Fixing Patients and the Planet – Healthcare goes green with Healthier Hospital Initiative
The American College of Physicians (ACP) Hospitalist reports that according to Seema Wadhwa, director of program management for the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI), “Environmental sustainability is unique [in importance] to the health care industry…There is
Think you've reached your hospital's cost savings plateau? Look again!
President of Stryker Sustainability Solutions, Inc., Brian White discussed in an article for DotMed News, that in an era of unprecedented focus on the cost of healthcare, the pressure for hospitals to run more efficiently
How Do We “Hardwire” Sustainability into Business?
Thompson Reuters reports that the concept of the triple bottom line of sustainability in business (social, environmental, economic) is decades old. In fact, 93 percent of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company's future
“Going Green" Creates a Healthier Patient Care Environment
The Paramus Post, reports that in recent years, hospitals across the nation have discovered that the benefits of "going green" go beyond just helping the planet. U.S. hospitals are second only to the food industry
Sustainability in healthcare
The Tomah journal of Wisconsin reports that Dr. Cassandra Thiel of the University of Pittsburgh described that the key to raising the environmental sustainability of hospitals is to find ways to reuse and recycle. "(Sustainability is)
Purchasing for our future
Healthcare purchasing news reports that medical products used in the healthcare industry can have negative impacts across facilities and extend into communities. Some generate tremendous amounts of waste, and raw materials used in the production