Health Care Strategic Management
The deregulation and restructuring of the energy market is creating major challenges and opportunities for hospitals and other health care organizations that not only could help save a substantial amount of money but could result in new revenue. Now a new online program has been launched to help health care organizations avoid the pitfalls and take advantage of the new opportunities.
The program, jointly launched by ECRI, a worldwide health care research and consulting organization, and SRC Global, an international research and consulting firm specializing in energy issues, is offered by Ecom-Energy, a Plymouth Meeting, Pa., company that describes itself as an 'energy value provider that combines Internet technology with energy market and health care industry expertise.'
Health Industry Today
Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, received FDA clearance for its BeStent[TM] 2 with Discrete Technology[TM] coronary stent delivery system. Medtronic says the introduction of the BeStent2 makes it the only company to provide physicians with a choice of laser cut or modular coronary stents to comply with individual preference.
BeStent2 is designed for use after coronary arteries have been opened with balloon catheters during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCS) therapy. Medtronic says the device features an enhanced stent and delivery system that facilitates 'predictable and precise placement.'
BeStent2 is the second generation of the BeStent that was tested in Europe but not released in the U.S.
Profiles in Healthcare Marketing
Twenty-two hospitals captured winners' honors this year in the fourth annual report competition.
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, placed first overall, followed by Legacy Health System, Portland, Ore., second place; and Shands HealthCare, Tampa, Fla., third place.
The number and diversity of annual reports entered in this year's competition enabled the judges to increase the number of categories in which awards could be presented. These include:
Specialty hospitals--The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, first place.
Fund-raising--Hurley Medical Center, Grand Rapids, Mich., first place.
Academic Medical Centers--SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, N.Y., first place.
Community hospitals--Providence Hospital & Medical Centers, Southfield, Mich., first place.
Regional health systems--Baptist Health Systems of South Florida, Coral Gables, Fla., first place.
