In the Press
April 2019
NEScientific Inc. and ReNu Medical Inc. Join the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 4, 2019 – The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR), the global trade association representing the interests of the professional medical [...]
Growing El Camino Hospital’s Reprocessing Program
El Camino Hospital's EP Lab has been using reprocessed single-use devices for several years, generating important savings from the reprocessing program to reduce the costs [...]
“Electrophysiology Labs Save $800M by Maximizing the Value of High-Cost, Single-Use Devices”
Story from Stryker Sustainability; Tempe, Arizona, USA – March 2019 – Cardiac ablation is one of the highest-expenditure clinical service areas in health systems today. Electrophysiology [...]
Is Coffee the Key to Curbing Medical Equipment Waste?
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gift cards to the local coffee shop helped a Johns Hopkins hospital cut inventory waste, researchers said. A system that rewarded residents [...]
March 2019
As Value-Based Efforts Lag, Push for Price Regulation Gains Momentum
For many years, the battle cry of healthcare cost warriors was, “Eliminate all those wasteful services.” More recently that evolved to, “Pay providers based on [...]
Maximize the Value of Your SUD Reprocessing Program
IT’S NO SECRET that supply chain costs are health care facilities’ second largest expense. Many supply chain professionals help their organizations mitigate those expenses by implementing [...]
Leonard da Vinci School Creates Short Video on Single-Use Plastic in Neonatology
AMDR congratulates Leonard da Vinci School students for their short video documentary, “911 – It’s an Emergency Single-Use Plastic in Neonatology.” The students won Sacramental [...]
February 2019
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: Remanufactured Circular Mapping Catheters: Safety, Effectiveness and Cost
More peer reviewed research out of Europe confirming the safety, effectiveness and cost savings with remanufactured cardiac electrophysiology catheters. The 26 December 2018 Journal of Interventional [...]
New Survey Finds Healthcare Systems Will Focus on Reducing Costs and Improving the Patient Experience in 2019
From Healthcare Purchasing News: New survey finds healthcare systems will focus on reducing costs and improving the patient experience in 2019… “In 2019, health systems will [...]
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 [...]
How U.S. Hospitals Cleaned Up Their Toxic Trash
It was an ironic discovery: Medical centers designed to treat patients could actually be harming them. In 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency released a report that [...]
Portuguese Journal of Public Health: Reprocessing of Single-Use Medical Devices: Clinical and Financial Results
New peer reviewed research published by the Portuguese Journal of Public Health confirms "excellent results regarding clinical efficacy and cost reduction” by using “certified reprocessed single use medical devices.” This research, as noted, confirms [...]
The Healthcare Industry Needs to Lead In Finding Climate Change
Healthcare leaders have both a moral responsibility and a historic opportunity to take action. For the first time, the NCA identified healthcare as a significant [...]
Hospital price growth driving healthcare spending
Hospital prices for inpatient care grew 42% from 2007 to 2014 while physician prices rose 18%, according to a new study. This trend should direct [...]
What Hospitals Buy Matters to Health
Sustainability leaders and health care supply chain professionals are coming together at CleanMed May 7-9 in Nashville to advance strategies and solutions in buying sustainably [...]
January 2019
Doctors are frightened by climate change. Their industry is a big part of the problem.
Vox notes that a recent New England Journal of Medicine commentary argues that it’s “high time” to tackle climate change in healthcare. Hospitals in the [...]
Greener Healthcare: Strategies for Sustainable Surgical Units
The Environmental Magazine discussing reprocessing in its article, “Greener Healthcare: Strategies for Sustainable Surgical Units” January 11, 2019: Single-use devices (SUDs) make up a sizable [...]
Climate change: ‘Right to repair’ gathers force
You can’t repair it and can’t find anyone else to at a decent price, so it joins the global mountain of junk.You’re forced to buy [...]
Should Economic Criteria be Included in Medical Device Trials?
In an age when everything in medicine is now looked at though a cost vs. benefit analysis and U.S. government healthcare reform efforts focused on [...]
U.S. spends far more on healthcare than other developed countries—and researchers say prices are still to blame
And that extra spending isn’t translating to better access to care, the researchers found. The U.S. had 18% fewer practicing doctors per 1,000 people than [...]