CleanMed Europe 2020: The “eco-responsible” healthcare congress
CleanMed Europe 2020: The "eco-responsible" healthcare congress Medical devices used in healthcare also have an adverse effect on the environment. Part of the problem concerns, in particular, single-use devices, which encourage an accumulation of waste,
Health Affairs: Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy
A circular economy involves maintaining manufactured products in circulation, distributing resource and environmental costs over time and with repeated use. In a linear supply chain, manufactured products are used once and discarded. In high-income nations,
Health Affairs: Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update
From the December edition of Health Affairs and authors Matt Eckleman and Jodi Sherman, et. al: The US health care system is responsible for about a quarter of all global health care greenhouse gas emissions,
Researchers find Reprocessing of Single Use Medical Devices Part of Urgently Needed “Circular Economy”
Researchers find Reprocessing of Single-Use Medical Devices Part of Urgently Needed Adoption of “Circular Economy” Health Affairs Paper Finds Healthcare Supply Chains Major Sources of Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Embargoed Until December 7, 2020
Health Care Without Harm: Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management
The way forward HCWH Europe strongly believes that employing a circular economy model supported by the strategies and action plans developed within the Green Deal provides the opportunity to achieve significant EU wide healthcare waste
Scotus: Case preview: Justices to consider breadth of federal computer fraud statute
Several strong amicus filings in support of Van Buren spell out some of the startling practical implications of the government’s reading. At the same time, it seems clear that the government has a legitimate need
