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Health Devices International Sourcebase simplifies hospitals’ device and technology selection.

ECRI Institute® (www.ecri.org), an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announces enhancements to its online database, Health Devices International Sourcebase, now with expanded search in growing international markets. Hospitals worldwide rely on Health Devices International Sourcebase to locate medical products (both domestic and international), contact suppliers, and follow mergers and acquisitions in the medical device industry. 

A continually updated and fully searchable database, Sourcebase provides reliable and accurate profiles of domestic and international medical device manufacturers and suppliers that help users make better-informed technology planning and purchasing decisions. Verified and updated by ECRI Institute’s multi-disciplinary staff of biomedical engineers, scientists, and other experts, Sourcebase provides:

• Information on more than 1,000 service companies and over 15,000 medical product suppliers

• Price ranges, cross-reference terms, and commonly used names for each device

• Supplier profiles including merger history, annual sales, and financial information, and executive contacts

• Detailed device definitions that help purchasers narrow their searches

• 9,200 Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System™ (UMDNS™) terms and codes

ECRI Institute’s Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System is the most commonly used medical device nomenclature system in North America with thousands of users worldwide, including hospitals, regulatory agencies, manufacturers, national agency medical device regulatory systems, and e-commerce web sites. UMDNS identifies, processes, files, stores, retrieves, and communicates data about medical devices. 

The print companion, ECRI Institute’s 2012 Health Devices Sourcebook, now in its 34th year of publication, includes North American medical device and manufacturer data. Sourcebook is now available in an easier-to-manage 2-volume set. It includes complete contact information for over 7,400 U.S. and Canadian suppliers and over 1,000 U.S. service companies. ECRI Institute does not charge manufacturers for listings and no advertising is accepted.

Source: ECRI Institute