Why is healthcare an important aspect of sustainability?
Sustainability might not be the first thing on your mind when you find yourself as a patient at a hospital, but it's a critical component for more and more healthcare organizations. Whether you are part
Planning for the Long Term: Why Hospital CFOs Should Consider Green Strategies
Throughout the past few years, many studies and analyses have concluded that healthcare sustainability investments are not only good for a hospital or health system's mission — they are also good for the bottom line. Hospitals
10 reasons health care needs sustainability treatments
Hospitals have a mission to help the elderly and the weak, but don't always walk the walk. Cancer is treated, but hazardous chemicals are found in cleaning products and furniture. Whilst some are able to
AMDR President Dan Vukelich to present Webinar as a part of Practice Greenhealth’s Greening the OR Series: Single Use Device Reprocessing – Going Green Saves Green
March 4, 2014 - 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST Cost: $99 This webinar aims to help you understand how single-use device reprocessing has become an essential component to hospitals sustainability programs as they attempt to
Practice Greenhealth Announces Development of Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Health Care Products and Services
With tremendous pressures to reduce costs within the U.S. health care system, health care providers must look at ways to lower their purchasing costs. When it comes to purchasing medical devices, products and services, there
Healthier healthcare program grows to 837 hospitals
Plastics today reports that the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI), which was launched in 2010 by twelve hospital systems, is rapidly growing as healthcare organizations buy into the goals to boost sustainability, improve purchasing practices, and