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June 2010
Reuters: Pharma and Medical Supply Leaders' Rx for Greener Operations Buildings
Reuters: Pharma and Medical Supply Leaders' Rx for Greener Operations Buildings (06/03/10): When hospitals could no longer manage reprocessing internally, third-party reprocessors jumped in to [...]
Dotmed News: Ascent Healthcare Solutions Takes Home Prestigious Award
Dotmed News: Ascent Healthcare Solutions Takes Home Prestigious Award (05/28/10): Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a medical device reprocessing company, was named the Purchased Services Supplier of [...]
CHIMES (Calvin College Newspaper): Reprocessing Your Health
CHIMES (Calvin College Newspaper): Reprocessing Your Health (03/19/10): Gone are the days when hospital staff thoughtlessly tossed used medical equipment into the nearest landfill. According [...]
Ecoglove.com: Responsible Device Strategies Saved Hospitals Millions of Dollars in 2009
Ecoglove.com, Responsible Device Strategies Saved Hospitals Millions of Dollars in 2009 (reprinted release): Ascent, the market leader in the remanufacturing of medical devices in the [...]
Ecoglove.com, Medical Device Reprocessors Say Health Reform May Provide a Boost
Ecoglove.com, Medical Device Reprocessors Say Health Reform May Provide a Boost (03/26/10): As medical device manufacturers seek to fend off the implementation of a new [...]
Ecoglove.com, Re-Using Equipment Could Help Hopsitals Go Green
Ecoglove.com, Re-Using Equipment Could Help Hopsitals Go Green (03/02/10): U.S. health care facilities generate over four billion pounds of waste each year, second only to [...]
DotMed News: Ascent Takes on Bi-Directional Catheters for Reprocessing
DotMed News: Ascent Takes on Bi-Directional Catheters for Reprocessing (06/07/10): Ascent, formerly Ascent Healthcare Solutions, recently added yet another single-use device (SUD) to its repertoire [...]
Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insider: SUD Reprocessing: Balancing Cost Savings, Patient Safety
Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insider reports: SUD Reprocessing: Balancing Cost Savings, Patient Safety (07/01/10): During a time when hospitals are continually searching for a way [...]
May 2010
American Chronicle, Save Your Money With Reprocessing of Single Used Disposable Medical Devices
American Chronicle, Save Your Money With Reprocessing of Single Used Disposable Medical Devices (05/28/10): The most exciting fact that may surprise you is if all [...]
Modern Physician: Tying payment, quality and care with bundling
Modern Physician, Tying payment, quality and care with bundling (05/24/10): Bundling payments to hospitals and doctors for episodes of care is gaining momentum in the [...]
Gerson Lehrman Group: The FDA's 510k clearance process (If it ain't broke don't fix it)!
Gerson Lehrman Group: The FDA's 510k clearance process (If it ain't broke don't fix it)! (05/23/10): Now,with the widespread acceptance of the Reprocessing Industry, used [...]
Gerson Lehrman Group: Reduce hospital infectious waste while reducing hospital operating costs
Gerson Lehrman Group, Reduce hospital infectious waste while reducing hospital operating costs (05/23/10): ...I am basing my summary on my hands-on 32 years experience in the healthcare [...]
Mlive.com, Progress and Pride: Medical device industry not the darling it once was…
Mlive.com, Progress and Pride: Medical device industry not the darling it ..., (05/23/10): ...In February, officials announced Covenant HealthCare Systems could become the only hospital [...]
Outpatient Surgery Magazine, Manager's Guide to Going Green, April 2010
Outpatient Surgery Magazine, Manager's Guide to Going Green, (April 2010): Check out the article starting on page 17 of Outpatient Surgery Magazine's Manager's Guide to [...]
Dotmed.com, House Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Health Care Transparency
Dotmed.com, House Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Health Care Transparency (05/11/10): Representative Steve Kagen (D-WI), who is a medical doctor, is sponsor of H.R. 4700 [...]
Insurancenewsnet.com, Tread Carefully When Reprocessing SUDs
Insurancenewsnet.com, Tread Carefully When Reprocessing SUDs (05/12/10): Reprocessing has been around for decades and was much more controversial years ago, when no one was certain about [...]
AMDR Thanks Lory Olsson for Her Years of Service to the Reprocessing Industry
AMDR Thanks Lory Olsson for Her Years of Service to the Reprocessing Industry It is with great regret that AMDR announces the resignation of Lory [...]
Environmental Leader: Medical Industry Focuses on Energy Use, Waste
Environmental Leader: Medical Industry Focuses on Energy Use, Waste (04/27/10): Dealing with medical waste is becoming a big concern for medical facilities from both environmental [...]
Environmental Leader: Kaiser Permanente Unveils Sustainability Scorecard for Medical Products
Environmental Leader: Kaiser Permanente Unveils Sustainability Scorecard for Medical Products (05/04/10): The scorecard is the latest announcement in a string of sustainable initiatives launched by [...]
Healthcare Purchasing News: Ascent honored by MedAssets for improving financial health of hospitals
Healthcare Purchasing News: Ascent honored by MedAssets for improving financial health of hospitals Ascent received the MedAssets Supply Chain Savings Award for its commitment to [...]