Nature Reviews Cardiology: Environmental sustainability in cardiology: reducing the carbon footprint of the catheterization laboratory
After 40 years of spectacular technological innovation, catheter ablation has become central to the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, revolutionizing patient care but with no consideration for environmental sustainability. With climate change being the biggest threat
20 Minute Leaders Presents: Daniel Vukelich
Michael Matias of the 20 Minute Leaders podcast sits down with AMDR President and CEO Daniel Vukelich to discuss the feats and importance of the medical device reprocessing industry. Click here to watch the full
Medical Xpress: Researchers call for mandatory emissions reporting from US health care organizations
As climate change continues to impact our world, more industries are looking for solutions to lower carbon emissions, and the health care system is no exception. In a new Sounding Board published in the New England
STAT: ‘Right to repair’ movement gains momentum in the tightly controlled world of medical devices
The Covid-19 pandemic crystallized a problem that has long plagued hospitals and biomedical engineers: many can’t maintain or repair their machines without the green light from medical device makers. In a survey of 222 medical repair professionals
The Lancet: HealthcareLCA: an open-access living database of health-care environmental impact assessments
Anthropogenic environmental change negatively effects human health and is increasing health-care system demand. Paradoxically, the provision of health care, which itself is a substantial contributor to environmental degradation, is compounding this problem. There is increasing
The Journal of Healthcare Contracting: Building Resiliency – A new nonprofit healthcare supply chain association aims to champion standards and best practices.
From Jesse Schafer’s vantage point as a senior manager of business continuity at the Mayo Clinic, supply chain resiliency is keenly needed in healthcare. “It’s a complex issue too difficult to solve individually,” he said.