From bnet.com: Medical Device Makers Profit from Waste, While GPOs Grow Fat on Kickbacks (07/09/10): Ever wonder why there’s so much waste in the U.S. healthcare industry? In the medical device sector, at least, it’s

DotMedNews: Responsible Medical Device Strategies Can Help Curb Rising Cost of Health Care (July 2010): As the U.S. health care overhaul unfolds, hospitals are under increased pressure to cut costs while maintaining patient care.  During

Fierce Healthcare: Squandering Supplies: Hospitals Could Trim Costs by Cutting Medical Waste (07/07/10): It's healthcare's dirty little secret. Every year, tons of unused disposable medical devices and supplies and equipment that could be recycled are

As a follow up to the New York Times piece on medical device reprocessing, Discovery News Daily reports that Medical E-Waste and Equipment Gets a Second Chance (07/07/10): In order for medical equipment, such as

The Times Free Press of Chattanooga has also covered the medical device reprocessing industry's efforts, as originally reported by the New York Times (07/07/10): A report by the Government Accountability Office in 2008 said that

In the wake of the New York Times story on reprocessing, Environmental Leader reports that  Half of Hospitals Recycling At Least Some Medical Waste, (07/07/10): About half of U.S. hospitals are recycling at least some