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News and commentary on the healthcare equipment market.
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Access the Secondary Equipment Market to Stretch Budgets and Create Revenue
January 05, 2018Buying refurbished equipment is saving hospitals money, and selling idle equipment assets is creating new revenue. -
Weirton Medical Center Works with Medical Resources instead of GE
December 28, 2017Bob Kolanko, Director of Materials Management at Weirton Medical Center in Weirton, WV, used The Exchange to quickly collaborate with four suppliers and find the right mammography chair for their new breast care center. -
A Guide to the 7 Best Practices in Equipment Negotiations
December 19, 2017With more than 2,000 different equipment suppliers in healthcare, negotiating for ultrasounds, beds, ESU units, carts and other equipment products requires a thoughtful and practice approach. The presence of multiple stakeholders, rapid technology change and an uncertain regulatory environment only add to the challenges for supply chain, finance and clinical ... -
OpenMarkets: The Best Place to Buy Healthcare Furniture
December 18, 2017With thousands of types of healthcare furniture and TVs in the U.S. today, there is fierce competition in the market for hospital-grade furniture and TVs. This overwhelming supply of products includes cabinets, chairs, desks, recliners, sofas, TVs and more. For clinical department directors and supply chain teams, having a simple, ... -
Community Hospitals Finding New Efficiencies in their Equipment Procurement Program
December 13, 2017Community Hospitals are finding outsized benefits from working on the Exchange. They're able to collaborate with new suppliers that they may not have otherwise met. -
Congratulations to Régine Honoré Villain, Recipient of the Women Leader of the Year award from the Journal for Healthcare Contracting
December 07, 2017OpenMarkets Advisory Council member Régine Honoré Villain, Vice President, Supply Chain Operations at NYU Langone Health, has been named as one of our industry's Women Leaders in Supply Chain. -
Graham Regional Medical System, Quantum Medical Team Up For Repeat Business on The Exchange
December 06, 2017Billie Jones, materials manger at 29-bed Graham Regional Medical Center, needed a simple, efficient way to find a suture cart. With the hospital located more than 2 hours from the closest metropolitan airport, Billie knows there's a more efficient way to find the right product than waiting for a supplier to show up. Enter The OpenMarkets Exchange. -
Bryton Corp, Supplier of Instrument Tables, Stretchers and More, Secures First Sale on the OpenMarkets Exchange
December 01, 2017A new supplier in the OpenMarkets community, Bryton Corp, teams up with Oxford, NC based Granville Health System for the first time ever on the OpenMarkets Exchange. -
OpenMarkets Suppliers at RSNA include Philips, Mindray, LG & More
November 27, 2017Philips, Mindray and other suppliers in the OpenMarkets community are making a big splash at RSNA. Go see them and find out why they too are in OpenMarkets! -
Meet STERIS, Oakworks and the Other Leading Table Manufacturers in The OpenMarkets Community
November 21, 201715 progressive healthcare table manufacturers, including STERIS and Oakworks, use OpenMarkets to better collaborate with hospitals. -
VWR Joins OpenMarkets
November 17, 2017VWR, a leading distributor of lab equipment, has joined OpenMarkets. -
Advance Prep and Teamwork with Supply Chain Leaders Help Radiologists Get the Most from RSNA
November 16, 2017Just in time to help radiologists and capital equipment procurement directors efficiently “work” the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Conference , the latest broadcast in the OpenMarkets Education series focused on why the show is important to both Imaging and Supply Chain teams, and how both teams can ... -
Best Practices in Supply Chain Negotiation Strategy #7: Be Prepared
November 14, 2017There are multiple points of pain on both sides of an equipment transaction in today’s healthcare industry – for both providers and suppliers, all of which point to effective equipment negotiation as one way to buy more strategically. In this final installment in our series on seven key negotiating strategies, ... -
Kettering & Oakworks Team Up To Double The Provider's Purchasing Power
November 10, 2017Two members of the OpenMarkets community teamed up this week on The Exchange : Kettering Health Network of Dayton, OH and Oakworks Medical, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of a broad line of medical tables, patient positioning devices and accessories. -
OpenMarkets: A Great Place To Buy Medical Carts
November 08, 2017OpenMarkets is the best place for healthcare providers to learn about and collaborate with suppliers to get carts.