-enabled, real-time location system (RTLS) is being implemented at the twenty different hospitals of the Carolinas Healthcare...

Best Practice for Selecting RFID Tracking Systems Detailed

A forthcoming article in the Journal of Clinical Engineering details a best practice model for choosing a radiofrequency...

Unique Tracking System for Medical Products

Medical Device Link included a report recently that detailed the lack of a broad based tracking system, which...

McKesson Launches Asset Tracking

McKesson announced the full scale launch of their new tool for asset tracking in healthcare facilities, the Horizon...

Agility Develops Infrared and RFID for Asset Tracking

Agility Healthcare Systems developed a system that combines infrared (IR) auto-ID and RFID to address issues with real-time...

Asset Tracking Tool from Xmark Launched

Xmark Corporation launched a new asset tracking system that incorporates RFID technology and is specifically created for the...

Robot Adds RFID Features

Aethon, a healthcare technology company based in Pittsburgh, developed a robotic assistant named Tug that can perform simple...

Emory Adopts RFID

The largest healthcare system in Georgia, Emory Healthcare, adopted an RFID tracking solution for infusion pumps. The system...

Fluke Releases Asset Tracking System

Fluke Biomedical is offering a new system to coordinate asset tracking in healthcare facilities, an asset tracking system...

RFID in Materials Management

Recently constructed, the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano in the Dallas-Fort Worth area adopted RFID to track the facility’s...

Healthcare IT Merger: PanGo and Wireless

The merger of InnerWireless and PanGo Networks was announced March 20th, though the financials were not disclosed. This...

Counterarguments for Asset Tracking with RFID

RFID technology for device tracking is much discussed within the healthcare community. A wrinkle to its practical implementation...

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