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VHA Inc. and Tidewater GPO initiate strategic sourcing relationship

 Industry News Release March 09, 2010
VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced a five-year strategic agreement with Tidewater GPO, a leading group purchasing organization for long-term care providers.
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VHA Supplier Summit highlights options for providers to accelerate cost reduction activities

 Industry News Release March 02, 2010
VHA Inc., the national healthcare network, recently concluded its annual supplier summit which enabled attendees to work collaboratively to create new and innovative cost reduction strategies that will help VHA members reduce costs, increase cash flow and improve efficiencies for hospitals and non-acute providers.
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Will capital spending rebound in 2010?

 Richard Pizzi February 26, 2010
In late February, we learned from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services that the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector had begun to stabilize. Or at least it had stabilized enough so that S&P expects its healthcare ratings and outlooks won’t be tanking in 2010.
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Inflationary prices challenge hospital supply chain in 2010

 Richard Pizzi February 22, 2010
Hospital inpatient and outpatient services encountered inflation rates around 8 percent in the past 12 months, which is 2 percent higher compared to the previous year, according to a new report.
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VHA regional network initiative helps hospitals save money

 Industry News Release February 19, 2010
Eight hospitals participated in a VHA-sponsored Rapid Adoption Network focused on catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and within six months, they had reduced CAUTIs by 60 percent in those hospital units where new standards of care were implemented.
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DeRoyal Industries wins Novation contract to manufacture suction canisters

 Industry News Release February 11, 2010
Novation, the healthcare industry's leading supply contracting company, has awarded an agreement to DeRoyal Industries for NOVAPLUS Suction Canisters.
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Are patients stealing from hospitals?

 Richard Pizzi February 10, 2010
A new survey from VHA, Inc., a national healthcare group purchasing organization, reveals that patients take numerous items from hospital rooms when they are discharged, costing hospitals at least $52 million annually.
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Novation awards multisource agreement for surgical gloves

 Industry News Release February 04, 2010
Novation, the healthcare industry's leading supply contracting company, today announced that it has awarded a multisource agreement to Ansell Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Medline Industries and Molnlycke for surgical gloves.
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VHA Regional Network helps New England hospitals save over $1M on medications

 Industry News Release February 03, 2010
Working with VHA Inc., the national healthcare network, and its regional office near Boston, 11 hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts hired a consultant to coordinate their efforts to cut pharmacy costs, without compromising patient care.
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Novation awards agreements for air transfer devices and surgical mesh

 Industry News Release January 26, 2010
Novation, the healthcare industry's leading supply contracting company, recently announced two new contract agreements.
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Alpena Regional Medical Center joins VHA Inc.

 Industry News Release January 25, 2010
lpena Regional Medical Center, a 146-bed acute care facility in Alpena, Mich., has joined VHA Inc., the national healthcare network that serves more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals across the nation.
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VHA Inc. and 12 health systems call for mandated GS1 data standards

 Industry News Release January 12, 2010
VHA Inc., the national health care network, and 12 of its largest member organizations, say the federal government should emphasize implementing GS1 data standards while they promote electronic medical records, since both improve operational efficiencies and reduce health care costs; however, adopting data standards for supply chain transactions would cost far less to advance.
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Vendor Notebook - TransUnion buys MedData

 Eric Wicklund January 11, 2010
TransUnion has acquired MedData, a Charlotte, N.C.-based provider of healthcare insurance information and data solutions for hospitals, physician practices and major healthcare insurance companies.
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You thought 2009 was challenging!

 Healthcare Finance News Staff January 08, 2010
Commentary by Scott Downing, executive vice president at VHA Inc.
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Advice for 2010? For hospitals, it's time to be proactive

 Diana Manos January 08, 2010
Hospitals and health systems will face increased demands from the government and patients this year, forcing them to do more with less, according to some experts.
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Proactive management will be key to health system survival in 2010, experts say

 Diana Manos January 05, 2010
Hospitals and health systems will face increased demands from the government and patients this year, forcing them to do more with less, according to experts.
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Supply chain improvement project yields positive results for Kansas and Missouri hospitals

 Richard Pizzi December 18, 2009
A supply chain improvement project involving 12 hospitals in southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas yielded reduced spending on clinical products and improved infection control efforts.
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Sutter Health renews relationship with VHA Inc. to drive supply chain savings

 Industry News Release December 16, 2009
Sutter Health, Northern California's largest healthcare system, has renewed its relationship with VHA Inc., the national healthcare network that serves more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals across the nation.
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VHA joins Hospital Energy Alliance

 Industry News Release November 24, 2009
VHA Inc., the national healthcare network that represents more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals across the country, has joined the U.S. Department of Energy's Hospital Energy Alliance.
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Vendor Notebook - Jackson Healthcare to work with VHA physicians

 Eric Wicklund November 23, 2009
Jackson Healthcare has announced an agreement with VHA, Inc., that gives VHA's hospital network access to multispecialty physicians for locum tenens assignments and permanent physician placement through Jackson subsidiaries Jackson Coker and LocumTenens.com.
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