Medical Device Reprocessing Industry’s Green Servitization Model Provides Better Value for Hospitals, Lowers Carbon Footprint and Costs, Among Findings in Recently Published Study
[October 31, 2022 // Washington, DC and Berlin] A new study, published in the Journal Sustainability, provides the first detailed analysis of the trend toward servitization contracts between reprocessing companies – particularly those that are
MedCity News: Reprocessing beyond cost savings: Growing supply chain resilience
Supply chain resilience has become a key concept in healthcare today. This is because the pandemic (and the post-pandemic) realities of securing necessary supplies have proven to be problematic. More and more often, electrophysiology lab
The Lancet: How medicine becomes trash: disposability in health care
A new momentum is growing to address medicine's oversized carbon footprint. Yet in many countries the movement to decarbonise health care remains in catch-up mode. The lagging position of medicine in the greening of industry
Healthcare Purchasing News: Global commitment to climate resiliency of healthcare facilities
The World Health Organization (WHO) and over 20 leaders from governments and international organizations agreed and called for action to increase climate resilience of health-care facilities and increase indoor air quality through sustainable energy. The
Circular Online: Circular economy project launched to tackle digital health waste
The Digital Health in a Circular Economy (DiCE) project, led by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, aims to address the issue of increasing digital health waste. DiCE says the project will do so by targeting every point