February 2019
The Healthcare Industry Needs to Lead In Finding Climate Change
Healthcare leaders have both a moral responsibility and a historic opportunity to take action. For the first time, the NCA identified healthcare as a significant
Hospital price growth driving healthcare spending
Hospital prices for inpatient care grew 42% from 2007 to 2014 while physician prices rose 18%, according to a new study. This trend should direct
What Hospitals Buy Matters to Health
Sustainability leaders and health care supply chain professionals are coming together at CleanMed May 7-9 in Nashville to advance strategies and solutions in buying sustainably
January 2019
Doctors are frightened by climate change. Their industry is a big part of the problem.
Vox notes that a recent New England Journal of Medicine commentary argues that it’s “high time” to tackle climate change in healthcare. Hospitals in the
Greener Healthcare: Strategies for Sustainable Surgical Units
The Environmental Magazine discussing reprocessing in its article, “Greener Healthcare: Strategies for Sustainable Surgical Units” January 11, 2019: Single-use devices (SUDs) make up a sizable
Climate change: ‘Right to repair’ gathers force
You can’t repair it and can’t find anyone else to at a decent price, so it joins the global mountain of junk.You’re forced to buy
Should Economic Criteria be Included in Medical Device Trials?
In an age when everything in medicine is now looked at though a cost vs. benefit analysis and U.S. government healthcare reform efforts focused on
U.S. spends far more on healthcare than other developed countries—and researchers say prices are still to blame
And that extra spending isn’t translating to better access to care, the researchers found. The U.S. had 18% fewer practicing doctors per 1,000 people than
What is Our Role in ‘Green Healthcare’?
As our role as future nurses is to reduce harm and protect our patients, it is our duty to consider the potentially devastating effects that
A 2019 Wish: U.S. Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Will Learn to ‘Just Say No’
Imagine the following scenario:A sales representative of a major medical OEM with a goal to sell a higher cost, “new and improved” version of a
Global Reprocessed Medical Devices Market is whopping USD 4.02 Billion by 2021
The global Reprocessed Medical Devices Market report delivers the clean elaborated structure of the Reprocessed Medical Devices Market comprising each and every business-related information of the market
The Much-Ignored Emissions Cost of Healthcare
The Commonwealth Fund, an organization committed to non-partisan and independent research of health-care issues, reported that the health-care system is the seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide.
10th Largest Health System Pledges 100% renewable energy by 2030
In keeping with its mission to help people live well, Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Climate Council member Advocate Aurora Health announced a commitment to
December 2018
Becker’s Healthcare named 68 of the most “green” hospitals in the U.S.
AMDR congratulates Becker’s Greenest hospitals and proud to see medical device reprocessing included in so many hospitals’ sustainability initiatives. "Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove,
November 2018
Global Reprocess Medical Devices Market: 5.6 billion by 2025
AnalystView Market Insights reports "the global reprocessed medical devices market is expected to grow at the growth rate of 17.4% to reach USD 5.6 billion
Medical Device Reprocessing Market Business Analysis — Expected CAGR of 14.90% thru 2024
From Data Bridge Market Research: "Global Medical Device Reprocessing Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.90% during the forecast period of 2017
Reprocessed Medical Devices market growing at a CAGR of 15.0% By 2024
Medical Market Research reports that "according to Goldstein Research, global reprocessed medical devices market is expected to reach USD 5.12 billion by 2024, growing at a
Cardinal Health Joins AMDR!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 2, 2018 – Today the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) announces the addition of Cardinal Health to its membership roster.
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
October 2018
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