Restrictive Innovation: How Medical Device Manufacturers Confound Clinical Excellence
An Industry Example: Medical Device Reprocessing Reprocessing had a huge mention in Forbes. The unnecessary and rapid launch of “new and improved” products designed to confound commoditization places constant pressure on hospitals to spend money on
It’s Time to Clinically Integrate Supply Chain Into Healthcare Reform
Dee Donatelli writes in this month’s Healthcare Purchasing News about integrating supply chain into the move toward clinical integration. “Clinical integration differs from traditional value analysis in that it incorporates greater clinical and executive involvement
Vanguard AG Completes Takeover of Pioneer Medical Devices AG
AMDR congratulates member company Vanguard AG in completing its acquisition of Pioneer Medical. AMDR's translation to English of portions of release. For full release, see link below. ….Today, the insolvency administrator Joachim Voigt-Salus confirmed that
AMDR Member Stryker Named 25 on Fortune Magazine’s Top 57 Companies Changing the World
AMDR congratulates member-company, Stryker, for its inclusion in Fortune Magazine’s top 57 companies changing the world! The Change the World list recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of
A profitable prescription: More US hospitals are going green to keep them out of the red
USAToday reports on how US hospitals are going green in order to keep them afloat. "The health care sector — one of the nation’s largest industries — is responsible for nearly 10 percent of all
95 percent of U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Honor Roll’ hospitals are reprocessing with one of AMDR’s member companies
The release of the new U.S. News & World Report list of America’s “honor roll” hospitals confirms that 95% of America’s top hospitals are reprocessing with one of AMDR’s members. The use of FDA regulated