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The spring 2011 issue of World Hospitals and Health Services, the official journal of the International Hospital Federation, features an article by HIGPA President Curtis Rooney. The article examines the role that GPOs play in U.S. hospital purchasing, and gives an overview of the history of GPOs, the current GPO market in the US, healthcare reform’s effect on that market, and the future of group purchasing, which Rooney envisions as an expanded role for GPOs both in the U.S. and overseas as they continue to provide their “time-tested private sector method of proven cost containment.”