Health and medical organizations from around the world are calling on governments to respond to the major health risks described in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s recent Second Working Group reporting, ‘Impacts, Vulnerability

Wharton, University of Pennsylvania reports that reducing energy use is among the most common starting places for energy-intensive hospitals to look for solutions that are green in both senses of the word, and reducing waste

Going green could save hospitals billions of dollars. Hospitals could save billions by going green, according toDallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily.  "From water conservation and waste management efforts, to switching to electronic medical records (EMRs), to purchasing

Sustainability, Quality, Value – Can Healthcare Have It All? Hospitals operate all day, every day. Just the day to day running of a hospital, understandably, creates a large environmental footprint. However, when you consider the

The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors is happy to celebrate Earth Day today and congratulate our partners who are committed to implementing sustainable, environmentally friendly practices.  AMDR member-companies are committed to greening healthcare.  Indeed, reprocessing

Tuesday, June 3 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. It’s been four years since the formalization of the Greening the OR Initiative, and over 400 facilities have endorsed and implemented the various strategies to green their surgical