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July 2011
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review: Stryker Reports $2.05B 2Q Net Sales, 12% Increase
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review reports that Stryker reported $2.05 billion in net sales, a 12 percent increase over last year, according to a company news release. [...]
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review: Savings on Orthopedic Equipment; 4 Points on Reprocessing Single-Use Devices
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review reports on 4 Points on Reprocessing Single-Use Devices: One of the biggest concerns among all professionals in the healthcare industry is [...]
Practice GreenHealth Reports that Hospitals Boost Sustainability Efforts, Reduce Environmental Impact
PracticeGreenhealth's e-news reports that the healthcare industry is rife with opportunities to reduce the environmental impact it creates, with the added benefit of saving money [...]
Creating a New Normal with "Green" Medicine
MDNews.com reports on findings presented at the Baltimore CleanMed conference. Medical device reprocessing is highlighted as one of the top five strategies to go green [...]
Medical Device Network: US Regulator to Unveil Medical Device ID Rule
Medicaldevicenetwork.com reports that the US FDA is set to soon introduce its long-anticipated proposed rules for unique device identification (UDI). MDN expects FDA's proposal to [...]
ICT: AAMI Announces Medical Devices Summit in October
Originally posted by Infection Control Today: The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invite members of the [...]
AMDR Summary: International Regulation of "Single-Use" Medical Device Reprocessing
Since 2000, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has regulated reprocessors of so-called “single-use” medical devices (SUDs) as medical device manufacturers, subjecting all [...]
SSM Health Care – St. Louis achieves significant savings with medical device reprocessing
SSM Health Care-St. Louis Released on June 30, 2011 AIDS and emerging infectious diseases led in the early 1980s to single-use medical devices. However, there [...]
CMAJ: The Ethics of Reusing Single-Use Device
Canadian Medical Association Journal Published by Roger Collier July 5, 2011 The topic of reprocessing medical devices labelled as single-use items is something of an [...]
CMAJ: Reprocessing Single-Use Devices: An International Perspective
Canadian Medical Association Journal Published by Roger Collier July 4, 2011 Do you dispose of the plastic baggie or save it for tomorrow’s ham sandwich? [...]
June 2011
Xconomy: Something New, Something Used, Something Sterile: Stryker Embraces Recycled Medical Devices
Published by Thomas Lee, Detroit Editor and National Med Tech Editor for Xconomy June 29, 2011 Stryker has not been shy about shopping for acquisitions [...]
ACO Forum: Answers To a Few Frequently Asked ACO Questions
Originally posted June 20, 2011 by Daniel J. Vukelich on the Accountable Care Forum website... Earlier this week, HealthLeaders Media addressed the Top 10 Clinical Integration, ACO Physician Questions. [...]
ENT Today: Return on Recycling – Reprocessing Single-Use Devices May Lower Costs, Improve Efficiency
by Marie Powers ENT Today Published June 1, 2011 The trend to reprocess disposable, or single-use, instruments, a movement that dominates specialties like gastroenterology, cardiology [...]
FierceHealthIT: Hospitals Can Achieve ACO Savings with Reprocessed Medical Devices
From FierceHealthIT, June 13, 2011: Daniel J. Vukelich, President and CEO of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR), writes in Hospital Impact that the [...]
Healthy Hospitals: Changing Climate in Healthcare Facilities and Institutions
Healthy Hospitals: Changing Climate in Healthcare Facilities and Institutions AMDR is proud to participate in the Association of Climate Change Officers event, Health Hospitals: Changing Climate [...]
Hospital Impact: Hospitals Can Achieve ACO Savings With Reprocessed Devices
Hospital Impact Hospital Impact reports that Hospitals Can Achieve ACO Savings With Reprocessed Devices, by Daniel J. Vukelich, Esq. and B. Chase Matson of the Association of Medical [...]
CMS Should Encourage/Incentivize ACOs to Utilize Reprocessed Devices
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) submitted comments June 7th in response to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rules to [...]
DotMed.com: Anti-Reprocessing Tactics Are Anti-Hospital Tactics
Lars Thording of Ascent Healthcare Solutions discusses medical device manufacturer efforts to thwart reprocessing in DotMed.com: First, the good news: reprocessing is making an enormously [...]
May 2011
Mercy Presented “Healthy Hospital” Award
Catholic Health Press Release May 25, 2011 Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, is proud to announce it has received a “Healthy Hospital” [...]
FDA to Sponsor Public Workshop on Reprocessing Reusable Medical Equipment, June 8-9, 2011
On June 8th and 9th, the FDA will be hosting a public workshop entitled "Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices Workshop." This workshop is part of [...]