Author: Debra A. Draper
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: impact, potential, veterans�, safety, testimony, congress, equipment, medical, preliminary, care, observations, purchasing, supplies, tracking, health
Number of Pages: 13
Published: 2011-05
ISBN-10: 1437940064
ISBN-13: 9781437940060

VA clinicians use expendable medical supplies (EMS) -- disposable items that are generally used one time -- and reusable medical equipment (RME), which is designed to be reused for multiple patients. VA has policies that VA medical centers (VAMC) must follow when purchasing such supplies and equipment and tracking these items. This report evaluated VAżs purchasing and tracking of EMS and RME and their potential impact on vetsż safety. This testimony provides observations on: (1) the extent of compliance with VAżs requirements for purchasing and tracking of EMS and RME; and (2) steps VA plan

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: practical, solutions, issues, purchasing, public, greener
Number of Pages: 113
Published: 2000-08
ISBN-10: 9264176888
ISBN-13: 9789264176881

Government consumption of products and services in OECD Member countries is estimated to be responsible for 9 to 25% of GDP. Given the importance of public purchasing, national and local authorities have been paying increasing attention to the opportunities to improve the environment by selecting environmentally sounder products. This publication describes the successes, the efforts and the difficulties encountered within Member countries by focusing on the role and concerns of the officials that operate purchasing. Also, it shows how greener public purchasing can support a number of other cr

Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: practical, solutions, issues, purchasing, public, greener
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2000-08-30
ISBN-10: 926418757X
ISBN-13: 9789264187573

Government consumption of products and services in OECD Member countries is estimated to be responsible for 9 to 25% of GDP. Given the importance of public purchasing, national and local authorities have been paying increasing attention to the opportunities to improve the environment by selecting environmentally sounder products. This publication describes the successes, the efforts and the difficulties encountered within Member countries by focusing on the role and concerns of the officials that operate purchasing. Also, it shows how greener public purchasing can support a number of other cru

Author: Alexander S. Preker
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: purchasing, health, services, strategic, means, ends, private, public
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2007-05
ISBN-10: 0821365479
ISBN-13: 9780821365472

Great progress has been made in recent years in securing better access and financial protection against the cost of illness through collective financing of health care. Managing scarce resources effectively and efficiently is an important part of this story. Experience has shown that, without strategic policies and focused spending, the poor are likely to get left out. The use of purchasing to enhance public sector performance is well-documented in other sectors. Extension to the health sector of lessons from this experience is now successfully implemented in many developing countries.'Public

Author: James M. McDermott
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: governments, businesses, among, vary, purchasing, effects, cooperative
Number of Pages: 115
Published: 1999-01-01
ISBN-10: 0788143670
ISBN-13: 9780788143670

Assesses the potential effects of a cooperative purchasing program authorized by section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 on nonfederal governments and federal agencies, and on industry, including small businesses and dealers. Because these effects depend on how the program is implemented, this report also assesses the preliminary implementation plan prepared by the General Services Administration. Charts and tables.

Author: Nancy Nicosia Nancy Y. Moore
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: practices, market, research, management, chain, purchasing, supply, implementing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039857
ISBN-13: 9780833039859

The U.S. Air Force plans to improve procurement through the implementation of additional purchasing and supply chain management practices. To emulate the success of commercial enterprises, the Air Force is establishing commodity councils to develop proactive, enterprise-wide strategies for purchasing key Air Force goods and services. This monograph helps the commodity councils approach the market research task. This monograph is organized around the process for conducting market research. It begins with background information, proceeds through the how-to steps for conducting market research, a

Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: policy, coherence, issues, procurement, performance, public, environmental
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2003-09-07
ISBN-10: 9264101551
ISBN-13: 9789264101555

In recent years, a significant number of OECD member countries have introduced initiatives to reduce the environmentally damaging effects of public procurement.  Many countries have introduced "greener public purchasing" (GPP) policies in order to increase the recycled content of products or achieve specified levels of energy efficiency in capital equipment.  This book examines these issues in detail.  It is the outcome of a Workshop on "Greener Public Purchasing", held at the Austrian Ministry of the Environment in Vienna in October 2001.