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AdvaMed Accel, a division of AdvaMed focused on the needs of small and emerging organizations, provides dedicated support to roughly 70% of AdvaMed members. AdvaMed Accel’s main benefit is also the top reason so many of our members renew year after year: collaboration. Small company members create a community and invaluable relationships, born of shared challenges and a shared mission. AdvaMed Accel provides opportunities to: 

• Receive the same membership benefits as larger member companies plus direct and timely access to essential resources, decision makers and information small companies need.  
• Participate in educational meetings and business development opportunities for small company leaders and professionals. 
• Be part of a collaborative organization, led by a Board of small-company CEOs, that advocates for policies that improve the environment for innovation and capital formation in medtech.

Until AdvaMedDx, no advocacy organization existed that focused exclusively on the issues affecting the development and manufacturing of diagnostic technologies – both domestically and abroad. Join our community of diagnostics manufacturers and gain access to unmatched expertise, advocacy and resources focused solely on representing the interests of the diagnostic industry. Additional benefits include: 

• Access to dedicated diagnostics working groups across issue areas and focus including regulatory, payment, global and government affairs work.  
• Opportunities to shape our diagnostic policy and advocacy work and to advance this work with key stakeholders. 
• AdvaMedDx’s strategic partnerships with laboratories, patient organizations, professional associations, provider and payer associations, and global organizations, that increase the impact of our work.  

AdvaMed Digital Health promotes the critical role of data and digital medical technologies in improving patient care. As a thought leader and convener, AdvaMed Digital Health is home to a wide range of medical and digital technology companies that are leveraging health care data and technology innovation to enable new insights, support health and wellness, improve patient interventions and outcomes and enhance the quality and efficiency of health care delivery. AdvaMed Digital Health provides opportunities to:  

• Advocate for public policies that advance digital health and the contributions of the medical technology industry to data-driven health care. 
• Develop policy positions for appropriate laws, regulations and policy at the state and federal level for health data privacy, ownership and stewardship. 
• Improve cybersecurity in the medical device ecosystem to protect patient safety and sensitive data. 
• Advocate for appropriate regulations and requirements for software in, and software as, a medical device. 

AdvaMed’s newest division — AdvaMed Imaging – represents the world’s largest, leading companies that are providing healthcare professionals with the ability to screen, diagnose, treat, and monitor patients by providing accurate, detailed images.

Advancements in medical imaging technologies have rapidly progressed over the last decade, playing a pivotal role in patient care, as well as medical research and discovery. From AI-based innovations, data-driven insights, and digital health tech, these tools lead to better individual patient outcomes and benefits to the entire healthcare system. AdvaMed provides medical imaging companies:

• A voice to large and small manufacturers on Capitol Hill and with government agencies, including FDA, CMS, EPA, DoD, and the VA.
• Context for key policy issues and the opportunity to engage with other members in working groups.
• Unique opportunities for networking and business development with investors and strategic partners.
• Access to Members-Only resources, including research and other tools to support business growth.
• Development of imaging modality standards and other key issues.
• Advocacy support at the state level and commitment to advance global harmonization.