Plastics Today: Hospital Sustainability Drives Will Affect Plastics' Demand
Plastics Today December 5, 2012 By Doug Smock Kaiser Permanente, a California-based healthcare group, saved $8.2 million in purchasing and waste disposal costs last year through use of reprocessed medical devices. Re-use of medical devices
American Medical News: ACOs, Already Surging, Poised for Even More Growth
American Medical News December 10, 2012 By VICTORIA STAGG ELLIOTT The number of accountable care organizations has increased significantly in recent years and is expected to grow even more quickly in the immediate future, with physician
Practice Greenhealth Innovation Image Photo Contest
Practice Greenhealth is currently running a contest among its members and "Greening the OR" participants for photographs that best capture "sustainable innovations" in the operating room or surgical department. Please take a moment to check out
AMDR Submits Comments to FDA on the proposed Unique Device Identification System
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) submitted comments on November 7, 2012 in response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed rule (published July 10, 2012 in the Federal Register) on the Unique Device
Delos Cosgrove, CEO and President for Cleveland Clinic: What is “Sustainability” in Healthcare?
LinkedIn posting by Delos Cosgrove November 28, 2012 Some may consider “sustainability” to be little more than a popular buzzword, but for those of us in healthcare, it’s a concrete imperative. Either we establish American healthcare
US International Trade Commission Issues Report on Remanufactured Goods, Highlights SUD Reprocessing
According to an October 2012 report by the United States International Trade Commission (the Commission), the market for remanufactured goods in the U.S. exceeds $43B and supports at least 180,000 jobs; of those numbers, $1B