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December 2012
US International Trade Commission Issues Report on Remanufactured Goods, Highlights SUD Reprocessing
According to an October 2012 report by the United States International Trade Commission (the Commission), the market for remanufactured goods in the U.S. exceeds $43B [...]
MarketWatch: CleanMed Named Emerging Green Conference by Professional Convention Managers
MarketWatch November 29, 2012 BOSTON, MA, Nov 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- CleanMed 2013 is pleased to announce that it has been chosen as the [...]
Health Facilities Management: Sustainability Delivers Big Savings for Hospitals
Health Facilities Management November 2012 Hospitals committed to sustainability increased their savings substantially in 2011 compared to the previous year, largely by expanding tried-and-true conservation [...]
Qmed Medtech Pulse Blog: The Old Medtech Business Model Is Unsustainable. Now What?
Qmed Medtech Pulse Blog November 27, 2012 Brian Buntz Since 2007 to present, much of the world has faced financial turmoil. At the same time, [...]
Outpatient Surgery Magazine: Going Green Pays Off
Outpatient Surgery Magazine November 20, 2012 Daniel Cook If hospitals nationwide worked to reduce their energy use, waste and surgical supply inefficiencies, total healthcare savings [...]
November 2012
Resource Recycling, Inc: Recycling, Reuse Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs
Resource Recycling, Inc November 2012 By Jake Thomas, Resource Recycling A new study has found that hospitals could see significant savings by making their operations [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Obama Win Bolsters Hospital ACO, Reform Efforts
Fierce Healthcare November 7, 2012 By Karen Cheung-Larivee James Merlino, chief experience officer at Cleveland Clinic and FierceHealthcare editorial advisory board member, said regardless of whether Obama or Romney had [...]
Vascular Solutions Press Release: Vascular Solutions Marks 10,000 Successfully Reprocessed ClosureFAST ® Catheters
Vascular Solutions, Inc. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- Vascular Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: VASC) today announced that more than 10,000 ClosureFAST vein ablation catheters have been reprocessed by [...]
Featured Webinar: How Sustainable Hospitals Are Achieving Major Savings
Healthier Hospitals Initiative and The Commonwealth Fund present: Event: How Sustainable Hospitals Are Achieving Major Savings Date: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 Time: [...]
Infection Control Today: Association of Medical Device Reprocessors Celebrates 15 Years of Cutting Healthcare Spending
Infection Control Today November 13, 2012 The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) celebrates a significant milestone today, marking 15 years of helping hospitals cut [...]
Healthcare Finance News: Sustainability Efforts Could Save Healthcare Industry $15B Over 10 Years
Healthcare Finance News November 06, 2012 Kelsey Brimmer, Associate Editor NEW YORK – A study published last week by The Commonwealth Fund found that hospital [...]
European Medical Device Technology: Proposed New European Medical Device Regulations
European Medical Device Technology (EMDT) Published: October 25, 2012 By: Maria Donawa On 26 September 2012, the European Commission adopted a “package on innovation in health” [...]
Featured Event: 2nd Annual Medical Affairs Leaders Forum, January 28-29 in Brussels, Belgium
2nd Annual Medical Affairs Leaders Forum Conference Dates: 28th – 29th January, 2013 Venue: Brussels, Belgium https://www.nextlevelpharma.com/events/view/medical_affairs_leaders_forum The roles of medical affairs and liaison have [...]
Becker's Hospital Review: Going Green, Saving Greenbacks: 4 Areas of Sustainability and Cost Savings
Becker's Hospital Review November 6, 2012 Written by Bob Herman If hospitals and health systems focus their efforts on becoming a "sustainable" organization to reduce [...]
Policy and Medicine: The 2012 Elections and it's Impact on Healthcare Policy
Policy and Medicine November 13, 2012 Posted by Thomas Sullivan Last week, in another historic Presidential election, Americans reelected President Barack Obama in a decisive victory [...]
Featured Event: The Medical Device Leaders Forum – November 28-30 in Berlin, Germany
Medical Device Leaders Forum Eurostars Hotel Berlin, Germany November 28-30 This 3-day event will feature perspectives from a variety of stakeholders involved in the market access [...]
Practice Greenhealth To Feature SUD Reprocessing In Upcoming "Greening the OR" Webinar
In the next installment of Practice Greenhealth's "Greening the OR" 2012 webinar series, Caryn Humphrey and Gail Greco-Bieri will dive into cost and environmental benefits [...]
Celebrate periOperative Nurse Week November 5-11!
Here are a few tips (courtesy of www.AORN.com) for recognizing and honoring the special periOperative nurse(s) in your life! How Can I Get Involved? [...]
October 2012
The Paramus Post (NJ): HackensackUMC’s Operating Room Recycling Program Cuts Waste and Costs
The Paramus Post (NJ) October 26, 2012 By Mel Fabrikant The healthcare industry currently produces the second largest amount of solid waste in the United States. [...]
Health Facilities Management: OPERATIONS: Sustainability Delivers Big Savings for Hospitals
Health Facilities Management October 2012 By Jeff Ferenc, senior editor Hospitals committed to sustainability increased their savings substantially in 2011 compared to the previous year, [...]