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		<title>How to Prepare</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Obama’s New Deal: Roads, Bridges and Medical Devices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve spent a lot of time chatting about strategy with our clients.  The consensus is: 

Implement IT technology.  Barack Obama has proclaimed his support for the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel, an ANSI sponsored public/private partnership that will develop standards protocols for healthcare technology.  Standards exist for point-of-care diagnostics and lab instrumentation.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reposition and Gain Competitive Advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Obama’s New Deal: Roads, Bridges and Medical Devices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, this outcome is hard to imagine given today’s bleak economic climate.  Analysts have declared healthcare is not, as once thought, immune to recessions.  Credit for medical startups is difficult to procure, new product launches are down, and the formerly invincible Dow US Medical Equipment index tanked 37% last year.  Medical companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is a time of unprecedented crisis and opportunity.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Obama’s New Deal: Roads, Bridges and Medical Devices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As medical device professionals, we’re luckier than most – our woes are moderate and our opportunities spectacular.   While many medical device companies are suffering the ills of recession, we’re pleased that the Obama administration and both houses of Congress are preparing legislation that will enroll millions of new subscribers and unleash billions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Industrial Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=33</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[How Green Purchasing is Changing Medical Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With consumers expected to spend over $500 billion on sustainable products next year, the future is looking greener.  The demand for environmentally conscious medical devices is growing, as more and more hospitals realize that the injunction to “do no harm” applies to their ecosystem as well as their patients.
However, to remain competitive in the global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anticipating Future Environmental Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=32</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[How Green Purchasing is Changing Medical Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most regulators concede that United States’ environmental policy is a decade behind Europe’s.  The EU has a functioning carbon cap-and-trade system, and many members have strict laws governing lifecycle accountability.  We should prepare for these policy reforms domestically, especially if the Democrats win in November.  
Extended Producer Responsibility
Extended Producer Responsibility laws encourage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Studies: Medical companies making sustainable choices</title>
		<link>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=31</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[How Green Purchasing is Changing Medical Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following four companies have reduced their product’s environmental impact to save money, add value or increase their market share.  Sustainability does not need to be a cost or burden.  Sustainability is a market opportunity.
Baxter International
When designing a device, this diversified medical company pays careful attention to the entire product lifecycle—projecting not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[How Green Purchasing is Changing Medical Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Arends and Jim Cassidy
The green product revolution surging through the European markets has finally hit our shores.
And while we don’t have the same strict environmental regulations, customers in hospitals and clinics are increasingly sensitive to claims of environmental friendless.  Talk is big and opportunities are plentiful.   We are living and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lean Development in Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lean is a buzzword that means different things to different people.  Some experts prescribe widgets and tools and others suggest complete management overhauls.  The truth is – there’s no right lean development program for every organization.  By sharing what we’ve been up to at BC Tech, I hope I’ve inspired you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empower the Cross-Functional Team</title>
		<link>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=26</link>
		<comments>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=26#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lean Development in Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kaizen is a Toyota strategy for continuously improving and streamlining production by empowering every employee to identify problems and suggest solutions.  Toyota’s reasoning was simple – who would understand the nuances of bolting an alternator to an engine better than the linemen who do it sixty times a day?
Empowerment of the team in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manage Process Flow &amp; Apply Visual Management</title>
		<link>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=25</link>
		<comments>http://www.bctechinc.com/insidedevice/?p=25#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lean Development in Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once you’ve improved the efficiency of your individual project contributors, you must eliminate waste at the macro level by optimizing flow through the entire development process.  The primary goal is to smooth the use of resources, create meaningful deliverables for each phase, perform comprehensive phase end reviews, and provide your team with the knowledge they [...]]]></description>
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