Blog
January 2020
The EU Ushers in New Era in Reprocessing and Remanufacturing of Medical Devices Labelled for “Single Use”
Looking to understand the new EU rules for medical devices (“EU MDR”)? Check out the European Commission’s “Fact Sheet for Healthcare Professionals and Health Institutions.” [...]
Medical Devices and Wasteful Spending: It’s Time for the Discussion
Should we be surprised to know hospitals in the U.S. are wasting over $25 billion on unnecessary supply chain spending? Hat tip to John R. [...]
AMDR Underscores Dramatic Value Reprocessing Brings to HHS’s “Sprint to Coordinated Care” in Comments to OIG
America’s healthcare system is transitioning, albeit slowly, from a volume based payment system, to a focus on paying for value. As part of this, last [...]
December 2019
Hospitals Can Go Green AND Save Money: Here’s How
This article posted on LinkedIn December 2, 2019 I once read something to the effect of, ‘if your sustainability initiatives are costing your company money, [...]
November 2019
The cost of care is killing Americans.
This article posted on LinkedIn November 18, 2019. Thanks Sarah Gantz, Philadelphia Inquirer for reporting that 13% of Americans “know a friend or family member who died [...]
October 2019
Environmental Leadership: Health Canada’s Regulation for Reprocessing Single Use Medical Devices Will Dramatically Reduce Hospital Expenses, Medical Waste
When it comes to action on environmental issues, Canadians have been among the world’s leaders. In the 1970s, they were among the first to phase [...]
August 2019
European Commission’s Proposed Common Specifications for Hospital Reprocessing of Single Use Devices
AMDR Response to Stakeholder Comments The European Union is moving closer to fully implementing its requirements for single-use device (SUD) reprocessing and remanufacturing as part [...]
EU Action Needed to Reduce Costs and Environmental Impact of Healthcare
On Tuesday, 20 August 2019 the European Commission closed its feedback period on safety and performance requirements for single-use device reprocessing. As the 26 May [...]
July 2019
AMDR Launches Summer Newsletter
AMDR's latest newsletter was sent out this week. This newsletter highlighted many of the top reprocessing stories from the past quarter, including a few like [...]
EORNA May 2019
Daniel J. Vukelich spoke to the European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) on May 17th in the Hague about the [...]
AMDR’s Dan Vukelich visits with Turkish Ministry of Health July 2019
AMDR President Dan Vukelich was honored to participate in meetings with the Turkish Ministry of Health, Health and Food Policies Board and Medicines and Medical [...]
May 2019
Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology: 4 Key Takeaways From the 2019 Heart Rhythm Society Meeting
As a follow up to this year's Heart Rhythm conference in San Francisco, Lars Thording of Innovative Healthcare, an AMDR member, blogs his 4 takeaways [...]
Healthcare Purchasing News Blog: Advancements in electrophysiology continue but with few solutions to reduce costs
Healthcare Purchasing News Blog: Advancements in electrophysiology continue but with few solutions to reduce costs Lars Thording of Innovative Healthcare gives his Take-aways from the [...]
April 2019
“Peter Nichol: The $50 Billion Dollar Opportunity | Re-Thinking The Economics of Sterile Processing”
Check out the April 8 Beyond Clean podcast featuring Peter Nichol on the $50 billion dollar savings opportunity that exists by investing in Sterile Processing departments. Dr. [...]
Value-Based Healthcare Starts with Standard Definitions
Karen Conway writes in this month’s Healthcare Purchasing News about how “value-based healthcare starts with standard definitions.” We applaud her and HPN for bringing attention to the [...]
AMDR Launches Spring 2019 Newsletter!
Check out our Spring newsletter which includes the most important stories throughout this past quarter. Below are a few highlights; NEScientific Inc. and ReNu Medical, Inc. Join AMDR April 4, [...]
February 2019
Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Spending Reaches Record High
“Higher prices – not higher utilization,” is causing record-high premium prices for employer sponsored health plans. Reprocessed devices cost, on average, HALF the cost of [...]
December 2018
AMDR launches December 2018 Newsletter
AMDR's latest newsletter was sent out early December. We hope you enjoyed reading it! In our newsletter you can find a lot of the articles [...]
AMDR’s Dan Vukelich to speak at EORNA Congress 2019
This upcoming May, AMDR's Dan Vukelich will be speaking at EORNA(European Operating Room Nurses Association) Congress in The Netherlands. Dan will be talking about the [...]
Use of Reprocessed External Fixators in Orthopaedic Surgery: a Survey of 243 Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons
The latest research as published in Patient Safety in Surgery (2018) addresses “Use of Reprocessed External Fixators in Orthopaedic Surgery: a Survey of 243 Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons.” [...]