Read more on Medbuy's involvement with this Canadian first in a press release issued by GHX (Available in English only).

Medbuy is pleased to welcome the entire province of New Brunswick to its membership. The selection of Medbuy means it will provide its services to all zones of the two Regional Health Authorities (Horizon Health Network and Vitalité Health Network) under the leadership of FacilicorpNB, the province's shared services organization.

October 6, 2011

Medbuy welcomes strategically focused and experienced leader as new President & CEO

Medbuy's Board Chair, Sue Denomy, was pleased to announce yesterday the selection of Kent Nicholson as the new President & CEO of Medbuy Corporation. Mr. Nicholson, a senior executive with more than two decades of experience leading organizations to increased market share, productivity and customer satisfaction, will assume the role currently held by Interim CEO, Tony Dagnone, effective October 11.

City of Hamilton joins Medbuy

Medbuy continues to grow with the addition of the City of Hamilton to our membership, creating the first municipality-healthcare GPO partnership in Canada. The City's emergency services department, Hamilton Emergency Medical Services (EMS - paramedics), will be the first department to participate.

Canada's hospital pharmacists meet to discuss oncology drug shortages

The issue of drug shortages in Canada is top-of-mind as a group of hospital pharmacists from across the country gather in Toronto over two days to discuss an entire range of supply related issues.

Medbuy Member hospitals unaffected by shortage of key
anaesthesia drug

While some Canadian hospitals worry about shortages of propofol, a critical anaesthetic drug used in operating rooms across the country, Medbuy Member hospitals can be confident they will have a stable, un-interrupted supply of the drug.

Medbuy pioneers safe practice guidelines for chemotherapy
products in Canada

Since there are no standardized occupational health and safety guidelines in Canada to handle and deliver chemotherapeutic drugs, hospitals often face related safe practice issues on their own. To help ensure care providers and hospital employees stay safe when handling these hazardous drugs, more than 18 months ago, Medbuy formed a clinical oncology advisory committee, which is comprised of pharmacy professionals from several provinces. It's the first of its kind in the country and aims to support and enhance service to our Members.

Medbuy Vice Chair appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Vitalité Health Network in New Brunswick 

On December 21, 2010, Aldéa Landry, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Vitalité Health Network in New Brunswick announced the appointment of Joey Caissie, Vice Chair of Medbuy's Board of Directors, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vitalité. 

Medbuy takes a seat on the GS1 Canada Carenet Healthcare Sector Board

Richard Jones, Medbuy's Vice President, Clinical Services, Patient Safety and Business Development, joins the GS1 Canada Carenet Healthcare Sector Board this month - a role that allows him to offer expertise and perspective to the healthcare industry that not only supports our Members' drive to deliver safe, quality care to patients, but also their need to create efficiencies within their facilities.

Cambridge Memorial Hospital, a key hospital in the heart of one of Canada's fastest growing regions, has expanded its membership in Medbuy, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, to pharmaceuticals after realizing 17% savings on the purchase of medical/surgical supplies and services in the first year of membership.

November 12, 2009

Responding to the emerging needs of the Ontario healthcare market, Medbuy Corporation, Canada's leading healthcare Group Purchasing Organization, and Mohawk Shared Services' Mohawk Supply Chain Services Division, southern Ontario's most progressive Shared Services Organization, today announced plans to work more closely together to accelerate identified savings potential for their joint Member healthcare facilities.

Medbuy Endorses Global Supply Chain Standards to Enhance Patient Safety, Reduce Costs

In a move that will have a major impact on driving efficiencies and reducing costs in the healthcare supply chain, Medbuy and HealthPRO, two of Canada's most prominent group purchasing organizations, have affirmed their commitment to driving the adoption of GS1 global standards with their members. Global standards improve efficiency and visibility in supply chains, and will enable Medbuy and HealthPRO to advance their respective mandates for maximizing value and providing value-added services to their members.

Medbuy to Develop Bilingual Service Offering

As a part of its commitment to Member service and adding value to healthcare organizations across Canada, Medbuy will begin to offer several services in both English and French in the next year.

Medbuy Offrira Des Services Bilingues

Dans le cadre de son engagement envers les services aux membres et la valeur ajoutée dans les organismes de soins de santé à l'échelle du Canada, Medbuy commencera à offrir plusieurs services en français et en anglais l'an prochain.

Medbuy awards Pharmacy contracts that will save Members more than $90 million over the next three years

Medbuy Members will realize significant cost savings on pharmaceutical products as a result of more than 58 recently awarded contracts that were a part of one of the largest sourcing initiatives in Medbuy's nearly 20-year history.

Members to realize up to 30% savings with new Medbuy contracts for office products

Medbuy Members recently re-awarded three contracts to Corporate Express Canada for stationery products, bond paper and toner that will result in tremendous savings to Member hospitals over the next five years.

Medbuy hospital and healthcare organizations will save an average of up to 30% across the three agreements as compared to pricing from the previous contracts. The new stationery contract alone contains 10,428 line items (or products) - the largest ever Medbuy initiative by number of SKUs - and represents up to a 24% price decrease.