In the Press
June 2018
Healthcare costs increasing at unsustainable pace
Modern HealthCare reports on the increasing costs of healthcare. "The expected 6% growth in 2019 aligns with the 5.5% to 7% trend over the past [...]
How University of Washington Medical Center improved supply chain efficiency and saved $1M+
Becker's Hospital Review reports on the partnership between the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle and Stryker's Sustainability Solutions division to save on medical device [...]
AMDR President Selected to Speak at 2018 CleanMed Europe
AMDR is proud to announce that Dan Vukelich has been selected to speak on medical device reprocessing at the 2018 CleanMed Europe meeting in Nijmegen, [...]
Beware: Anti-Reprocessing Tactics
Today, AMDR released an alert to hospitals and healthcare facilities advising of certain sales tactics which may undermine reprocessing programs. In spite of the economic pressure facing hospitals [...]
Reprocessed Medical Devices Market is Rising to a Valuation of US$3.35 bn in 2024, Says TMR
PRNewswire reports on how reprocessed medical devices market is rising to new heights. “As per the TMR report, the global reprocessed medical devices market is likely to [...]
AMDR President, Dan Vukelich, will meet with the Japanese SUD Remanufacturing Association (JRSA) in Tokyo for a roundtable event June 27
AMDR President, Dan Vukelich, will meet with the Japanese SUD Remanufacturing Association (JRSA) in Tokyo for a roundtable event June 27. This intra-industry event is dedicating [...]
AMDR President Dan Vukelich will speak at the MedTech 2018 summit Thursday, June 14th
AMDR President Dan Vukelich will speak at the MedTech 2018 summit Thursday, June 14th on the European Medical Device Regulation and requirements on the reprocessing of single-use [...]
AMDR President Attended AAMI’s Technical Committee Meeting This Week
AMDR attended AAMI’s technical committee meetings in Long Beach this week. Dan Vukelich, AMDR’s president, represented commercial reprocessors in standards committee meetings Tuesday dedicated to medical device [...]
Greening the OR: Savings, trends, opportunities
Practice Greenhealth reports on how we can green the OR. The OR can be a pretty wasteful place, and we’re not just talking about physical [...]
Five Key Takeaways From Heart Rhythm 2018
Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology reports on the five key takeaways from Heart Rhythm Society’s annual conference Stryker Sustainability Solutions as well as Innovative Health represented [...]
Takeaways from the Heart Rhythm Society’s annual conference
MedCity News reports on the takeaways from the Heart Rhythm Society’s annual conference noting the increased importance of reprocessing to the electrophysioloigsts. Thousands of clinicians, scientists, researchers [...]
MedTech 2018 Summit
The 2018 MedTech Summit will cover 8 crucial areas: EU MDR, IVDR, Post Market Surveillance and Vigilance, Clinical Evaluations and Investigations for Medical Devices, Medical [...]
Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Projected to Register 14.9% CAGR Through 2024Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Projected to Register 14.9% CAGR Through 2024
Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Projected to Register 14.9% CAGR Through 2024 Transparency Market Research quotes the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) in estimate that [...]
May 2018
FDA names drugmakers potentially acting to delay cheap generics
Reuters reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) listed a number of pharmaceutical companies that it believes could be "blocking access to their [...]
How the Healthcare Industry is Addressing the Fast-growing Medical Waste Problem
Writing for Waste 360, Arlene Karidis, in an article about how the healthcare industry is addressing the growing medical waste problem, does note a solution: [...]
Key Takeaways from Heart Rhythm 2018
Right off the heels of Heart Rhythm 2018 in Boston, Lars Thording writes his Five Key Takeways for Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology. Among others, Dr. [...]
HealthCareBusiness daily news: How SUD reprocessing delivers bigger value to health systems
Erin Broeske of AMDR member, Stryker's Sustainability Solutions division discusses successful tactics their hospital partners have undertaken to maximize the value of their reprocessing programs. Published [...]
Reprocessing Highlighted in AJPH Article as Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Laparoscopic Surgery
In a recently published article from the American Journal of Public Health, medical device reprocessing is highlighted as one of several key strategies hospitals should [...]
Stryker acquires Hygia Health Services
Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions division announced the completion of its acquisition of Hygia Health Services. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., Hygia focuses exclusively on reprocessing patient care [...]
April 2018
Earth Day 2018 Member Spotlight: VANGUARD AG
VANGUARD AG is a European medical device manufacturer headquartered in Berlin, whose core competence is the quality-assured reprocessing/remanufacturing of high-quality single use medical devices in [...]