Practice Greenhealth: Health Care Industry Must Adopt ‘Circular Mindset’
The circular economy model is a new way of looking at the relationships among markets, customers, and natural resources. This concept means moving away from the traditional “take-make dispose” economic model to one that is
Medical Device +Diagnostic Industry: The Circular Healthcare Economy: Suppliers, Lawmakers—Time’s Up
The pandemic has made (at least) three things clear to healthcare supply chain leaders: We have to build resiliency into the supply chain. We have to find a way of reducing device costs. We need
Health Care Without Harm: Hospitals Can Heal America Through What and How They Buy
Health care sits at the epicenter of the COVID-19 and climate crises, caring for those who are stricken by the virus or, find themselves in the paths of wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, and drought. Low-income
Associations Now: How One Association Made A Speedy Impact During COVID-19
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors helped get PPE to hospitals as the pandemic intensified. Its next step is making the healthcare industry more sustainable. A lot has been said about how strange the passage
Grist: Should hospitals reuse medical supplies? A new study says yes.
In 2015, a marine biologist filmed her team removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril. The video went viral, and a few years later, the global campaign to eliminate single-use plastics was in full swing. Companies like
Healthcare Finance News: Reprocessing single-use medical devices boosts circular economy for hospitals
Regulated medical device reprocessing is an important tool in improving environmental and public health outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs. Health care systems generate significant amounts of air pollution and greenhouse