Smarter Purchasing Challenge: Have You Joined the Smarter Purchasing Challenge from Healthier Hospitals?
With 17 percent of the marketplace, health care wields major purchasing power. This buying clout puts hospitals and health systems in an excellent position to demand safer, healthier, more environmentally-friendly products from vendors. Yet
Environmental Stewardship- Hospitals Going Green
Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minn.,Goes Green For Its Community. Source: Outpatient Surgery Magazine Author: Kendal Gapinski, Associate Editor It's no secret that hospitals produce a lot of waste — with the worst
A Tale of Two SUD Reprocessing Programs: How Two Similar Health Systems Can Achieve Very Different Results
Helen Brann, CMRP, Materials Manager, Duke University Heart Center, and Angela Capone, RN, BSN, Cardiovascular Specialist, WakeMed Authors’ note: This article was collaboratively written by Duke University Medical Center and WakeMed to document their
Profitable Expansion and Growth Predicted for MDR Industry in Coming Years
Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Analysis, Market Size, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Competitive Strategies and Forecasts, 2015 to 2022 by Brad Micklin [The] worldwide reprocessed medical devices market is predicted to observe a profitable
Still #1 Focus: European Discussions on MDR and IVDR Regulations
With the political summer break over, discussions on the proposed Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) are scheduled to pick up again with trilogue discussions between the Commission, Parliament and Council
For an Environmentally Friendly Supply Chain, What We Buy Matters
Commentary: For an environmentally friendly supply chain, what we buy matters By Jeffrey Brown Most hospitals know that the selection of products they buy can have a tremendous impact