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Vendor Notebook: Craneware, Inc., signs contract to deploy new toolkit

 Eric Wicklund March 15, 2010
Craneware, Inc., based in Orlando, Fla., has signed multi-year contracts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System on Long Island, N.Y., and the HealthEast Care System in Minnesota to implement the Chargemaster Corporate Toolkit, Online Reference Toolkit and Bill Analyzer solutions.
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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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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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Novation awards a new technology agreement to NeoMatrix, Inc.

 Industry News Release January 14, 2010
Novation, the supply contracting company of VHA Inc, University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, announced that it has awarded a new technology agreement for the HALO® Breast Pap Test to NeoMatrix, Inc.
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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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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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Novation awards multisource agreement for Passive RFID Inventory Management Systems

 Industry News Release January 07, 2010
Novation, the supply contracting company of VHA Inc, University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, has awarded a multisource agreement to International Business Solutions Alliance, Mobile Aspects, and Stanley InnerSpace for the emerging technology of Passive RFID Inventory Management Systems.
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Novation launches improved Contract Catalog

 Industry News Release January 06, 2010
This week, Novation, the leading healthcare supply contracting company, launched a dramatically faster and smarter Novation Contract Catalog.
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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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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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Vendor Notebook - ClaimTrust delivers denials solutions to Moses Taylor Hospital

 Eric Wicklund November 09, 2009
ClaimTrust has announced that Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., will implement the company's InSight Denials solutions to increase billing effectiveness, improve cash flow and generate new net revenue.
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