Having all but exhausted cost savings opportunities in low-tech supplies and generics, leading national hospital groups are turning to physician-preferred items such as cardiovascular devices and orthopedic implants. But they're doing so in clinically-driven programs that embrace physicians' love for technology and otherwise turn traditional group purchasing on its head.
by David Cassak
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