Breaking point: should we be reusing more medical devices?
Medical Technology addresses efforts by some manufacturers to force obsolesce into their medical devices -- attempts to thwart reprocessing and drive up sales: A huge number of medical devices used by hospitals are labelled as
Modern Healthcare: Hospitals have an unrealized $25.4 billion supply chain opportunity
Modern Healthcare reports that hospitals could save "25.4 billion if they improve their supply chain operations and harness data, according to a new report." That amounts to a 17.7% average supply chain expense reduction, or up to
Planned Obsolescence and Single-Use Reprocessing in Healthcare
MedTech Intelligence features an article by Dr. Lars Thording of Innovative Health on Planned Obsolescence in the medical device sector. Dr. Thording notes: Reprocessing “single-use” labeled devices has been one of the few strategies on
Low Hanging Fruit
HealthLeaders Media reports that while the “shift to a value-based healthcare system is showing positive results . . . . the low hanging fruit has already been grabbed.” It suggests that “insurers and other healthcare
Real Reason US Spends Twice as Much on Healthcare
Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported on The Real Reason the U.S. Spends Twice as Much on Health Care as Other Wealthy Countries. In it, Carolyn Johnson notes a Journal of the American Medical
Amazon Entering Healthcare and Disruption — Lessons from Reprocessing in an Entrenched Supply Chain
Much attention has been given to the announcement that Amazon would jump into the healthcare supply market. Amazon, with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan, intend to reduce healthcare costs for the companies' employees. Modern Healthcare has